LARGE 17" x 27" OLDER DOGON GRANARY DOOR /LATCH Start Price USD 229.99 Current Price USD 229.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 249.99 Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, July 02, 2008 End Time Wednesday, July 09, 2008 Location TANQUE VERDE VALLEY See more about 'LARGE 17" x 27" OLDER DOGON GRANARY DOOR /LATCH ' Description DOGON GRANARY DOOR PRE  C.1970 27" TALL, PEG to PEG   -  17" " ACROSS EXCELLENT USED CONDITION.    AGE CRACKS, WEAR.  NOTICE THE CHOP MARKS ON THE BACK 3 Pieces, Metal nails. HARD WOOD. These doors protected the opening into each family's grain storage building. They were held in place by a simple sliding door lock which is still present. The door tells a story of the owners by depicting Primordial beings, ancestors, , sun lizards and other scenes of life which served to protect the entrance. The 2 breasts represent the blacksmith who makes the agricultural tools to cultivate the land and produce food to nurture the people. Scenes of domestic life ( beasts) and decorative designs (all in relief). Dogon fathers laboriously constructed these doors for every daughter as they completed puberty to acknowledge and celebrate their rite of passage into womanhood. The new woman took the door with her into marriage to use as a signal to her husband that he should go elsewhere during her monthly condition by displaying the door outside of her quarters. Traditionally Dogon Doors have been used by the people of Mali to prevent wild animals and thieves from stealing from the community granary. Agriculture and farming provided the central theme for art. The earth provided the rich harvest which filled the granary in good times and caused the empty storeroom during times of famine. These doors, with decorated wooden key in the form of a sliding wooden bolt, are designed protect the central millet granary that houses the essential wealth of the entire community—food. Richly carved with rows of masculine ancestor- figures of human images, these doors were entry to the dried clay storage area. The statuettes represent the founder of the line and his wife, who guarded the harvest contained in the granary. LIVING IN SECLUSION AMONGST THE DRY CANYONS  AND HIGH DESERTS OF THE REGION,  THE DOGON ARE STILL ISOLATED AND LIVE IN PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES. Shipping is: $ 40.00.  +/-  USA $ 60.00  +/-  INTERNATIONAL   INSURANCE INCLUDED  INTERNATIONAL BUYERS NEED TO GIVE AMPLE  TIME FOR DELIVERY. I OFFER GREAT VALUE AND RARE ARTIFACTS FOR A FRACTION OF  GALLERY PRICES. *** Please note that all old used Arts will have minor imperfections, chips, age          cracks and other minor irregularities.*** If you cannot live with that or want a perfect piece, Please do not bid as old used items are never perfect. I will try my best to point out anything beyond that in my item descriptions. PLEASE READ THE LISTING BEFORE BIDDING . DO NOT BID IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO PAY. 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