GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Suku peoples, of which there are about eighty thousand, have had a complex history in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With the Yaka, they invaded the Kongo kingdom and, years later, were themselves overtaken by the Yaka. Suku society is matrilineal and ruled by regional chiefs. Most Suku art is created as regalia for these chiefs. The Suku also craft power figures, masks, and wooden sculpture for ritual and everyday use.
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Roslyn A. Walker, The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), 304.
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- University of Iowa Museum of Art, Art & Life in Africa~Learn more about the Suku peoples.
- University of Iowa Museum of Art, Art & Life in Africa~Read an essay about art and initiation among the Yaka and Suku.
- Smart History~Read an overview of the peoples and cultures in Africa.
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General Description
The Suku peoples, of which there are about eighty thousand, have had a complex history in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With the Yaka, they invaded the Kongo kingdom and, years later, were themselves overtaken by the Yaka. Suku society is matrilineal and ruled by regional chiefs. Most Suku art is created as regalia for these chiefs. The Suku also craft power figures, masks, and wooden sculpture for ritual and everyday use.
Excerpt from
Roslyn A. Walker, The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), 304.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
(digitized/non-digitized)
Web Resources
- University of Iowa Museum of Art, Art & Life in Africa~Learn more about the Suku peoples.
- University of Iowa Museum of Art, Art & Life in Africa~Read an essay about art and initiation among the Yaka and Suku.
- Smart History~Read an overview of the peoples and cultures in Africa.
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