Question

Two carved fly larvae join walrus ivory components of one of these objects found at the Point Hope site of Ipiutak. Highly stylized examples of these objects were carved directly into living trees, extracted, and painted either red or black by a Haudenosaunee (“ho-deh-no-SHO-nee”) society. Hidden cords can open cedar examples (-5[1])of these objects in the formline (10[1])style (-5[1])to reveal an ancestor or mythical figure like the Raven. (-5[3])Northwest Coast peoples (-5[1])like the Kwakiutl (-5[1])crafted “transformation” examples of these objects for the Potlatch. (10[1])Elongated examples of these objects made by West African peoples like the Fang (10[1])were copied to depict two nude prostitutes in Pablo Picasso’s (10[1])Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. For 10 points, performers wore crying and laughing (10[1])types of what objects in Ancient Greek theater? (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: masks [accept burial masks, transformation masks, False Faces, or False Face Society]
<Visual Fine Arts>
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2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%100%119.86
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%78%104.89
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sam KonkelUChicago CUIUC A49-5
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern ANotre Dame5510
Gabe DubowskiUIUC CUChicago B56-5
Francis BernhardtMiamiUIUC D66-5
Era GunawanPurdue BSIUE A66-5
Carter HerronUChicago DIndiana B66-5
Danila KabotyaIndiana APurdue A69-5
Arjun SiderysPurdue CWashU C72-5
June YinWashU BUIUC B8110
Ethan SkolnickWashU CPurdue C9410
Eric YangPurdue AIndiana A10410
Justin WytmarUIUC AUChicago C11510
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BUChicago D12310
Anila MoparthyUIUC DMiami12410
Danielle WebbSIUE APurdue B12410
Liam StarnesUChicago BUIUC C12410