"Glewa" or "gle va" - dispute-settling or judging mask. Before the introduction of legal systems based on European models, these impressive maskers were called upon to settle major disputes and conflicts between villages. Nowadays they adjudicate cases that fall outside the jurisdiction of government courts and assure that people fulfill their obligations to one another. The double set of long protruding eyes, the triangular projecting cheeks with incised lines on the outside, and the aggressively projecting horns on the prominent forehead are familiar features of these masks.

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