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ease of performance, and frequent performance of the 

 custom increases its permanence and rigidity. Just as in 

 the case of the individual habit, with which interruption 



From " L'Anthropologie. " 



FIGURE G3. Deformation of Features by Congo Natives 

 in submission to approved Styles. 



of its usual course brings feelings of displeasure, so in 

 the case of social usage, deviation from the customary 

 performance of the act sets free emotions of anger or 

 intense displeasure which may cause the punishment or 

 persecution of the innovator. Custom in dress is often 

 quite arbitrary. 9 To appear on the street in the fashion 



See figure 63. 



