Today’s piece of non-gender conforming art history comes to us from Mali and is by a Dogon art
Today’s piece of non-gender conforming art history comes to us from Mali and is by a Dogon artist. Intersex figures such as this one are commonly depicted in Dogon art. In this scene, we see a figure with a beard, breasts, and what appears to be a penis hanging over labia and a vagina standing with puckered lips which, to Western eyes, would appear to be blowing a kiss or whistling a jaunty tune. REFERENCE / FURTHER READING WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE: “Dogon People”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogon_people WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE: “Intersex in History” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex_in_history -- source link
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