This page is a record of an exhibit that took place
in 1991. The individual links below will take you to
the CURRENT VERSION of the pages
that formed part of that exhibit.

DOGON SCULPTURE
Feb. 2 - Mar. 30, 1991



DOGON, GRANARY DOOR, Mali
Photograph © John Urban

These doors protected the grain and used a sliding door lock. Primordial beings, ancestors, Kanaga masks, sun lizards and scenes of life symbolically served to protect the entrance. The low reliefs are carved on several panels, held together by iron staples.

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