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Dogon cliff dwellers : the art of Mali's mountain people

Title
Dogon cliff dwellers : the art of Mali's mountain people / Pascal James Imperato.
Author
Imperato, Pascal James.
Publication
New York : L. Kahan Gallery/African Arts, [c1978]

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Description
104 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Subject
Art, Dogon
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 104.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also issued online.
Contents
The Dogon country -- The Dogon today -- History of the Dogon and the Tellem -- The Dogon's first European contacts -- An overview of Dogon social organization -- Dogon religion and art -- The myth of creation -- Masks and dances of the AWA society -- The Binu cult -- The ancestor cult -- The Lebe cult -- Themes in Dogon art -- Tellem figures -- Nommo figures -- Seated couples -- Stools and headrests -- Figures superimposed on one another -- Horses and riders -- The blacksmith -- Arks -- Cups -- Male and female figures -- Other seated figures -- Toguna posts -- Locks and doors.
LCCN
78113454
OCLC
  • ocm04676981
  • SCSB-1672442
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library