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Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3042892

sold EUR 1,500
Provenance
Mona Etienne, New York, USA, collected in situ (1960s/70s)
Size
H: 20,5 cm
H: 8.1 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, metal, delicate carved coiffure and scarification marks, without crossbar and bobbin, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of usage


The object Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head with the object ID 3042892 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 221 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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Comparing literature

Goy, Bertrand, Pulleys, o. O. 2005, p. 96 f.


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