This pair of wooden panels are beautifully decorated with symbolic and abstract animal motifs featuring a large lizard and snake that also acted as traditional protection symbols. A series of parallel lines adorn the cross sections of both panels. Elaborately decorated panels/doors such as this would have adorned a Nupe meeting house or important family compound.
Ex Private Collection, UK
Estimated Period: First Quarter of 20th Century
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