Tribal colorful Antique hand carved African Teke mask 16\" For Sale

This a beautiful and colorful Teke from the Teke people, or Bateke also known as the Tyo or Tio, are a Bantu central African ethnic group that speak the Teke languages. Its population is situated mainly in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo, with a minority in Gabon. The name of the tribe shows what the occupation of the tribe was trading. The word Teke means \'to sell\'. Teke masks are mainly used in traditional dancing ceremonies such as weddings, funerals, and initiation ceremonies of young men entering adulthood. The mask is also used as a social and political identifier of social structure within a tribe or family. The dimension is 16 inches or 8 inches radius.
Note; Patterns and designs differ slightly as these masks are made by the same tribe but from different families.