Dogon Door Lock 06 5 Width 4 1

5 Width 4 1

It is an old staff hand-carved from wood

Each stool is hand carved from a single piece of indigenous wood

these platters have importance to the Zulu people of South Africa

Dogon Door Lock 06 5 Width 4 1This old object was sourced at an auction of rare collectors items being sold by private sellers. It is an old door lock hand carved from wood by the Dogon people of Mali. It was used for years as a lock on houses and granaries. The carvings and style of these locks range abstract and symbolic in representation of their ancestors. Those locks with carvings of ancestors are considered to offer additional protection by making the door sacrosanct.