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XVe\/XVIe si\u00e8cle
\nBois
\n79 cm<\/p>\n

Provenance<\/h2>\n

Acquise in situ par Pierre Langlois dans les ann\u00e9es soixante
\nCollection O\u2019Byrne, New York<\/p>\n

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Les Niongom et la falaise de Bandiagara<\/h2>\n

Comme les Tellem, les Niongom constituent l\u2019une des pr\u00e9sences les plus insaisissables de la falaise de Bandiagara, o\u00f9 ils auraient v\u00e9cu avant l\u2019arriv\u00e9e des Dogon Mande. La racine m\u00eame du terme Niongom est proche de celle de \u00ab nommo \u00bb, l\u2019anc\u00eatre primordial du mythe dogon, fondateur de la culture humaine.<\/p>\n

Cette observation ethnolinguistique laisse entrevoir la possibilit\u00e9 que l\u2019appellation Niongom, attribu\u00e9e par les Dogon \u00e0 l\u2019un des groupes rencontr\u00e9s lors de leur arriv\u00e9e dans la falaise au XVe si\u00e8cle, ne soit autre chose, comme le terme Tellem lui-m\u00eame, que le nom g\u00e9n\u00e9rique d\u2019un groupe humain assimil\u00e9 \u00e0 la cat\u00e9gorie des anc\u00eatres pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseurs, dont la trace s\u2019est perdue au fil du temps.<\/p>\n

Les documents mat\u00e9riels laiss\u00e9s par les Niongom sont limit\u00e9s et demeurent difficiles \u00e0 interpr\u00e9ter. Denise Paulme et Deborah Lifchitz, qui rapport\u00e8rent dans les ann\u00e9es 1930 la premi\u00e8re sculpture Niongom, aujourd\u2019hui conserv\u00e9e au mus\u00e9e du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, racontent comment les Dogon consid\u00e9raient comme \u00e9trang\u00e8res et redoutables ces images archa\u00efques retrouv\u00e9es dans les grottes de la falaise.<\/p>\n

Morphologie et style<\/h2>\n

Une analyse morphologique permet toutefois de constater que certaines caract\u00e9ristiques des statues Niongom ont contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la formation de ce qui est aujourd\u2019hui consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme le style classique dogon. Parmi les plus \u00e9videntes figurent le nez en forme de fl\u00e8che et les yeux en losange.<\/p>\n

De mani\u00e8re g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, les images de style Niongom partagent de grandes dimensions, une taille volontairement abrupte, une t\u00eate surdimensionn\u00e9e, un prognathisme marqu\u00e9, des bras adh\u00e9rents au corps et l\u2019absence de scarifications, \u00e0 l\u2019exception de quelques \u0153uvres, comme celle-ci, probablement influenc\u00e9es par la proximit\u00e9 avec les Sonink\u00e9.<\/p>\n

La caract\u00e9ristique qui unit l\u2019ensemble du corpus Niongom r\u00e9side dans le fait que les figures sculpt\u00e9es suivent le mouvement et s\u2019adaptent \u00e0 la forme naturelle du tronc dont elles sont issues. Elles semblent ainsi faire \u00e9cho \u00e0 l\u2019intuition selon laquelle le travail du sculpteur consiste \u00e0 \u00ab lib\u00e9rer \u00bb la forme d\u00e9j\u00e0 contenue dans la mati\u00e8re brute.<\/p>\n

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Approfondissements<\/h2>\n
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Art Africain<\/a><\/p>\n

Highlights d\u2019Art Africain<\/a><\/p>\n

Collection d\u2019Art Africain<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sculptures associ\u00e9es<\/h2>\n
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Figure zoomorphe, Tellem Dogon, Mali<\/a><\/p>\n

Figure zoomorphe janiforme, Tellem Dogon, Mali<\/a><\/p>\n

Figure f\u00e9minine, Dogon Bombou Toro, Mali<\/a><\/p>\n

Masque Ntomo, Bamana, Mali<\/a><\/p>\n

Sommet de cimier, Bamana Chi Wara, Mali<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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