Large Granary or House Door

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Large Granary or House Door: Large wood door with carved decorations in registry form, with lizard motif in center of third registry
Large Granary or House Door

Large wood door with carved decorations in registry form, with lizard motif in center of third registry

Name/Title

Large Granary or House Door

Entry/Object ID

2011.C-D.080

Description

Large wood door with carved decorations in registry form, with lizard motif in center of third registry.

Use

Covering for window openings in family grain storage buildings.

Context

Granary and house doors are decorated with symbolic motifs drawn from Dogon mythology and religious beliefs, including depictions of primordial ancestors (nommo) and animals, especially the lizard. (Roslyn A. Walker, The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art. 2009, 220-221).

Collection

Jonathan A. Campbell & Tanya G. Dowdey African Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Dogon People

Date made

circa 1900 - 1930

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Mali

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Mali

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Dogon People

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Granaries, Doors & doorways

Search Terms

door

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Door

Class

Architecture

Category

Architectural element

Dimensions

Height

61 in

Width

28 in

Depth

3-1/2 in

Material

Wood