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RYAN BANYAN

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Masks and masking played important roles in some Indian cultures. The Kwakiutl mask called Crooked Beak:
 
  A. is a symbol for victory in war and games.
  B. is one of the guardians of the stars.
  C. appears in monthly dance rituals curing the sick.
  D. brings abundance in the coming harvest.
  E. is one of four monstrous beings who eat human flesh.

Question 2

One similarity between the feather cloaks of Hawaii and the meetinghouses of the Maori people of New Zealand is that:
 
  A. both embody ideas about the order of society and the protective powers of the gods.
  B. both represent human control over natural forces.
  C. both deny the existence of an afterlife.
  D. both commemorate important war victories.
  E. both are used exclusively by women.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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This flamboyant mask is danced by the Kwakiutl people of the Pacific Northwest in a ritual involving kidnapping young men of royal families.

Answer to Question 2

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The function of a cloak was to be worn for protective power. The architectural structure of the meetinghouses symbolically represented the body of the supreme deity of the Maori.


RYAN BANYAN

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Reply 2 on: Jun 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

softEldritch

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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