Zanzibar Door Design

Find what you need. In history the doorway was said to have female and male doors. Zanzibar doors have a common design.

Door art of zanzibar dates back to late seventeenth century that is close to 400 years.

Zanzibar door design. The zanzibar doors are a key talking point when you visit the island. Zanzibar has a complex history of rule by and trade with multiple countries and local design. Zanzibar doors here are pictures of 5 fascinating carved doors photographed in stone town zanzibar. The historical zanzibar door in stone town zanzibar there were 806 wooden doors dating from the era of sultan barghash 1870 1880.

What we can learn from the carved doors of zanzibar. The doorway consists of a lintel center post and two separate doors at both sides. Tracing the trade route of zanzibar through door art. Explore jonmulks photos on flickr.

Jonmulk has uploaded 765 photos to flickr. Zanzibar door stone town doorway print bedroom decor wooden door door art wooden decor african art earthy art black art red decor armandacphotography. Design ideas and inspiration. During the 1800s special craftsmen in zanzibar achieved a style and tradition of carving wooden doors that can be found nowhere else in the world.

Mar 1957 tsh 159000 0742008000 buy and sell on tanzanias safest online marketplace. While in east africa last year i took a quick side trip to zanzibar the legendary island off the coast of tanzania. All wedding party. When you stroll through the streets of stone town this an incredible time capsule of mysterious beauty you will appreciate.

Used muninga doors windows and burglar bar door milango na madirisha vinuzwa used kinondoni mbezi dar es salaam 11. The doors have become more or less synonym with the swahili culture where they mainly are found in east africa lamu and mombasa kenya and in zanzibar. Zanzibardoors was established in 2004 as a small business that aimed at reinstating this special craft and its extreme value. We can copy any of these designs to your own specification and deliver doors to any part of the world.

Prices depend on the size of the door the delivery address and specification. Profound pieces of wood is used to build the door one of the primary foundation of each house. Designs emanate from arabic and indian influences. 5 out of.

The doors in zanzibar outnumber the doors both in number and in grandness found elsewhere along the coast and thus being named zanzibar. Sell what you dont.