Heddle pulley · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3036850
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Provenance
Toni Dähler, Basel, SwitzerlandSize
H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, remains of kaolin, crowned by a bearded head, knob coiffure at the back of the head, iron hook on top, bobbin and spool missing, rep. (breakage), small missing parts, cracks, acrylic base
The object Heddle pulley with the object ID 3036850 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 397.
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Comparing literature
Thompson, Robert Farris, Black Gods and Kings, Los Angeles 1971, CH 19, ill. 5