Heddle pulley ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3040173

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, A-shaped corpus, complete with crossbar and bobbin (nut), crowned with a girl’s head, a motif much favoured by this ethnic group, collection label “Morigi Lugano No. 483”, drilled hole, min. dam., small missing parts through insect caused damage, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base

The object Heddle pulley with the object ID 3040173 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 337.

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