Door lock · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3036920
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Provenance
A. Roth, Basel, SwitzerlandSize
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.
The object Door lock with the object ID 3036920 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 155.
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