This   is a Satimbe ("sister on the head") mask, in which the rectangular   part common to most Dogon wooden masks, is surmounted by a standing female   figure with outstretched arms. This figure represents yasigine, the only   woman admitted to the Awa male   society. These few female members of Awa stand for the collective woman who,   in origin stories, first discovered masks. This occurred in primordial time   before men took over the privilege for themselves exclusively, barring all   women except yasigine from contact with maskers or the mask society. Notably,   these are the only Dogon women whose deaths are honored with a dama.