Door lock ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3032210

Description

wood, dark brown patina, crowned by a sitting pair of figures, complete with bolt, min. dam., slight traces of usage;
locks of this type are of North African and Islamic origin. This finely carved example offered the protective power of ancestral spirits to the granary it guarded.

The object Door lock with the object ID 3032210 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 159 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.

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