VISUAL ART PAPER 2 WASSCE FOR PRIVATE CANDIDATES 2019 SECOND SERIES

Question 6

 

  1. List any five features of Dan Ngere mask.
  2. .
  3. State any five functions of Dan Ngere mask.
  4. .

Observation

Few candidates attempted this question. The few that attempted the question performed averagely well. They were expected to respond to the question in the following manner:


  1. Some have enlarged foreheads

    • some have closed mouth with pointed chin

    • some have scarified marks.

    • some of them are stained with brown dye.
    • carved in woo
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    • highly idealized

    • some are simple in form

    • some are oval in shape

    • some have slight slit or hole for the eye

    • pronounced eye lids

    • long nose.

    • produced in a woman form.

    • they have smooth finish.

    • they are grotesque and strong.

    • Used as a channel of communication.
    • for ritual purposes

    • for circumcision

    • for inducing happiness among initiates

    • for entertainment purposes

    • represents the spirit of ancestors

    • for teaching the initiates the moral value of Poro society

    • used in scaring women and children away during initiation

    • for funeral/commemorative rites

    • for collecting food from the mothers of the youths

    • it conceals the identity of the wearer.