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
Segy, Ladislas
Title:
Notes on the Dogon sculpture
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Ethnologische Zeitschrift Zèurich -- No. 1
Published By: Original publisher
Ethnologische Zeitschrift Zèurich -- No. 1
Bern: Verlag H. Lang. 1975. 219-232 p. ill.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Ladislas Segy
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 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 creative process, abstraction, and geometric order in Dogon art, and in art
generally, are discussed. The points raised in the theoretical discussion are illustrated
in examples of specific works of art, most notably cliff dwellings, decorative reliefs,
sculpture and masks.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
19
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.
fa16-019
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Journal Article
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 224)
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 Expert-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Christopher Latham ; John Beierle ; 1988
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1970
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Mopti Region, Mali
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Dogons (African people)
