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What is //scarification// and what purpose does it serve?

leightonb7: Scarification is when patterned cuts are slashed on the persons back and then the scars are filled with ashes to they make them stand up. Some scarification is meant for beauty and others are used for a ranking in society.

torya.P1: Scarification is a process where patterned cuts are made in someone’s skin and then those scars are rubbed with ashes to make raised scars. This is done to maybe enhance an individual’s beauty, or also to possibly mark an individual’s association in a particular ethnic group or rank in the community. These are very common in throughout all of Africa.

Ahmad. P2: Scarification is a process by which patterned cuts are made in a person's skin and then rubbed with ash to make raised scars. Scarification might be done to enhance a person’s beauty and for others it could remark a membership in a certain group. . Nick T. P3 : scarification Scarification in when people make patterned cuts on your skin then rub it with ash to make a raised scar. People do this to have enhance their beauty, and to represent their individual membership in an Ethnic Group and their rank in society. How do we know that the woman in this object has high status leightonb7: The woman in this object has high status. We know this by looking at her hairstyles and her scarification.

torya.P1: We can tell that she is of high power because of her extremely elaborate haircut and style; this shows she was very important to her community and culture.

Ahmad.P2: We know that the woman in this object has high status because she has an elaborate hair style and her scarification marks show that this woman is high status. Nick T. P3 We know this woman had high status because of her elaborate hairstyle and scarification, which shows she was a very important figure in her community.

Why did the artist purposefully make the arms of the woman too large leightonb7 The artist made the woman's arms to large. He did not do the arms on purpose, but to emphasize that the arms are the strongest part of the body. Since the woman is symbolically holding the stool where the chief sits the women is showing the strength of the kingdom. torya.P1: The artist purposely made her arms unusually long compared to the rest of the body parts; also making the legs very short because he wanted to exhibit the thought that the arms were the strongest and most important part of someone’s body. Because she is supporting the chief position, she must’ve had very powerful forearms. This figure also shows strength by holding the stool on which the chief sits, which symbolizes support, strength, and balance of the kingdom.

Ahmad.P2:

The artist of this stool purposely made her arms longer than her legs because she had to support the chief and to do that she needed extremely strong arms. The way we know that this piece of African art would symbolize anything would be strength because of her holding it and it would represent support because of her holding the stool and supporting the chief. Nick T. P3 The artist made her arms too big to emphasize that her arms are the strongest and most important part of her body. Also her arms are bigger because she is symbolically supporting her king, she must have very strong arms. Also by holding the chiefs stool, she becomes the symbol or representation of the strength and support of the kingdom.