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Southern Congo This initiation mask secures the future fertility of the young males. These masks were worn by the n'langala or camp leader and appeared at the end of the circumcision for Yaka boys . The exaggeratedly curved nose refers to the trunk of the elephant, which animal the Yaka admire for the way its trunk can reach into difficult places or root in the ground. Cf. This mask is in the African heritage Documentation Center under nr. 0016596