Doorlock · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3034334
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, GermanySize
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, in form of an abstract figure, with cross bolt, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of abrasion;
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.