Sulka

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The Sulka are a people indigenous to New Britain Island, located in the Bismarck Archipelago. They are also referred to as a member of the Sulka people.1

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Oceanic art and architecture
New Britain
The masks of the small Sulka group on the southeastern coast of New Britain were, like those of the Baining, made of ephemeral materials—in this case, narrow strips of pith bound together into a cone shape. The colour scheme of the Sulka masks is brilliant: white, black, yellow, and green…
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The masks of the small Sulka group on the southeastern coast of New Britain were, like those of the Baining, made of ephemeral materials—in this case, narrow strips of pith bound together into a cone shape. The colour scheme of the Sulka masks is brilliant: white, black, yellow, and green…
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