Memory door-ILEKUN- (1) - Wood - Speichertüre - yoruba - Nigeria

‘Ilekun’ door. Yoruba, Nigeria Dimensions: h: 158 cm, w: 70 cm, d: 5 cm Decorative elements on palaces, shrines and tombs underscore the social status of owners and cults. They can be found in every corner of Yoruba country. The carved relief portrayals on doors of people, animals and cult symbols are usually arranged in several horizontal areas. Sometimes, the tableaus are arranged as a free composition, compartmentalised into abstract patterns, as can be seen for example on several doors from Erin and Ikare. Various images on one single Yoruba object, such as a door or oracle board, never tell a story. You have to interpreted independent symbols as a series. This composition of this sequence is superbly illustrated in a study of palace doors from the Opin region (includes the villages of Osi Ilorin, Ikerin and Isare) in northern Ekiti. Famous master craftsmen such as Oshamuko, Areogun and others, who often had superbly trained students, lived in this area. They carved doors for kings, chieftains, ogboni houses and shrines, all using a certain repertoire of independent scenes, which were depicted on horizontal surfaces, arranged one above the other, framed with abstract patterns. Shipping: insured shipping via DHL with tracking number.