© CNRS Audiovisuel/UPRESA 6041 - 1998

Dogon locks - Games of shapes

A dynamic of creation

Reference

850

Duration

00:17:00

Production year

1998

Versions

Original material

SD
4/3
Color
Sound

Director(s)

Annie DUPUIS

Summary

Study of the Dogon sculpture in Mali, from a corpus of 150 sculpted granary locks, conserved at the Musée de l ' Homme of Paris. These objects were brought back during diverse missions, from 1906 to 1971.

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