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A Dogon Shaman's assistant carries a slaughtered goat from a shrine. At his feet lies a young chicken also sacrificed. Mali, West Africa.
MAL0205-06 		Dogon elders tell the future with fox divination, reading fox tracks on a grid in the sand. The sand fox is believed to be the earthly intermediary and to communicate directly with the supreme Dogon god Ama. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0212-08 		Rugged sandstone cliffs of the Bandiagara escarpment tower 300 feet above Dogon village of Tireli, whose stone huts & mud granaries sprawl beneath. Below the village is the tree studded plain where the crops are cultivated. Mali, West Africa.
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Dogon elders tell the future with fox divination, reading fox tracks on a grid in the sand. The sand fox is believed to be the earthly intermediary and to communicate directly with the supreme Dogon god Ama. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0214-13 		A Dogon woman wearing silver rings in her ears and one in her nose. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0217-31 		Dogon elder using fox divination for answering questions, which are set in a grid on the ground. The sand fox is believed to be the earthly intermediary and to communicate directly with the supreme Dogon god Ama. Here, he is setting the questions. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0218-28
View of the Sahel from the Bandiagara Escarpment. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0227-05 		Dogon women carry firewood home in baskets on their heads. Their garments are dyed with indigo. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0233-23 		Dogon man gathering millet stalks which are used for thatching granaries. Mali. West Africa.
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Dogon men carry millet straw thatch to put on a granary they have built. It will store millet. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0237-02 		Dogon men place millet straw thatch on a granary they have built. It will store millet. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0237-26 		Dogon boy wearing an imitation of the adult lizard mask which he has made from stalks of millet. Mali, West Africa. Mali, West Africa
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Dogon boy with bicycle he has made from millet stalks. Mali, West Africa.
MAL0246-21 		The Dogon village of Tireli with flat roofed mud houses and thatched granaries. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0250-16 		The Dogon village of Tireli with flat roofed mud houses and thatched granaries. Mali. West Africa.
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Dogon village of Tireli by the Bandiagara Escarpment. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0254-07 		Young Dogon boy with baskets of millet. They will be stored in a newly built granary. Tireli, Mali, W. Africa.
MAL0254-34 		Young Dogon woman, with cicitration marks, wearing jewelry. Mali, West Africa.
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Dogon woman pours a green sauce made of boiled boabab leaves over millet porridge. One bowl, the daily staple, is for herself & her children; the other is for her husband & older sons, who will eat separately. She wears an indigo dyed skirt. Mali, West Africa.
MAL0258-12 		A Dogon elder, holding a gourd of snuff in one hand, discusses village affairs at a market beerstall. Mali, West Africa.
MAL0258-36 		An ancient Tireli society with a dispensation to exact goats from fellow-villagers marks the initiation of a new memeber by sacrificing a goat for its celebratory feast. Before the sacrifice, they dance around on a roof wielding their wooden staffs (a symbol of their special fraternity). Mali, West Africa.
MAL0262-10
Members of the Dogon Thieves Society dance waving their ceremonial sticks. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0263-20 		A Dogon drummer. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0264-19 		Dogon men filling baskets with manure to use as fertiliser in their fields. Tireli, Mali, West Africa
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A Dogon Shaman's assistant emerges from a shrine in the village of Komakan. A bowl of goat's blood & an idol lie in the foreground. Mali, West Africa.
MAL0274-04 		A Dogon Shaman shakes a gourd while chanting prayers to the spirits. Komakan Village, Mali, West Africa
MAL0275-32 		A Dogon Shaman shakes a gourd while chanting prayers to the spirits. Komakan Village, Mali, West Africa
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Dogon women fill their water pots from the village water hole. Tireli. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0277-08 		A Dogon woman fills her clay pot with muddy water from a shallow well. Tireli, Mali, West Africa.
MAL0278-16 		Dogon women help each other at lift heavy pots at the village waterhole. Tireli. Mali. West Africa
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A Dogon elder fortells the future with Cowrie shells. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0279-01 		A Dogon elder tells the future with Cowrie shells. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0279-27 		A Dogon woman carries a basket full of millet along a narrow street in the village of Tireli. Mali, West Africa
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A Dogon woman waits for her son to pass down millet from a granary which will be ground into flour. Tireli, Mali, West Africa
MAL0295-07 		A Dogon boy pulls down leafy branches for his goats to eat. Mali. West Africa.
MAL0296-01 		Dogon boy with toy gun. Mali, West Africa.
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