Dogon Information Location:Southeastern Mali, Burkina Faso Population:100,000 Language:Dogon (Voltaic) Neighboring Peoples:Mossi, Nuna, Nunuma, Winiama, Bwa, Bozo Types of Art:The Dogon are best known for their extensive carving of masks and wooden figurative art. The primary colors used by the Dogon are usually red, black, and white, and popular patterns include spirals and checkerboard motifs, both of which can be traced to their origin stories. History:Early history is informe ...

IN MALI, on the cliffs inhabited by the Dogon, an ethnoarchaeologist and a cameraman participated in an extremely rare event : the reduction of iron ore. The experience was filmed and is a unique testimony of a thousand-year-old technology which has now disappeared. [ Version française ] The Dogon blacksmiths Travel diary The film Film directors Order form How to contact us Award of commendation 1998, Society for Visual Anthropology of ...