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Woodwork
Granary Door or Shutter
Dogon artist, (active )
Dogon artist
Mali
34 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 4 in. (87.6 x 62.2 x 10.2 cm)
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Dogon; made in Mali
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For hundreds of years the Dogon have lived along a very steep cliff called the Bandiagara Escarpment in buildings made of clay with thatch roofs. Doors like this, still in use by the Dogon, secure access to the variety of food stuffs stored in their granary buildings. The repetitive shapes on this door are stylized representations of male and female ancestors, and the cone-shaped elements on the left refer to fertility and the female breast. This imagery encourages abundance in life and crops and reflects values held by agricultural communities.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
1970.63
item
Memorial Art Gallery
3/10/2001
70.63SL1
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full
2 x 2
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full
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70.63DI1
digital image
2 x 2
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70.63DI#2
digital image
6/18/2008
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70.63DI#3
digital image
front
1/13/2009
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70.63TR1
transparency
Front
4 x 5
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