Tellem
(noun)
The people who inhabited the Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali from the 11th through 16th centuries CE.
Examples of Tellem in the following topics:
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Dogon Sculpture
- Signs of other contacts and origins are evident in Dogon art; the Dogon people were not the first inhabitants of the area, and influence from the Tellem, or the people who inhabited the region in Mali between the 11th and 16th centuries CE, is evident in the use of rectilinear designs.
- Many sculpture recreates the silhouettes of the Tellem culture, featuring raised arms and a thick patina, or surface layer, made of blood and millet beer.
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Dogon
- Influence from Tellem art is evident in Dogon art because of its rectilinear designs.