Dogon people
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The Dogon are an ethnic group indigenous to the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa, south of the Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara, and in Burkina Faso. The population numbers betwee
Dogon men in their ceremonial attire
A Dogon hunter with a flintlock musket, 2010.
Dogon dwellings along the Bandiagara Escarpment.
Kanaga mask in three pieces; 20th century; 108 x 59.1 x 22.9 cm (421⁄2 x 231⁄4 x 9 in); Brooklyn Museum (New York City)
Nommo
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The Nommo or Nummo are primordial ancestral spirits in Dogon religion and cosmogony venerated by the Dogon people of Mali. The word Nommos is derived from a Dogon word meaning "to make one drink." Nom
Dogon people
…people. Dogons who adhere to the Dogon religion believe in one Supreme Creator called Amma (or Ama). They also believe in ancestral spirits known as the Nommo in their language, also referred to as "Water Spirits". Professors Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates Jr. write that: "most Dogon still practice…
A Nommo figure of the Tellem people
Door of the Hogon box of Sangha, Mali.
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Houten masker T Mnr 6372 2