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African Art Midterm

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Dogon Great Mask
represents 1st death
Dogon Masking
  • generally used for funeral purposes
  • performed by awa

Dogon Nommo
  • represents couples' twin-ness + sexual duality
  • children begin androgynous until circumcision
Dogon Tellum
  • predeeded Dogon people
  • has a single raised arm encrusted figure
Dogon Binnu
Immortal clan concerned with balance of present world + supernatural + superman
Dogon Ginna
  • represent wisdom
  • used as alters
  • libated to solve problems
Dogon Raised arm figures
made by blacksmiths
Dogon Toguna
  • men's meeting house
  • house of words
  • women visit at night
  • posts carved symbolically like women
  • female posts
Archaic Style
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Bamana
  • stored in a komo shrine
  • amorphous 3-d object
  • patina'd w/ nyama sacrifices
  • reservoir for home members nyama
Central Saharan Rock Art 
  • Large Wild Fauna Style
  • Archaic Style
  • Pastoraist Style
  • Chariot Style
Chariot Style
  • Camels, chariots, + phallics
  • used by Berbers
  • Geometric shapes
  • Feature camels hunting, + transportation progression
Chiware/Tyiwara 
  • 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
  • city of Mali
  • known for it's gold
  • made lots of mosques
Dejenne/Jenne Terracotta
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Gwandusu female figures
  • Bamana
  • soul, heart, passion, fire, courage, hot, hard, difficult
Jonyeleni
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Large Wild Fauna Style
  • Big Animals
  • Examples of animals they hunted
  • Oversized rounded feet
  • Hunting magic- control by creating
  • Animal (jackle) headed people
  • Possibly shared Egyptian culture
Mali
  • established  by Sundjata in 12th century AD
  • griots
  • Dejenne/ Jenne
  • Bamana
  • Dogon
N'Domo/N'Tomo
  • 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
Nigeria Cultures
  • Nok
  • Igbo
  • Benin
Nigeria facts
  • 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
Pastoralist Style
  • Cattle or B+W people
  • cattle style
  • naturalism
  • made by herders + agriculturists
Sub-Saharan Africa   
Ancient people who lived in Central Sahara
Wanzo
  • Bamana
  • ?

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