Publication Information The main body of the Publication Information page contains all the metadata that HRAF holds for that document.
Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Laude, Jean, 1922-
/$/Brooklyn Museum
Title:
African art of the Dogon: the myths of the cliff
dwellers
Published By: Original publisher
New York: Brooklyn Museum in association with the Viking
Press. [1973]. 60, [71] p. ill.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Jean Laude [Translation by Joachim Neugroschel] Foreword by
Lester Wunderman
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2000. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Dogon (FA16)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Decorative art (531);
Representative art (532);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an analysis of Dogon works of art which were
included in the 1973 exhibition organized by The Brooklyn Museum. The author attempts to
dispel the idea that such art can be understood apart from the history and culture of the
artists or “producers.” Rather, the Dogon sculptures contained in this book, which are
mainly wood carvings, serve as the chief vehicle for documenting Dogon cosmogony and Dogon
concepts regarding their origins and genealogies. The same objects, which are related to
important ritual ceremonies, detail both ordinary activities and reveal the society's
mythology. These works also illustrate Dogon perceptions of their social organization and
their interrelations among themselves and with outsiders. Thus Dogon sculptures pertain to
both daily life and to mythical events simultaneously. The author attempts to distinguish
authentic Dogon styles and themes from their predecessors, but he makes it clear that it is
not always possible to establish the influence of intercultural contacts in all of the
works photographed.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
12
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
fa16-012
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Component part(s), monograph
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Issued in connection with an exhibition of L.
Wunderman's private collection of Dogon art, organized by the Brooklyn Museum in
1973|Because of poor quality, many graphics are not included Includes bibliographical
references (p. 130-131)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data
Art Historian-4,5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
John Beierle ; Delores Walters ; 1987
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1931-1972
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Bandiagara Circle, Mopti Region, Mali
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Dogons (African people)
