Wooden doorlocks - Nunuma/Bambara - Burkina Faso/ Mali

Two well-used wooden doorlocks from different countries in West-Africa. These locks were used to lock the mudbrick sheds near households ,where the crops were stored for safekeeping agianst birds. The largest lock is of Bambara-design , a large lock, with a finial representing a stylised tortoise. Very nice patina.
Lenght; 43 cm. width; 36 cm.
The smaller lock comes from Burkina Faso and is of Nunuma origin, rare to find lock! Carved in a very stylised human figure with head and legs. The slider has been replaced in time. Nice patina. Dim.; 32 x 2=30 cm.
Both locks were collected in their places of origin in the late 1990,s.