Heddle pulley "kono" with anthropomorphic head · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3041414
Roy Stacy, Washington D.C., USA
Description
wood, rich black patina, u-shaped corpus with short branches, beautifully carved head with curved coiffure, drilled hole for suspension, strong abrasion of paint in the forehead and nose area, minor missing part (inner side of the left branch), traces of usage, base;
the Guro’s heddle pulleys do not have any ritual or magic meaning but are in fact made as “l’art pour l’art” objects whose only purpose is to provide aesthetic pleasure.
The object Heddle pulley “kono” with anthropomorphic head with the object ID 3041414 was part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction on November 5, 2016. The object with the lot number 209 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,300 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.
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