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Then Dogon are also called the Kaador or Kaado people. They indigenous to central plateau region of Mali. Their population is between 400, 000 to 800,000 people. Dogon society is organized by a patrilineal kinship system. Each Dogon village is headed by a chief head who is the oldest living son of the ancestor of the local branch of the family. Dogon beliefs include the number of moons possessed by Jupiter, that Saturn is the furthest planet from the sun, and the only planet with rings. The Dogon have their own system of astronomy and calendrical measurements, anatomical and physiological knowledge, as well as a systematic pharmacopoeia. Dogon tribe had knowledge of Sirius B, the white dwarf companion star of Sirius A, which is strangely invisible to the naked eye. Dogon have preserved a tradition of contact with intelligent extraterrestrial beings from the Sirius star system. These beings taught the arts of civilization to their ancestors.
This art is modelled after an early a late 19th century Dogon mask. They call their masks kanaga. There are types of the kanaga. The masks are used in funeral rituals called dama, which allow the souls of the deceased to leave the village and enter the world of the dead, marking the end of the mourning period. The Kanaga mask is surmounted by a vertical structure that represents a bird and also refers to the arms and legs of the creator God, Amma, and to the structure of the universe: the upper horizontal bar is the sky and the lower one the earth. Some of the masks are also made in the form of a bulls head and are all used in the ceremonies as above mentioned. A similar type was what the KILLMONGER used in Black Panther movie.
The Dogon mask and their whole rites of passage of deceased souls leaving the village to the other world, to God depicts the belief of these people in a higher source of power. Today the Dogon Mask also represents belief in tapping into that higher source of power for creative inspiration than forcing oneself to be churning out great works which otherwise has detrimental effects on the life of a creative person. The Dogon mask also represents the need for man to connect with this higher power to guide us and support our creative prowess.
Most African masks that were taken from the continent are now in the homes of private collectors and museums. The descendants of these mask makers do not have the privilege of seeing what their ancestors carved. Even though the masks were aesthetically appealing, they were functional to the tribes that used them.
African masks represent ideas that are still relevant today. I am making the most rare and most expensive masks available to new collectors in 3D. 50% of Proceeds will be contributed in setting up an Innovation Hub, in Ghana. This Innovation Hub will be a place where young creatives who are the descendants of these mask makers will come to, to develop their ideas and bring them to fruition using technology. Creatives will receive training material to develop their talents and creative abilities.
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By KOFIOBUOBI
By KOFIOBUOBI
Then Dogon are also called the Kaador or Kaado people. They indigenous to central plateau region of Mali. Their population is between 400, 000 to 800,000 people. Dogon society is organized by a patrilineal kinship system. Each Dogon village is headed by a chief head who is the oldest living son of the ancestor of the local branch of the family. Dogon beliefs include the number of moons possessed by Jupiter, that Saturn is the furthest planet from the sun, and the only planet with rings. The Dogon have their own system of astronomy and calendrical measurements, anatomical and physiological knowledge, as well as a systematic pharmacopoeia. Dogon tribe had knowledge of Sirius B, the white dwarf companion star of Sirius A, which is strangely invisible to the naked eye. Dogon have preserved a tradition of contact with intelligent extraterrestrial beings from the Sirius star system. These beings taught the arts of civilization to their ancestors.
This art is modelled after an early a late 19th century Dogon mask. They call their masks kanaga. There are types of the kanaga. The masks are used in funeral rituals called dama, which allow the souls of the deceased to leave the village and enter the world of the dead, marking the end of the mourning period. The Kanaga mask is surmounted by a vertical structure that represents a bird and also refers to the arms and legs of the creator God, Amma, and to the structure of the universe: the upper horizontal bar is the sky and the lower one the earth. Some of the masks are also made in the form of a bulls head and are all used in the ceremonies as above mentioned. A similar type was what the KILLMONGER used in Black Panther movie.
The Dogon mask and their whole rites of passage of deceased souls leaving the village to the other world, to God depicts the belief of these people in a higher source of power. Today the Dogon Mask also represents belief in tapping into that higher source of power for creative inspiration than forcing oneself to be churning out great works which otherwise has detrimental effects on the life of a creative person. The Dogon mask also represents the need for man to connect with this higher power to guide us and support our creative prowess.
Most African masks that were taken from the continent are now in the homes of private collectors and museums. The descendants of these mask makers do not have the privilege of seeing what their ancestors carved. Even though the masks were aesthetically appealing, they were functional to the tribes that used them.
African masks represent ideas that are still relevant today. I am making the most rare and most expensive masks available to new collectors in 3D. 50% of Proceeds will be contributed in setting up an Innovation Hub, in Ghana. This Innovation Hub will be a place where young creatives who are the descendants of these mask makers will come to, to develop their ideas and bring them to fruition using technology. Creatives will receive training material to develop their talents and creative abilities.
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