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Masks used by the filhos-de-santo when they incorporate their orixás. In the left: Details of the mask of the Oxalá-Oxalufã ornamented with the búzios of the species Monetaria annulus in the terreiro of the "Keto Nation." In the right: the mask of Oxum in the terreiro of the "Yoruba Nation" in Caruaru (PE) ornamented with shells of species Euvola ziczac and Nerita sp.
