Janus-headed heddle pulley · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3052361
Price
EUR 200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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
The object Janus-headed heddle pulley with the object ID 3052361 was part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale on September 24, 2025, lot number 139 at that time and is currently available for EUR 200 in Open sale.
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Comparing literature
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule - African Art - Western Eyes, New York 1997, p. 128
Publications
AHDRC: 0070671