This very old Dogon mask represents the ancient ancestress named Yasigi. The mask's name is Satimbe, which means "superimposed sister," and refers to Yasigi's position on top of the mask. She brandishes a beer ladle in her left hand in her role as beer maker for the first Sigi ceremony, a ritual held every sixty years to commemorate the making of the Great Mask of the dead. and a fly wisk in her right hand to show her status as the first dignitary of the Sigi. Dogon masks are box-shaped, and most represent wild animals of the bush. The masks appear at funerals to usher the spirits of the dead from the village to the bush where they belong, thus restoring the order of the world.