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Volu m e II - Purdue University Calumet

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majority of control group answers (see figure 13) indicated some sort of celebration or some initiation<br />

ceremony. However, these answers were not consistently associated with physical characteristics of the<br />

mask. The participants of the control group declined from pointing to specific features that suggested<br />

initiation or celebration. Interestingly, the third largest percentage of answers from the control group<br />

related that this mask could have been used in a wedding ceremony, as the facial features of the mask seem<br />

to be merged just as a married couples’ lives merge. The majority of the experimental group’s answers (see<br />

figure 14) determined that the object in question was some sort of musical instrument or cooking<br />

accoutrement. These answers were based entirely on form. Many participants indicated that this<br />

qualification was directly dependent on the hollowness of the object. The holes on the concave portion of<br />

the rectangular part of the mask could possibly have been restricted as one blew through the cylinders to<br />

produce a variance in tonality. Similarly, the cylindrical protrusions could have been used as a sort of funnel<br />

to add liquid ingredients to the main mixing<br />

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