Antique Bleached Wood Solar Eye Carved Igbo Door

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This 44-inch carved panel is Igbo work from southeastern Nigeria's Awka carving tradition, hand-hewn from a single two-inch-thick hardwood slab … Read more This 44-inch carved panel is Igbo work from southeastern Nigeria's Awka carving tradition, hand-hewn from a single two-inch-thick hardwood slab rather than assembled from multiple planks. Its size and proportions read more as a window shutter or small compound panel than a full entrance door. The carving centers on two horizontal lenticular eye forms filled with fine cross-hatching, framed above and below by nested diamond lozenges, with diagonal chevron bands running down each side and raised molded bands closing the top and bottom edges. A carved pivot lug survives at the top right corner, and a hairline shrinkage crack runs down the center of the panel, both original to the piece rather than damage. The patina is a warm honey-amber, consistent with genuine age. At 27 inches wide and 44 inches tall, it's sized for a smaller wall, above a console, beside a doorway, or as one piece in a grouped arrangement, rather than needing a full floor-to-ceiling stretch.

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