Index Of All Items Sorted On Type, Ethnic Group And Origin Arts africains African Arts Galerie d art africain - African art Material Very age-old patina from use, original pigments, indigenous repairs http://www.artheos.org/eng/contents.html
Extractions: Dogon granary shutter This granary shutter is carved of various iconographic registers. One notices two « sun lizards », a snake ( lebe , the first hogon ) and a water tortoise (symbol of fertility, and guardian of the ginna lineage). The rectangle symbolizes « the pond », one the symbols associated with Dogon cosmogony, and the chevrons on the left the fertilizing rain (and the course of the nommo when they fall on the earth). Material : Thick wood with a deep brown patina Dogon granary shutter This very old small shutter was placed midway up the granary wall. It provided access, throughout the year following harvests, to the goods stored inside (millet, sorghum, rice, corn). The Dogon granaries are narrow, four-sided or round, with a structure made of wood and covered with cob, and generally a thatch roof or a terrace roof (see picture).
