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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | N7399.M3 I46 | Off-site |
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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