Carved rectangular wooden panel, possibly part of a door. [FC 19/09/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Carved rectangular wooden panel, possibly part of a door. [FC 19/09/2011]
Long description: Carved rectangular wooden panel, possibly part of a door. The panel is carved on one side with geometric patterns of triangular and diamond shapes with diagonal, vertical and horizontal lines. The back the the panel is inscribed in white paint with 'G. I. Jones' [FC 19/09/2011]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Cultural groups: Igbo
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Ursula Jones
Date
Acquisition information: Donated: 19/09/2011
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Depth: max 23 mm, Width: max 250 mm, Length: max 1522 mm approx
Object numbers: Accession number: 2011.90.2
Research and responses: While the majority of the Igbo houses have walls of sun-baked clay, usually plain but sometimes decorated by clay modelling or coloured drawings, men of means like to cover them with a series of carved panels of iroko wood (sometimes called African oak or teak, Ibo name, ojji). The front door which is placed in the centre, moves by means of two butts fitting into corresponding holes in the lintel and threshold, the remainder of the panels are fixtures. [FC 19/09/2011]

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