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Description : Additional Information: ,. A stunning Dogon antelope mask  ,with signs of long use and good age!The walu, or antelope, is one of the best-known of their many remarkable masks. One reason for its notoriety is that the Dogon occasionally stage public dances wearing the walu. These strikingly abstract masks represent the antelope, an animal venerated for its beauty and strength. Animated dancers pound the earth with sticks to mimic the antelope pawing the ground.Though most Dogon masks are for funerary use, on occasion they will be danced for other reasons. To say the Dogon are one of the world's most fascinating cultures is an understatement. The more we learn, the more remarkable they seem. Their arts reflect a purity of style rarely encountered in modern Africa. The oral tradition of the Dogon tells us that they originated on the west bank of the Niger River about 1000 years ago. They moved westward at some point, into parts of what is now Mossi territory in Burkina Faso, but chose to return east due to pressure to assimilate into the Mossi Kingdom. This time, around 1500, they found a place almost unreachable by invaders on horseback, the arid but imposing Bandiagara Cliffs. Here most of the Dogon have remained to this day, as one of Africa's most spiritual people. Dogon family dwellings, as well as their shrines and granaries, are constructed in a uniquely haunting way, leaving even the most jaded observer spellbound, in what can only be described as a magic kingdom.The Dogon have also taken the time-honored worship of ancestors to new heights, and their huge pantheon of statues and colorful masks reflect this. It is possible today for tourists and scholars to arrange masked dances for public view, but these dances are for entertainment only, and few of their artforms are actually revealed. No meaningful ceremonies are shared with the public. There has been much written on the Dogon, for good reason, and one can find information and pictures in most texts.For more information on the Dogon, see Laude's AFRICAN ART OF THE DOGON.
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