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Mask Use by Chimpanzees
- TDR: The Drama Review
- The MIT Press
- Volume 56, Number 1, Spring 2012 (T213)
- pp. 128-132
- Article
- Additional Information
A chimpanzee was observed in its interactions with six prefabricated masks, a mirror, and a language keyboard. The chimp created and used its own mask in ritualized play behavior with its caregiver, expanding human considerations of ethology, performance theory, and drama.