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 of these objects (-5[1])in the formline style to reveal an ancestor or mythical figure (10[1])like the Raven. (-5[1])Northwest Coast peoples like the Kwakiutl (-5[1])crafted “transformation” (10[1])examples of these objects for the Potlatch. Elongated examples of these objects made by West African peoples (10[1])like the Fang (10[1])were copied to depict two nude prostitutes in Pablo Picasso’s (10[1])Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. (10[1])For 10 points, performers wore crying and laughing types of what (10[1])objects in Ancient Greek theater? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y9100%0%33%99.78
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y7100%0%71%109.57
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y4100%0%50%105.25
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y8100%0%75%110.63

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rohan Navaneetha Raj (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Michigan B52-5
Cade SmithMichigan State APitt A6310
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan AOhio State A (UG)66-5
Alan Lee (UG)CWRU B (UG)Michigan C (UG)72-5
Nadita Shankar (DII)CWRU D (DII)Kenyon B (DII)7410
Elie Aoun (UG)CWRU A (UG)Ohio State C (DII)9110
Arjun Saulnier (DII)CWRU C (UG)Kenyon A (UG)9410
Sarah Dong (DII)Michigan C (UG)CWRU B (UG)10410
Ella Mankowski (DII)Pitt B (UG)Michigan State B (UG)10710
Daniel Huang (DII)Michigan D (DII)Michigan State C (UG)11810
Simon Zimmerman (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan A12310
Mitchell IndekMichigan BOhio State B (DII)12410