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CultureDogon peoples
Titles
  • Door Lock with Two Figures
Date1880–1920
PlaceMali, Africa
MediumWood and metal
DimensionsOverall: 11 5/8 × 6 5/8 × 1 1/8 in. (29.5 × 16.8 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1431
Not on view

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Department
African Art
ProvenanceProbably [Maurice Bonnefoy, New York]; Dr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION

“The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 11, 1989-August 13, 1989.

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