Zemanek-Münster

Door lock

Mali, Dogon
sold EUR 200
Provenance
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
Size
H: 35,5 cm
H: 14.0 inch

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.


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