African Art Midterm
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- Dogon Great Mask
- represents 1st death
- Dogon Masking
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- generally used for funeral purposes
- performed by awa
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Dogon Nommo
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- represents couples' twin-ness + sexual duality
- children begin androgynous until circumcision
- Dogon Tellum
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- predeeded Dogon people
- has a single raised arm encrusted figure
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Dogon Binnu
- Immortal clan concerned with balance of present world + supernatural + superman
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Dogon Ginna
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- represent wisdom
- used as alters
- libated to solve problems
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Dogon Raised arm figures
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made by blacksmiths
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Dogon Toguna
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- men's meeting house
- house of words
- women visit at night
- posts carved symbolically like women
- female posts
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Archaic Style
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- Masked Antique People
- Round-headed Style
- 8000-6000
- solid colored shapes outlined in white or black
- first masquerader transformed by mask, hands and feet covered
- Bamana
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- Pagan = Bambara
- known for metalwork, mud dye + masquerades
- Numuw (male) - metal
- Numu (female) - potters
- can give objects Nyama Ferle
- Nyamakala artison title - handler of nyama
- Metal is charged 2/ Nya
- Bogolan
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- Bamana
- cloth that covers girls during circumcision
- mud dyed
- locally made
- process of dying increases Nyama
- others used to protect while hunting
- help resist/shield mourners from negati
- Boli
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- Bamana
- stored in a komo shrine
- amorphous 3-d object
- patina'd w/ nyama sacrifices
- reservoir for home members nyama
- Central Saharan Rock Art
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- Large Wild Fauna Style
- Archaic Style
- Pastoraist Style
- Chariot Style
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Chariot Style
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- Camels, chariots, + phallics
- used by Berbers
- Geometric shapes
- Feature camels hunting, + transportation progression
- Chiware/Tyiwara
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- Bamana
- Age-Grade preparing men to become husbands + select farmers who can provide for family
- believed Chi (farming) Wara (beast) was primordial beast who taught farming
- staves turn 2 legged to 4 + show hoe
- Dejenne/Jenne
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- city of Mali
- known for it's gold
- made lots of mosques
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Dejenne/Jenne Terracotta
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- produced from 13th to 16th century
- placed next to door at house
- tubular arms and head
- protrudin, almost insect eyes
- oval heads
- elongated torso + arms
- Dogon
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- people of the Bandiagara Escarpment
- society based on symbolism from creation legends
- blacksmiths = feared for knowledge of occult + living apart from farmers
- figures have either raised arms or "D" shaped heads
- Griot
- History keepers of Mali who pass down all of history through oral stories.
- Gwan/Jo
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- Bamana
- Jo is responsible for harmonious continuity of community life, initiation + education of youth
- control of spiritual forces
- nurturing of community
- Gwan addresses creative force responsible for
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Gwandusu female figures
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- Bamana
- soul, heart, passion, fire, courage, hot, hard, difficult
- Jonyeleni
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- Bamana
- a small, well-polished + adorned wood statue given to young blacksmiths who are eligible to wed
- symbolizes perfect female
- croc hands
- fertile conical breasts + belly button
- Komo
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- Bamana
- secret society that wields metalurgy power
- used to protect society + show power
- scary not animal but secret
- a mobile boli used to ward off evil
- Kore
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- Bamana
- risky sexual explicit theatre adapted to a dance mocking said irresponsible behavior
- feature puppets + masks
- antithesis of polite bamana man
- used to reinforce positive principles
- in K
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Large Wild Fauna Style
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- Big Animals
- Examples of animals they hunted
- Oversized rounded feet
- Hunting magic- control by creating
- Animal (jackle) headed people
- Possibly shared Egyptian culture
- Mali
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- established by Sundjata in 12th century AD
- griots
- Dejenne/ Jenne
- Bamana
- Dogon
- N'Domo/N'Tomo
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- Bamana
- reinact world creation
- 4 prongs = female
- 3 prongs = male
- 7 = couple
- 1st age-grade society, leads to circumcision
- has caurie shells (old $, semen)
- pre-pubescen
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Nigeria Cultures
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- Nok
- Igbo
- Benin
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Nigeria facts
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- Islam came in 5th century
- began with Hiira when muhammud emigrated to yathreb
- Sudan = port/shore of sea of desert
- Iron and Copper smelt for 3k years- came same time as fired pots
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Pastoralist Style
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- Cattle or B+W people
- cattle style
- naturalism
- made by herders + agriculturists
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ancient people who lived in Central Sahara
- Wanzo
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- Bamana
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