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asked to describe the use of this object (see figure 16).
While this question is strikingly similar to the third question the
Yes
60%
experimental group was asked, it yielded a surprising shift in results. The majority (25%) of
No
40%
answers still indicated that the object was used to musical ends, but religiosity came in a
close second at 21%.
Figure 17, Experimental Group
answers: "Have you ever seen
anything like this before?"
The fifth question of the survey was designed to determine whether or not the participants had ever
seen an object similar to the mask depicted. The majority of experimental answers indicated that objects
similar to this one had been seen before (see figure 17), while the control group determined that the
majority had not seen an object similar to this before (see figure 18). The experimental No
67%
group was also asked in question 5 to determine the culture of origin of the
Yes
mask, and the
majority of answers designated the culture of origin as being African (see figure
33%
19).
Emotional state was touched on briefly by question six, which asked participants to
describe how
Latin America
6%
Australia
3%
Indian
6%
Europe
3%
Figure 18, Control Group answers, "Have
you ever seen anything like this before?"
they felt when viewing this
object. Results of the
experimental group
Asia
6%
South
American
9%
Africa
49%
showed that a majority of
the answers provided
indicated interest or
Native
American
18%
Figure 19, Experimental Group answers, "Where do you think this object is from?"
curiosity, words that bear
a positive connotation, and
a sense of neutrality (see
figure 20.) The control
group data reflected these feelings in similar proportions (see figure 21.) However, the experimental group
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