Imitate

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Since women cannot touch the actual masks, they make do, imitating them with whatever they have around. Thus two sticks held up by a rag tied around the head are made to stand for antelope horns or rabbit ears…

• Source: Calame-Griaule, Geneviève. Words and the Dogon world. Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1986.
• Culture: Dogon
• Location: Africa