AFRICA/DOGONS - Lot 93

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AFRICA/DOGONS "Masks of the Dogon Country"; Adam Biro, 2001; 192 pages. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket; first edition; texts by Alain Bilot, Geneviève Calame-Griaule, and Francine Ndiaye. The Dogon people of Mali never cease to fascinate; the myths and rituals of these farmers—who live along the edges and on the scree slopes of the Bandiagara Escarpment or in the plain at the foot of the rock walls—became famous in the 1930s thanks to the work of Marcel Griaule and his disciples; Today, the cult of the dead remains an essential element of the Dogon religion, and the mask society still plays a prominent role in funeral rites. It inspires the creation of a large number of objects that attest to the vitality of visual arts; This volume brings together about a hundred previously unpublished masks selected from private collections; the authors situate these objects within their cultural context and describe their typology, local variations, and the myths associated with their origins. In-4 (28 x 22 cm).
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