"Dogon Granary Shutter Door, Mali, Mid-20th Century"
Dogon Shutter Door Repeating motif of standing female figure carved in hollow
Four rows with herringbone frieze surround
The row including the lock with a man's figure with two amphibians facing each other.
Height 66cm x width 42cm - Total height 73cm (In two parts joined by a metal lace clasp)
Mid-20th century. Mali, Dogon ethnic group
- €320 -
The motifs on Malian doors, apart from their decorative value, are intended to deter intruders, human or animal. The Dogon are a people of Mali, in the region that extends from the Bandiagara cliff to the southwest of the Niger bend. Some are settled in northern Burkina Faso. They are above all farmers (mainly millet) and blacksmiths. And they are renowned for their cosmogony and their sculptures, with dense and intensely stylized expressions.
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