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  W0017.jpg - Dogon Granary Door-Mali - These doors protected the window-like opening into each family’s grain storage building, and used a simple sliding door lock. Primordial beings, ancestors, Kanaga masks, sun lizards and scenes of life symbolically served to protect the entrance by making it sacrosanct. The low reliefs are carved on several panels, held together by iron staples. W017  
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Dogon Granary Door-Mali

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These doors protected the window-like opening into each family’s grain storage building, and used a simple sliding door lock. Primordial beings, ancestors, Kanaga masks, sun lizards and scenes of life symbolically served to protect the entrance by making it sacrosanct. The low reliefs are carved on several panels, held together by iron staples. W017

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Camera: CASIO COMPUTER CO.,LTD QV-R62 | Date: 31/07/07 23:04 | Resolution: 300 x 400 | Exp. Time: 1/60s | Aperture: 2.8 | Focal Length: 8,0mm (=39mm)
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