Photographs © Tim Hamill
YORUBA, DOOR 2, 69", $1500, Nigeria
Yoruba doors, often made by well-known carvers for prestigious homes and palaces, usually have strong figurative carving in deep relief. No. 2 shows more of a Nupe style of assembling carved planks and is not as precisely carved.
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