Yaka Mask with headdress
Wood and raffia
Circa: pre 1940
Size: 19x13x13 inches
$3,500.00 Buy It Now
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This is an incredible buy priced only slightly higher than recently made masks. Each mask is used only once for ritual initiation (mukhanda) of young boys into adulthood. These dance ceremonies, that include circumcision, are a tribal requirement for attaining manhood.
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