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8 unusual facts about Dogon people


Henry C. Pearson

Pearson was known for abstract, multi-colored globes; 'stochastic' or chance-generated paintings; paintings modeled on Dogon (West African) sculpture; as well as paintings based on the map work he did in the army.

John Huizinga

Comparisons were made of the Tellem remains with the present inhabitants of the lower cliff area, the Dogon.

Lester Wunderman

Fifty of his photographs of his Dogon art are part of the permanent collection of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and thirteen other museums.

An avid art collector, he has donated nearly 300 works of Dogon artifacts to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the balance of his Dogon collection to the Musée de l'Homme in Paris, France.

Wunderman brought engineers to Mali to help the Dogon people build water catchments and instruct them in water purification.

Marcel Griaule

On the latter expedition he first visited the Dogon, the ethnic group with whom he would be forever associated.

Robert K. G. Temple

Robert K. G. Temple (born in 1945) is an American author best known for his controversial book, The Sirius Mystery (1976; though Temple began writing it in 1967) which presents the idea that the Dogon people preserve the tradition of contact with intelligent extraterrestrial beings from the Sirius star-system.

The Tribal Eye

This episode centers on the life and customs of the Dogon people in Mali, concentrating primarily on their masks and mask rituals.


Mopti Region

The region contains a number of ethnic groups including Bozo, Songhai, Dogon, Fulani and Bambara.


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