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use of ceremonial masks

  • distribution of aboriginal South American and circum-Caribbean cultural groups
    In South American forest Indian: Belief and aesthetic systems

    …Xingu, the Karajá and the Tapirapé of the Araguáia River area, some Ge of central Brazil, and the Guaraní of southern Bolivia. The masks represent the spirits of plants, fish, and other animals, as well as mythical heroes and divinities. They are highly stylized in form but, on occasion, naturalistic…

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