This rare and exceptional door lock is composed of two crossbeams (generally reserved for chieftainship door locks, as an element of prestige). It represents a protective spirit of harvests. The engraved patterns on the vertical beam are depicting the scars worn by Mossi women who have given birth.
19^th century or earlier.

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