Guiding Questions for BUK MASK
Guiding Questions for BUK MASK
(You should find answers to these in the small article and video)
(You should find answers to these in the small article and video)
- WHEN were masks like this one worn? What would happen?
- What else would be worn with the mask?
- WHO wore the mask?
- What kind of bird is represented at the top?
- Where is the Torres Strait?
- What primary material was used to make this mask?
- What material is the hair made of on this mask?
- WHO does this mask represent?
- What does the beard suggest?
- What is a totem?
- By the late 1800s, what caused the creation and use of these masks to come to a stop (for the most part)?
- A source from the 1930s accounts for something that suggests these masks were very important to the people of the Torres Strait. What does that source suggest?