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11th century-13th century
11th-13th C.
Africa, Mali, Mopti Region
4 5/8 in. x 7 3/8 in. x 2 5/8 in. (11.75 cm x 18.73 cm x 6.67 cm)

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Culture/People: Dogon peoples or Tellem culture

Medium: Wood

Credit Line: Gift of Rita Barela and Thomas K. Seligman

Accession Number: 2011.103

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Thomas K. Seligman and Rita Barela, San Francisco, CA

Bibliography

Bedaux, Rogier Michiel Alphons. 1988. "Tellem and Dogon material culture". African Arts. 21: 38-45.

Bedaux, Rogier Michiel Alphons. 1982. "Rediscovering the Tellem of Mali". Archaeology. 35: 28-34.

Elliott, Elizabeth Shelby. 1964. The Tellem and the Dogon relationship of styles. Thesis (M.A.)--New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, 1964.

Grunne, Bernard de. 1988. "Ancient sculpture of the Inland Niger Delta and its influence on Dogon art". African Arts. 21: 50-55.

Ezra, Kate. 1988. Art of the Dogon: selections from the Lester Wunderman collection. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Imperato, Pascal James. 1978. Dogon cliff dwellers: the art of Mali's mountain people. New York: L. Kahan Gallery/African Arts.

Mazel, V., P. Richardin, D. Debois, D. Touboul, M. Cotte, A. Brunelle, P. Walter, and O. Laprevote. 2008. "The patinas of the Dogon-Tellem statuary: A new vision through physico-chemical analyses". Journal of Cultural Heritage. 9 (3): 347-353.

Meijer, Bernadette. 1977. Bambara and Dogon art in Mali: selected bibliography. Amsterdam: Koninklijk Instituut van de Tropen, Sociaal Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Afdelingsbibliothek.

Laude, Jean. 1973. African art of the Dogon; the myths of the cliff dwellers. New York: Brooklyn Museum in association with the Viking Press.

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