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Overview
Masaki is the Weaver in Tremearne’s account. The representation first stands, then sits and throws the hands inward as though sending a shuttle, sometimes moving the feet up and down as well. The notice attributes pains in arms and legs, particularly those connected with weaving, to the spirit. The source supplies a named supernatural work role alongside these imitated labor movements, rather than identifying ordinary weavers themselves as spirits.
His song repeatedly tells him to weave for the chief, naming cotton and a strip of cloth. It then requests different patterns or colours, including pepper-and-salt and green cloth. The musicians continue adding kinds and colours for as long as he remains in the ring. This expandable song gives the performance its specific textile setting, while the notice contains no separate transformation, attack episode or independently described nonhuman body.
Origins & earliest records
A. J. N. Tremearne combines interviews and descriptions of bori performances with comparative interpretation. These selected notices do not consistently name individual speakers; printed attributes are distinguished from his conjectures.
Records & interpretation
Complete selected notice in chapter XXIV, printed pp. 352–353; chapter read through its ending.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
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The Ban of the Bori: Demons and Demon-Dancing in West and North Africa
Chapter XXIV, printed pp. 352–353; complete attributed spirit notice and representation.
Family & connections
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References
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- Digitized historical ethnographic accountTremearne — MasakiResearch access: 2026-10-05
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