Milksellers on Their Way to Market [Indigo Series]
13 x 40”, Digital Print on Archival Paper
Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Print of 40
©2020 Djibril N’Doye
Woodburing, for a very long time in Africa, is one of the oldest drawing techniques in the world. Earlier, hand tools were made by a blacksmith. Work is still done with highly heated hand-forged rod.
Having more than one help to alternate them while making designs. The word woodburning, or pyrography, in English (and pyrogravure in French) changes from dialect to dialect. In Wolof, it is “todjal” which means blessing.
Most milksellers have decorative symbols on the outside of the covered calabash in which they transport the milk. For personal reasons, I did not put designs around the calabash of these milksellers which often has or gives an aesthetic look.
The burn marks, the indigo dyed fabric, and the hand strung bead jewelry all represent a very inspirational and cultural life in the cattle herding community.
- Reproductions: Available
- Collections: Farming Life, Women in Rural Life