Zemanek-Münster

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.


The object Excellent heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head “konantre” with the object ID 3047246 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 151 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.

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AHDRC: 0127389


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