Heddle pulley ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3038954

Description

wood, shiny dark brown patina, surmounted by a separately carved buffalo mask (fixed by metal tag and cord), complete with crossbar and bobbin, min. dam., crack, base

The object Heddle pulley with the object ID 3038954 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 264.

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Comparing literature

Utotombo - L'Art d'Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges, Bruxelles 1988, p. 152, ill. 72