Door with Lizard Lock

CultureBamana peoples
Titles
  • Door with Lizard Lock
Date1900–1930
PlaceMali, Africa
MediumWood and iron nails
Dimensions51 1/8 × 24 1/4 × 3 3/8 inches

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number91.1925
Not on view

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Department
African Art
ProvenancePurchased in Mali by private collector, USA, late 1960s; [Hélène and Philippe Leloup Inc., New York, 1991]; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION

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