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Carved door
Object Number 60-50-50/10423
Display Title Carved door
Descriptions
Object Description Carved wooden door, approx. 4.5' high. Carved detail is in high and low-relief with geometric, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic designs. A pivoting wood bolt in two parts, is attached to the mid-section with hand-wrought nails.
Inventory Description Door, wood, carved human, zoomorphic and geomoetric design, toggle handle
Classification
  • Door
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960 or earlier
Culture
  • Senufo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 136 x 61 x 11.5 cm (53 9/16 x 24 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 60-50-50/10423; 4 [encircled]
Credit Line Gift of Eliot Elisofon
Provenance
Collector Mr. Eliot Elisofon (1960)
Donor Mr. Eliot Elisofon (1960)

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