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.


2. 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.