This 42-inch door (47.5 inches including its pivot tab) is a single-slab Dogon or Bamana piece from Mali, hand-hewn from one narrow tapered plank with a small carved pivot tab and feet rather than separate hardware, and a notched sawtooth top edge. The upper register carries two nested scalloped arch forms, each filled with a woven basket-weave cross-hatch lattice, framed by a plain grooved horizontal band. Below that sits a large circular medallion with radiating fan segments, a sun or granary-roof form common to this region's granary door tradition. The patina is a warm reddish-brown consistent with genuine age, with light surface checking and no structural concerns. At 17 inches wide, this is a narrower single-slab door with two distinct carved registers, well suited to a hallway, beside a doorway, or grouped with other single-slab geometric pieces where its layered pattern work rewards a closer look.

*Origin: Dogon or Bamana tradition, Mali
*Era: Early-to-mid 20th century (estimated)
*Material: Hand-carved hardwood, single hand-hewn slab
*Finish: Warm reddish-brown patina, light surface checking consistent with age
*Dimensions: 17"W x 1.5"D x 47.5"H overall (door panel itself 42"H, excluding pivot tab)
*Condition: Light antique wear, structurally stable, original single-slab construction, pivot tab, and carved feet intact

An antique single-slab Dogon or Bamana door from Mali, carved with nested scalloped arches filled with basket-weave lattice above a radiating sun medallion, warm reddish-brown patina.

Q: What do the arch and basket-weave motifs on a Dogon or Bamana granary door typically represent?
A: Arched forms on granary doors in this region are generally understood to echo the rounded roofline of the granary structure itself, and basket-weave or lattice fill inside those arches reflects the woven grain-storage baskets the granary was built to protect. A radiating circular medallion, as seen on the lower register here, commonly reads as a sun motif, tied to the agricultural cycle the granary served. We keep this reading at the level of general, well-documented tradition rather than assigning a specific meaning unique to this piece, since that kind of detail isn't something we can confirm without direct provenance.

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