BAMANA DOOR 12, Mali

This door has been vetted as being authentic with signs of use and age.

Photographs © Hamill Gallery

BAMANA
DOOR 12
57" high x 28" wide x 3.5" deep (including doorlock)
Doorlock is 17.5" high x 16.5" wide
35 lbs.
Mali
$1000
SOLD

The doorlock on this door has pins so it locks when extended. The holes could be blocked so it wouldn't lock if desired. (To unlock it, the door would have to be turned upside down to drop the pins out.) The splits on the top and bottom of the center panel are old and stable.

Note on the photographs: The first two photographs show the front and back of the door in sharp and angled direct sunlight, with the light showing through the space between the planks. (There is also some light reflected up from the bottom surface on which it was resting.). The third photograph and the detail below of the doorlock were taken indoors, with artificial light from the left side, showing how the door would look hanging on a wall, with the gaps largely in shadow.