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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Beek, W. E. A. van
Title:
Functions of sculpture in Dogon religion
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
African arts -- Vol. 21, no. 4
Published By: Original publisher
African arts -- Vol. 21, no. 4
Los Angeles: African Studies Center, University of
California. 1988. 59-65, 91 p. ill.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Walter E. A. van Beek
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
Visual arts (5311);
Sorcery (754);
Spirits and gods (776);
Sacred objects and places (778);
Prayers and sacrifices (782);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a discussion of the religious function of
Dogon statues. The statues have a public and private use. Publically, they are found
alongside most altars, where they act as a supernatural antenna, transmitting invocations
and offerings to the gods and ancestors, and receiving in turn supernatural forces.
Privately, any individual can make a statue to request divine aid in family matters. The
statues are used again and again and grow in their power, which also makes them more
dangerous. They fall out of use when the person who made them dies. Having lost their power
they are then sold to the tourist trade.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
27
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.
fa16-027
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 91)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1978-1985
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
Ethnologist-4,5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Ian Skoggard ;1999
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1978-1985
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Bandiagara, Mali
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Dogons (African people)
