OLD BAMANA DOORLOCK
In form of a stylized human figure, standing on zigzag legs, the rectangular body surmounted by an abstract face, a pair of upturned horns at top; black patina, White oxidation. It is sometimes told that the big ears also represent the jaws of a crocodile to enhance the power of the ancestors.
Wood, 49 cm
It is in good condition, and has many traces of an extended use. In the back you can see the gravity pins that made the doors shut. A human animal representation on the doorlock give the house an ancestor protection, the animal representation gives the ancestor the strengths of the animal and offers so an additional protection.
Provenance: auction house Lempertz, Köln, 2006
Price:1,000 €
+32
3 227.35.40, 