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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tyrannohotep: [QB] Not sure whether it's related, but you do find West and Central African masks with white kaolin paint on them that are supposed to represent female characters: [IMG]https://lakeimagesweb.artic.edu/iiif/5bd2d695-6414-e3e3-ffcb-ca72e2d6070c/full/!800,800/0/default.jpg[/IMG] [URL=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/20578]Mask (Mukudj)[/URL] [QUOTE] The face is painted white with kaolin, which both references the earthly beauty of the woman represented and symbolizes the spirits of past ancestors.[/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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