Heddle pulley "kono" with anthropomorphic head · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3041414
sold
EUR 2,300
Provenance
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1984)Roy Stacy, Washington D.C., USA
Size
H: 13,5 cm
H: 5.3 inch
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.