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Notes on the Dogon sculpturearticle 1975 • Segy, Ladislas
Dogon • Africa > Western Africa
This brief article has as its central topic the influence of the physiography of the Bandiagara Escarpment on Dogon art. The author argues that the linearity of the Escarpment has inspired the linear forms in the art. More broadly, the role of the cr...