Suku Drc Mask

beautiful  old Suku initiation mask in the shape of a helmet .handle in front , mouth with teeth
aving examinated the high part of the headress there was no figure  or an animal  cut above the hairstyle that makes a rare modèl
AHDRC under number :Object ao-0212372-001

Provenance
doctor Felix lauwers 15/7/1924 6/07/2002 Hoboken Belgium he used to buy his african art with jean baptiste constant vande walle otherwise he was an archeology collector 
exhibition
"QCC art gallery the city university of New york  2022New York, USA: "The Art of the Yaka and Suku", Queensborough Community College | QCC Art Gallery CUNY, 17 November 2022 - 31 March 2023
 art gallery the city university of New york  curator arthur bourgeois the specialist in yaka and suku publication
will be published in an exhaustive catalog written by arthur Bourgeois
you can visit the exhibition with this link https://app .cloudpano.com/tours/vds4pvQ8p