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a masculine artistic medium, mapiko deals with matters of gender and social structure; until recently women were not involved in the process at all. (Bortolot, Revolutions). Mapiko serves as a way for the Makonde to find and assert themselves in a world that has been fast changing. The masks that are made are easily recognizable as Makonde because they have facial ornamentation such as tattoos, dindona (pl. lip plugs), and chipped teeth; all are representative of puberty initiation rituals. As

especially during the Portuguese Colonial period from 1920 to 1974. This had a major impact on their society and molded much of their art into what is seen today. The Makonde are an agrarian kin-based and matrilineal society. They adhere to an ancestrally based spirituality, despite pressures to convert religiously and adjust economically to the capitalist market. Their matrilineal social structure, meaning ancestry is traced through the female line, is rooted in their creation story, which speaks of the