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Suku people have lived in the southwestern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formally Zaire) since the 16th Century. Their economic source is farming but occasionally join in communal hunts. Suku’s are known for their large carved figures (e.g. fertility figures, crouching fetish figures, ancestral statues…
Continue reading → - Item Number: M-1006
- Provenance/Origin: Suku People initiation mask. Circa 1970s
- Composition: Wood, pigment
- Dimensions: 12" tall x 9" wide x 13.5" deep
- Weight: 2.25 pounds
- Price: $ 575.00 USD
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Suku people have lived in the southwestern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formally Zaire) since the 16th Century. Their economic source is farming but occasionally join in communal hunts. Suku’s are known for their large carved figures (e.g. fertility figures, crouching fetish figures, ancestral statues…
Continue reading → - Item Number: M-7086
- Provenance/Origin: Suku People initiation mask. 1960-1970s or earlier.
- Composition: Wood, pigment, grasses/raffia
- Dimensions: 11" tall x 9" widest x 12" deep
- Weight: 4 pounds
- Price: $ 685.00 USD
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Detail: Very incised Mei Mask from Iatmul. Lots of painted scrolling ornament on the face and the famous curved nose adjoining the chin feature (with a serpent head at the chin). The red and white pigment is still present over all the mask. These masks (also…
Continue reading → - Item Number: M-5578
- Provenance/Origin: Iatmul, Papua New Guinea. Circa early- to mid-1900's
- Composition: Wood and braided hemp
- Dimensions: 23" tall x 6.5" at widest
- Weight: 1.75 pounds
- Price: $ 155.00 USD
