This panel may have been one half of a two-part object, creating a sixteen-point star, around which other individual polygonal elements would have been arranged to create a geometric shape, or perhaps it was placed individually on the edge of a rectangular panel. Both possibilities can be seen in the minbar doors (91.1.2064) on display in Gallery 450. The individual pieces are held together with mortise and tenon joints, where a cavity is cut into the side of the wood to allow the pieces to be slotted together. Such a technique is loose enough to prevent warping due to humidity and temperature changes, that occur with wooden objects.