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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Ethnographic Art
• Sale Date:
  11 Dec 2016 ~ 11am
• Lot #:
  110
• Lot Description:
  A Dogon Wooden Shutter
  Small wooden shutters like this one are found on granaries - narrow mud-brick structures with domed and thatched roofs. In the rocky, barren landscape of Mali the importance of preserving grain was paramount. Though sometimes undecorated, granary doors are often carved in relief with fertility or protective symbols. The two exhibited here show rows of guardian-like figures. Mali, Africa.
  H. 89 cm
• Provenance:
  Collection number CC/40873 (Christensen Collection).
• Estimate:
  A$200 - 400
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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