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Door Lock and key with ancestral pair (Nommo figures)

Made By Dogon Cultural Group (Mali)
Datelate 19th/early 20th century
Dimensionslock: 9 × 2 1/2 in. (22.9 × 6.4 cm)
crossbar: 7 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (19.1 × 3.2 cm)
key: 5 1/2 × 1/2 in. (14 × 1.3 cm)
Classification(s)
  • WCMA Reserve Collection
Credit LineGift of Drs. Carolyn and Eli Newberger
Object numberRC.83.190
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Door Lock with ancestral figure (Nommo)
Dogon Cultural Group
early 20th century
Door Lock with abstract ancestral figure (Nommo)
Dogon Cultural Group
early 20th century
Door Lock with ancestral pair (Nommo)
Dogon Cultural Group
mid 20th century
Door Lock with ancestral figure (Nommo)
Dogon Cultural Group
mid 20th century