Door lock · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3036522
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
Rolf Miehler, Munich, GermanyInge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 35 cm
H: 13.8 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted dark brown patina, metal sheet, in shape of an abstract figure with horns, incised geometrical decor, complete with cross-bolt, min. dam., slight traces of usage, base;
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.
Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 60, ill. 29