Zemanek-Münster

Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3041897

sold EUR 500
Provenance
Ernst Winizki, Zurich, Switzerland
Poulain le Fur, Paris, 18 October 1996
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
Size
H: 16 cm
H: 6.3 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, fork-shaped corpus, hole for suspension, complete with crossbar and bobbin (nut), min. dam., cracks, slight traces of usage, base


The object Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head with the object ID 3041897 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 192 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Eberhard & Lorenz Homberger, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 241 ff.


Publications

AHDRC: 0134011


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