Article excerpt from Senufu Sculpture from West Africa by Robert Goldwater The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1964Senufu Helmet Masks While the best of the Senufu face masks are distinguished by an almost miniature-like conception, quite the opposite is true of their helmet masks. Almost all of the several kinds are characterized by a broken, bristling silhouette made of an assortment of jaws, teeth, ears and horns put together on a large scale and executed with vigor. [see image 51] senufu helmet masks