Door lock ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3036522

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.

The object Door lock with the object ID 3036522 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 141 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 60, ill. 29