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Title: African Masks


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African Masks
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What are the three types of African masks?
  • Face mask
  • The Headpiece
  • Shoulder mask

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What were the Face masks used for?
  • Hide the identity of the wearer
  • Tribal ceremonies
  • Childhood to Adulthood
  • Ensure good harvest
  • Show both wisdom and right to rule of King and
    important chiefs
  • Protect community from danger
  • Rally warriors for battle

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Drum Call from Zaire
  • All of you, all of you
  • Come,come,come,come
  • Let us dance
  • In the evening
  • When the sky has gone
  • Down river
  • Down to the ground
  • How would the masks affect the people who wore
    them?
  • How would they affect the people who were
    watching?

Dogon of Mali, Africa
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