Description : Door lock Mali, Bamana light brown wood, partly encrusted dark brown patina, metal sheet, in form of a standing female figure with disc-shaped head, complete with bolt, min. dam., missing part, fine cracks, 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. H: 49,5 cm H: 19.5 inch Provenance German Private Collection, Essen
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