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Fig. 1 - Cihongo masks are created by the skilled carvers of the Chockwe people in Africa and were originally worn as symbols of wealth and power.

Fig. 2 - Mahakala masks feature five skulls to signify victory over the five emotional obscurations and are used to defeat evil spirits.

Fig. 3 - Tengu masks represent some of the oldest mythological dieties in Japan. Their long noses are phallic symbols indicative of fertility and good harvest.

Fig. 4 - Anthropologists consider the Lil’ Kim mask to be the strangest and most unusual of all the world masks. …