Granary door · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3040031
sold
EUR 800
Size
M: 126 cm x 49 cm
M: 49.6 inch x 19.3 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Imperato, Pascal James, Dogon cliff dwellers, New York o. J., p. 83, ill. 70