Fragment of Granary Shutter Lock
Unidentified Dogon maker
19th century
Wood
Overall: 9 1/4 × 3 1/8 × 1 9/16 in. (23.5 × 8 × 3.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Anonymous gift
986.83.26662
Geography
Place Made: Bandiagara area, Mali, Western Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Agricultural
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
REL 14, AAAS 18, Introduction to African Religions, Robert Baum, Spring 2014
Provenance
Halina Klejman (1908-2007); given to present collection, 1986.
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