Traditional door

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Traditional door
Traditional door
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Zanzibar has been an important centre for Islamic culture since the tenth century. Many traders from the Arabian peninsula, the Persian Gulf, Iran and India settled there and married local inhabitants.
This sculpture reproduces the famous doors of Zanzibar, which traditionally combine Arab and Indian influences. In the society of Zanzibar, such doors symbolised the status, wealth and honour of their owners.