Art around the world

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Kenya

• ---Art around the world---
• How to make an African mask

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Country Profile

• Kenya Situated on the equator on Africa's east
  coast,Kenya has been described "the cradle of
  humanity". In areas of the Great Rift Valley,
  paleontologists have discovered some of the
  earliest evidence of mans ancestors.

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•   In the present day, Kenya's ethnic diversity
  has produced a vibrant culture, but is also a
  source of conflict.

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• After independence from Britain in 1963, politics
  was dominated by Jomo Kenyatta.He was succeeded
  in 1978 by President Danielarap Moi.Kenya remains
  one of Africa's major safari destinations, but
  the lucrative tourist industry has recently been
  dented by political unrest.

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• Population30 million,CapitolNairobi,Major
  LanguageSwahili

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Culture

• English Major religion Christianity Life
  expectancy 47 years (men), 49 years (women)
  Monetary unit 1 Kenya shilling 100 cents Main
  exports Tea, coffee,cultural products petroleum
  products.

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• Television Kenya Broadcasting Corporation,state-o
  wned channels in,English and Swahili
• Kenya Television Network - independent Nation
  TV independent,Citizen TV,independent
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Radio

• Kenya Broadcasting Corporation owned,
• broadcasts in English, Swahili, several
  languages,Capital FM - independent Metro East FM
  - independent, targeting,Nairobi Asian
  listener,Nation FM - independent
• Kameme FM - independent, in Kikuyu
• Rehema Radio - independent, in Kalenjin

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Here is a picture of an African mask !!!!!

• There are lots of types of mask but here is a
  picture of one

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Materials

• Foamcore,exacto knife,
• paint (poster/tempera paint
• decorator color of paint
• (we used white, but any color would work)
• raffia, yarn, or wool

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Directions
Decide on the design for your project.Visit
Artistry of African Masks exhibit for some
ideas.Keep in mind that you'll have to cut out
the pieces, so you'll want to make them fairly
basic shapes.
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Continue

• Draw the design on a piece of paper.Freehand draw
  the facial pieces onto foamcore.Cut them out w/
  exacto blade.

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continue

• If you want some facial pieces to stick out more
  glue the shapes togetherWe did 2 layers for the
  mouth and 3 layers for the nose.freehand draw the
  shield/maskshape on a large piece of cardboard.

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Continue

• Cut it out. cut out eye holes
• At this point you can just glue all of your
  pieces together.
• OR, you can Paper Mache the project. The Paper
  Mache will make the craft MUCH sturdier. It is
  the method we chose.

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continue

• paper mache (2 layers) the shield and all of the
  face pieces.
• while the mache is still wet, assemble the face.
  The wet mache will stick together and hold the
  pieces in platelet dry cover with a final layer
  of scrap white paper mache

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There you go that is how to make an African mask.