Excellent heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head "konantre", Côte d'Ivoire, Baule, Size: H: 25,5 cm (H: 10.0 inch), ID: 3047246

Excellent heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head "konantre", Côte d'Ivoire, Baule, Size: H: 25,5 cm (H: 10.0 inch), ID: 3047246 - 2/5

Excellent heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head "konantre", Côte d'Ivoire, Baule, Size: H: 25,5 cm (H: 10.0 inch), ID: 3047246 - 3/5

Excellent heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head "konantre", Côte d'Ivoire, Baule, Size: H: 25,5 cm (H: 10.0 inch), ID: 3047246 - 4/5

Excellent heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head "konantre", Côte d'Ivoire, Baule, Size: H: 25,5 cm (H: 10.0 inch), ID: 3047246 - 5/5

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Lot 151

95th Tribal Art Auction

Excellent heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head "konantre" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3047246

sold EUR 3,000

Provenance

Pierre Vérité, Paris, France
Claude Vérité, Paris, France
Sylvie Vérité, Paris, France
Christie’s Paris, 3 December 2015, Lot 53

Size

H: 25,5 cm

H: 10.0 inch

Description

wood, bicolor, pigment, old collection no. “12” and label “86 A.F”, base

The spectacular thing about this classic Baule heddle pulley is certainly the extremely imaginative asymmetrical hairstyle, but the beauty of the facial features and the delicacy of the workmanship also ennoble this object.

Publications

AHDRC: 0127389

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