Canoe Dogon The Dogon are a people brass in West-Africa Fetish Figure-4126 For Sale

This elongated bronze alloy canoe depicts figures relating to the story of the Dogon genesis in African tribal art. It illustrates the story of the mythical Dogon ark led by Nommo and sent by the creator god Amma to populate and reorganize the earth. The crocodile-shaped creature that forms the bowand stern represents ayo geu , a crocodile that killed Nommo. The seven figures seated in the boat are the original Dogon ancestors, who are frequently found on other sculpted works of African Dogon art, such as attic doors. The sides are decorated with motifs depicting snakes, another element of the bestiary linked to mythology. The Dogon are a people renowned for their cosmogony, their esotericism, their myths and legends. Their population is estimated at around 300,000 souls living in the south-west of the Nigerloop in the Moptiregion of Mali (Bandiagara, Koro, Banka), near Douentza and part of northern Burkina (northwest of Ouahigouya ). The villages are often perched on top of the scree on the side of the hills, according to a unique architecture. Remains of old steelworks on the Bandiagara plateau, dating from the 15th century, confirm the activity of blacksmiths. The latterform an endogamous caste among the Dogon calledirim .

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