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| Dogon World Cultural Heritage from Africa 14 October 2011 to 22 January 2012 Media conference: 13 October 2011, 11 a.m. More than 500 years ago the West African Dogon people fled their homeland and settled in the forbidding rocky landscape of the Bandiagara Cliffs. There the Dogon merged with the ancient Tellem civilisation that had inhabited the escarpment for centuries. In the spectacular landscape of eastern Mali the fusion of the two cultures gave rise to a distinctive culture. In 1989 UNESCO put both the natural and the cultural heritage of the Dogon – the Bandiagara Cliff and the unique traditions of the Dogon – on the World Heritage List. More than 270 of the most beautiful objects from the region are presented in the exhibition and provide a breathtaking introduction to Dogon aesthetics. First collected and studied in France, by the 1930s Dogon art began to attract worldwide interest among ethnologists, artists and collectors. In addition to an impressive number of the famous wood statues, the exhibition presents almost thirty different masks as well as a selection of everyday objects such as granary doors, locks, carved boxes, small bronzes and metal jewellery. The exhibition closes with a series of monumental architectural posts and the celebrated larger-than-life Djennenké sculpture from the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris. Exhibition manager: Dr. Wolfger Stumpfe  Co-operation Partner  Exclusive Mobility Partner  |
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