Door lock · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3032474
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Provenance
Max Willborg, Stockholm, SwedenSize
H: 51,5 cm
H: 20.3 inch
Description
wood, slighlty encrusted greyish brown patina, in shape of an abstract anthropomorphic figure, with cross bolt, min. dam., cracks, 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 3032474 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 289.
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