Three heddle pulleys and a slingshot
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
not available anymore
Provenance
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germanya)+ d) 1978, acquired in Treichville, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
b) + c) 1983, acquired in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Description
light brown wood, dark brown patina, a) simple form, carved with the stylized head of a hornbill, h: 16 cm; b) corpus carved with geometrical ornaments, crowned by a bird’s head, h: 15 cm; c) ornamented corpus, crowned by a stylized buffalo’s head, h: 14 cm; each showing slight traces of abrasion, bobbins missing; d) slingshot surmounted by a human head with long neck, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, h: 23 cm