 Door 1 64" high $2500 |
 Door 5 54.5" high $2000 |
 Door 7 57" high $1500 |
 Door 8 66" high $2500 + |
Door 9 47" high $1500 |
Door 10 48" high $1500 |
Door 14 43" high $750 |
Door 15 49.5" high $1500 |
Door 18 74" high $2500 |
Door 19 44" high $1500 |
Door 20 48.5" high $2000 |
Door 21 50" high $2000 |
 Door 2 SOLD |
 Door 3 SOLD |
 Door 4 SOLD |
 Door 6 SOLD |
Door 13 SOLD |
Door 16 SOLD |
Door 22 SOLD |
Door 17 SOLD |
Door 11 SOLD |
Door 12 SOLD |
All of our Igbo doors have been vetted as being authentic with significant signs of use and age.
These intricately carved doors show the flair for abstraction of the Igbo people of Nigeria. Carved of a sacred hardwood, iroko, for major patrons, they served as entrance portals to an obi, the male meeting house. Iroko wood is associated with males, power and certain mysteries. The tree's spirit is ritually placated before felling. The large planks were extremely difficult to cut from the dense wood of the iroko tree. The doors are distinguished by the careful chip carving into V-shaped grooves and the contrasts of plain with densely carved areas. Our collection of 20 doors plus two side panels is exceptional with most showing complex patterns and generations of slow weathering.
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