Heddle pulley

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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.

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Comparing literature

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

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