Door lock
Mali, Dogon
sold
EUR 3,000
Provenance
Mamadou Silla, Bamako, Mali (1960’s)Jean Roudillon & Galerie Olivier Le Corneur, Paris, France (1968)
Lode von Rijn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1969)
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Ludwig Schmidt, Munich, Germany (1995-2014)
Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 45 cm
H: 17.7 inch
Description
wood, partly encrusted brown patina, remains of pigments, in form of a standing female figure with angular shoulders and accentuated breasts, face with drilled eyes and crested coiffure, complete with crossbar, rep. (breakage back of the head), slight 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.
Comparing literature
Bilot, Alain et. al., Serrures du pays Dogon, Paris 2003, p. 98, ill. 25Publications
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, ill. 40AHDRC: 0076712