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Tim Simmons · 8th September 2006, 06:35 PM

Last link and I shall venture a hypothesis. The figure is most probably a representation of an ancestor or perhaps a deity, not a European. The adze is not a weapon. A tool like a weapon only in a metaphorical way to cut ignorance. Used in the masquerade the adze may be said to be the tongue of the ancestors giving weight to community doctrine or custom to pass news, put down rumour, a tool to help community harmony.

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8th September 2006, 06:35 PM	#7
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,844	Last link and I shall venture a hypothesis. The figure is most probably a representation of an ancestor or perhaps a deity, not a European. The adze is not a weapon. A tool like a weapon only in a metaphorical way to cut ignorance. Used in the masquerade the adze may be said to be the tongue of the ancestors giving weight to community doctrine or custom to pass news, put down rumour, a tool to help community harmony. http://www.suagacollection.com/mask_details.php?mask=25