Zemanek-Münster

Door lock

Mali, Dogon
not available anymore
Provenance
A. Roth, Basel, Switzerland
Size
H: 37,5 cm
H: 14.8 inch

Description

wood, slightly encrusted dark brown patina, crowned by two female half figures, carved with linear decor, bolt missing, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, traces of abrasion, 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.


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