Dogon Door Lock 02 This stool has been finished

This stool has been finished with a metal top

These portrait masks come from the Ivory Coast and are hand-carved from indigenous woods and form part of the Baule society

A rare table from the Toma people of Guinea

Silver Line cereal bowl and Steel Dust dessert bowl

so no two stools are identical

Dogon Door Lock 02 This stool has been finishedThis old object was sourced at an auction of rare collectors items being sold by private sellers. It is an old door lock hand carved from wood by the Dogon people of Mali. It was used for years as a lock on houses and granaries. The carvings and style of these locks range abstract and symbolic in representation of their ancestors. Those locks with carvings of ancestors are considered to offer additional protection by making the door sacrosanct.