African Dogon Door Carved Wood Granary Door Dogoan Tribe Mali Dogon -G1733

34.3/14.3-CM
This is a beautifully carved Granary Door from the Dogon People of Mali. These doors protected the window-like opening into each family's grain storage building, and used a simple sliding door lock. Primordial beings, ancestors, Kanaga masks, sun lizards and scenes of life symbolically served to protect the entrance by making it sacrosanct. The low reliefs are carved on several panels, held together by iron staples. The Dogon are justifiably famous for their doors. Whether complex or plain,