Post #397579 by Fugu on Tue, Jul 29, 2008 10:58 PM

I made mine a little smaller so that it wouldn't overwhelm the other tiki stuff. My eventual tiki room is only 10x 10, so a 3+ foot mask of this design would be a bit much I think. Mine is 24 inches from the top of the mask to the bottom of the flap that hangs off the "beak", and almost (but not quite) 24 inches from the front of the beak to the very back with the raffia. (The actual size of the original is around 38 inches). I think that these masks were meant to be temporary. I'm not sure if they burn them at the end of the dances or not. I kind remember reading that they were left out in the woods to decay, but I can't remember where I read that so I'm not sure if that is true or not.