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Helm mask - Wood - Suku - Congo - Africa

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Very beautiful and impressive Suku mask - Basuku - D. R Congo Initiation mask for young people (10-15 years old) . Most of these masks were burned after the ceremony, held at the end of years of initiation. Beautiful polychrome Bell Mask, remarkable work of the sculptor. A bird used to top the summit of the mask, but it was removed during the ceremony ending the initiation. Around: 1950-1960. Provenance: personal collection. Parisian collection. Belgian collection.


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Very beautiful and impressive Suku mask - Basuku - D. R Congo Initiation mask for young people (10-15 years old) . Most of these masks were burned after the ceremony, held at the end of years of initiation. Beautiful polychrome Bell Mask, remarkable work of the sculptor. A bird used to top the summit of the mask, but it was removed during the ceremony ending the initiation. Around: 1950-1960. Provenance: personal collection. Parisian collection. Belgian collection.

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