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 * Why doesn't this mask look like a real person or a real animal?**

MatthewGp1 This mask is not meant to look like a real person or a real animal. This artist combined a human and an antelope to make the mask. The artist did this by taking shapes of the animal and combining them into a mask. This type of art is called abstract.

CarolineWp2: It does not look like a real person or a real animal because it is not meant to be on. Another reason it does not look like a real person or animal is because it conforms to an idea, a pattern, or a design rather than to a real appearance. It is called an interpretation; an interpretation is rather than a direct representation of the way something looks.

SilviaS p2: The r eason the artwork does not look like just an animal or just a human is because the artist has combined them. It is the type of artwork called stylization, which means it is based off of an idea not of a real appearance. JCBp6:  This mask is an abstract piece of art. This style of art makes you look at the piece of art and think about it. The piece of art isn't supposed to look like a real person or an animal at first. The elements of each part contains a different type of animal or thing.

BrianNp7 This mask doesn’t look like a real person or a real animal because the face looks like human but on the top of the head it has a bird and antelope antlers. The mask has mixed features to different creatures.

Mitch_b90 The mask doesn’t look like a human or animal that real because of the patterns on it latter extensions or mask part of the mask itself. The mask could look like a animal with the latter extensions as the horns. It could also be human with a type of crown or hair piece. Either way though it couldn't be real even if it does represent something.


 * What are the elements of this mask?**

MatthewGp1 Some elements of this mask are two long poles coming out of the head that could represent two wings of a bird or the antlers of an antelope. Another element of the mask is the face, a combination of an antelope and a human.

CarolineWp2: The elements of this mask are the face of the mask with are a combination of human and antelope. Also another element is the two poles coming out of the head that represents the antlers of an antelope. The other element is the face which is just a combination of an antelope and a human. SilviaS p2: The elements of this mask are body parts of a human and antelope, and a bird like figure. It is considered to be abstract work, because it doesn’t resemble just an animal, or just a human.

JCBp6: The facial elements of the art is a combination of antelope and human. The elements of the forehead is a bird like shape sticks out of the forehead. The elements of the ladder shaped part could be antlers or wings. The geometric patterns contribute to the elements of this artwork.

BrianNp7 The elements of the mask are a human face as the face. On the top of the head there is antelope antler or the bird’s wings. There is a bird on the forehead of the human face. The antlers come out onto of the head. The geopetric patterns add to the element of the mask.

Mitch_b90 Elements of the mask include: color, shape, the hourglass design on the latter, the mask also seems to be wearing a cape with a snake or perhaps a religious symbol onto of the cap. So this could be a combo of human or antelope. With the latter extension acting like horns. Another element of the mask is where it came from and who made it. The mask was made in Burkina Faso by an artist named Bobo.


 * What is the purpose of geometric patterns like these in African Art?**

MatthewGp1 The purpose of geometric shapes in African Art are to represent moral values like don't steal or don't lie. When looking at this art you might not be able to tell what the geometric patterns mean, but they mean something important to their culture.

CarolineWp2: The purpose of shapes in African Art is to represent the morals like stealing and lying. When you first look at the geometric patterns you might not be able to tell what they mean, but they do mean a lot to their culture. SilviaS p2: The different geometric patterns are moral values that mostly the elderly in the community can understand.

JCBp6: The purpose of the geometric patterns help display the moral values that are best understood by elders from the community.

BrianNp7 The purpose of the geometric patterns on the mask is to a moral value that the elders would know best of the meaning. The elders of an African village teach morals to the children in the village.

Mitch_b90 The reason for the desighn is to help children learn.The desighns meaning are best understood by comunity elders.