Made from a single piece of wood from the Mubinba tree using only an axe and adze, with two opposing swiveling pegs at the top and bottom cross members of the frame, the door itself relief carved with cross-hatching and centered with a coiled cobra.

52 x 18 in.

From the collection of Roy High, Cary, North Carolina



Each Tonga family made their own door, resulting in great variations of design, a design unique to that family.


Several deep cracks; surface and edge wear.