Figural door lock · Burkina Faso, Bobo · ID: 3035831
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Provenance
Marcel de Schryver, Geneva, SwitzerlandGalerie Témoin, Geneva, Switzerland
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 36 cm
H: 14.2 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, metal, in form of a standing female figure with incised geometrical decor, cross bolt missing, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base;
finely carved door locks offered the protective power of ancestral spirits to the particular granary they guarded.
The object Figural door lock with the object ID 3035831 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 155.
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