Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3039464

Description

wood, encrusted 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, thin elongated face with bow-shaped projecting coiffure, drilled hole, slightly dam. (nose, mouth), acrylic base;
as with the Senufo 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.