Antique African Igbo Carved Painted White Panel

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This 60-inch panel is a narrow Igbo wall element rather than a full door, hand-carved from a single slab just … Read more This 60-inch panel is a narrow Igbo wall element rather than a full door, hand-carved from a single slab just 13 inches wide with a flowing, wave-like pattern of parallel ridged grooves curving across the surface in a broad S-shape. Heavy traces of white pigment or limewash remain in the carved recesses and across large sections of the face, a real historic finish rather than later damage, contrasting against the warm reddish-brown wood beneath. There's one crack running through the panel, honest age wear, structurally stable. Given its slim scale, this reads less as an architectural door and more as a narrow sculptural wall element, well suited to a slim gap between windows, a stairwell landing, or paired vertically with another narrow carved piece rather than displayed as a standalone door-scaled anchor.

The whitewashed, weathered surface gives it a lighter, more textural presence than the darker patinated pieces elsewhere in the collection. See less