Door lock · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3032474
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Provenance
Max Willborg, Stockholm, SwedenDescription
wood, slighlty encrusted greyish brown patina, in shape of an abstract anthropomorphic figure, with cross bolt, min. dam., cracks, traces of usage;
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.