O, cock, stop this ostentation, for we all came out of the egg-shell.-asante proverb, in Emmanuel Akyeampong and Pashington Obeng, "Spirituality, Gender and Power in Asante History"Ceremonial nakedness greatly increases the magico-religious power of woman, and the chief attribute of the Great Mother is her nakedness. -mircea eliade, "Masks: Mythical and Ritual Origins"