Granary door ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3040031

Description

Holz, braune Patina, remains of red pigment, bipartite, connected by two wooden bars, carved with female breasts, projecting pivots for mortising, traces of weathering and abrasion, cracks, missing parts;
every family has several granaries, one for each of the wives and the rest for the head of the family. They are used for storing millet, sorghum, rice, corn, beans etc. and even personal valuables and family altars are sometimes kept there.

The object Granary door with the object ID 3040031 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 278 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.

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Comparing literature

Imperato, Pascal James, Dogon cliff dwellers, New York o. J., p. 83, ill. 70