Heddle pulley ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3034896

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, pokerwork, metal rings, in form of a stylized human figure, crossbar and bobbin missing, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, socle;
the weaver who uses traditional methods employs so-called heddle pulleys to guide his cotton thread. They are decorated with motifs taken from the ancestral cult or tribal symbols. However, heddle pulleys do not embody ritual meanings.

Littérature comparée

Goy, Bertrand, Pulleys, o. O. 2005, p. 156 f.