Janus-headed heddle pulley · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3052361
Starting price
EUR 200
Estimated price
EUR 400
Provenance
Anton Eckert, Munich, Germany (1970)Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 5 July 2008, lot 109
Helmuth Brust, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 10 cm
H: 3.9 inch
Description
wood, pigments, carved with horned masks of different type, one of them presumably representing “bo nun amuin”, the “god of the forest”, the other one more reminding of the “kple-kple” mask type around the buffalo god “goli”, acrylic base
Comparing literature
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule - African Art - Western Eyes, New York 1997, p. 128
Publications
AHDRC: 0070671