Finely Carved Threeshold Planck of Meeting Hall (lopo) -  West Timor - Indonesia

Description

Finely Carved Threeshold Planck of Meeting Hall (Lopo)-  West Timor - Indonesia
DIMENSIONS:
cm 170 x 10 x 10 (inches: 66
" x 4"x 4")
WEIGHT
: 9 kg ca.
DESCRIPTION:
Large planck used as threeshold for the trapdoor of the village granary-meeting hall. It would have been installed orizzontally, with the carved side downward, the door also put orizzontally, and the hole on the plank internal side would have been the place where the extremity of the door is wedged in. The 4 squared groows would have been used to fix it with other orizzontal planks to sunstain it.
The planck is finely carved on one side with two faces on top and bottom and traditional geometrical motives.
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