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One of the most complex and intriguing Suku mask that I have every seen! The Suku (aka Basuku) are people from SW Congo and Northwest Angola. They speak a derivation of the Bantu language of the Niger-Congo group of languages. Suku women cultivate a root vegetable…
Continue reading → - Item Number: M-1227
- Provenance/Origin: Suku peoples. DRC. Mid-1990s
- Composition: Wood, pigment, paint, vegetal fiber, cloth
- Dimensions: Figure & Helmet: 17" tall; Total with vegetal fiber: 24" tall; Width at horns: 16"
- Weight: 8 pounds with stand
- Price: $ 890.00 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-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
