The masks below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational
purposes.
For UNSOLD Suku Masks GO TO SUKU MASKS PAGE
MASK 6 13-21" high SOLD |
SUKU STYLE MASK 7 20.5-25" high SOLD |
MASK 16 14-18" high SOLD |
MASK 11 14-19" high SOLD |
MASK 20 15-20" high SOLD |
MASK 21 10.5-22" high SOLD |
MASK 19 9-18" high SOLD |
MASK 17 22-31" high SOLD |
MASK 1 15-28" high SOLD |
MASK 4 13-27" high SOLD |
 SUKU STYLE MASK 5 15-25" high SOLD |
MASK 13 16-19" high SOLD |
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MASK 22 18-22" high SOLD |
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Worn during male initiation ceremonies, masks like these represented all departed ancestors. Mourning songs were sung during the ritual; the vertical lines on the face are tears. Neighbors of the Yaka, Suku masks are more conservative in their facial treatments. Although styles vary, there is usually a massive collar of raffia and often a figure or animal on the top of the mask.
The measurements are first for the mask, then the mask including the raffia. Only #25 is not a helmet mask.
Despite their apperance, these masks show no evidence of having been danced and were probably made to be sold.
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