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<p>[QUOTE="Potteryplease, post: 4260026, member: 16407"]As a teacher myself, I'm not sure the validity of quoting Wikipedia as a source, but it does say:</p><p><br /></p><p>"One of the well known Punu art objects are the white masks with nine dots on the forehead symbolizing the nine Punu clans, now known as the Punu masks.The masks are life size, they can cover a persons face."</p><p><br /></p><p>...There are nine raised 'knobs' in the scarification mark line on my mask. So more corroborating evidence for your attribution.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Potteryplease, post: 4260026, member: 16407"]As a teacher myself, I'm not sure the validity of quoting Wikipedia as a source, but it does say: "One of the well known Punu art objects are the white masks with nine dots on the forehead symbolizing the nine Punu clans, now known as the Punu masks.The masks are life size, they can cover a persons face." ...There are nine raised 'knobs' in the scarification mark line on my mask. So more corroborating evidence for your attribution.[/QUOTE]
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