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BAMANA KONBALABALA DOOR LOCK
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EARLY 20THC. BAMANA KONBALABALA DOOR LOCK #10017

An early 20th century West African Bamana, Bambara Mali (KONABALABALA) door lock, wood and metal construction, these locks were used to protect houses and granaries. Bamana door-locks range from the abstract and symbolic to representations of ancestors or lizards. Thy are usually more figurative than those of their Dogon neighbours. Gravity-fed metal pins drop into holes in the sliding bolt, some of which also have a metal cover for additional strength and resistance to wear. Locks such as these were affixed with large iron staples through holes to house doors, which were usually plain.     #10017meo

Metal strap missing, photos show lock in it's various parts

 

£550.00

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