Heddle pulley ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3034896

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, pokerwork, metal rings, in form of a stylized human figure, crossbar and bobbin missing, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, socle;
the weaver who uses traditional methods employs so-called heddle pulleys to guide his cotton thread. They are decorated with motifs taken from the ancestral cult or tribal symbols. However, heddle pulleys do not embody ritual meanings.

The object Heddle pulley with the object ID 3034896 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 131.

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Comparing literature

Goy, Bertrand, Pulleys, o. O. 2005, p. 156 f.