Antique Lunar Meridian African Granary Door

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This 42-inch door (47.5 inches including its pivot tab) is a single-slab Dogon or Bamana piece from Mali, hand-hewn from … Read more This 42-inch door (47.5 inches including its pivot tab) is a single-slab Dogon or Bamana piece from Mali, hand-hewn from one narrow tapered plank with a small carved pivot tab and feet rather than separate hardware, and a notched sawtooth top edge. The upper register carries two nested scalloped arch forms, each filled with a woven basket-weave cross-hatch lattice, framed by a plain grooved horizontal band. Below that sits a large circular medallion with radiating fan segments, a sun or granary-roof form common to this region's granary door tradition. The patina is a warm reddish-brown consistent with genuine age, with light surface checking and no structural concerns. At 17 inches wide, this is a narrower single-slab door with two distinct carved registers, well suited to a hallway, beside a doorway, or grouped with other single-slab geometric pieces where its layered pattern work rewards a closer look.

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