Heddle pulley with bird head · Côte d'Ivoire, Diomande · ID: 3032815
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Description
wood, rich blackish brown patina, well-balanced forms, the long tapering beak corresponding with the neck lobe, accurate incised linear ornaments, complete with cross-bar and bobbin, acrylic base;
heddle pulleys belong to the weavers and were passed on as appreciated heirloom within the family. Because of their private character, the weaver is allowed to define their form on his own. The weaver who uses traditional methods employs so-called heddle pulleys to guide his cotton thread. These pulleys are hung over the loom and guide and hold up the chain thread which in turn holds up the heddle shafts and permits them to move up and down.
L’objet Heddle pulley with bird head avec l’ID d’objet 3032815 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 69th tribal art auction dans 2 juin 2012 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 304 a atteint un prix de vente de 10 000 €.
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Publications
Expo.cat.: "Oerkunsten van zwart Afrika/Arts Premiers d' Afrique Noire", by Philippe Guimiot and Lucien van de Velde, Brussels: Credit Communal de Belgique, 1977:57, #28c; Hvatum Werner, "La muse des tisserands; l' étrier de poulie d' Afrique de L'Ouest, in: Tribal Arts, Le Monde de l' ArtTribal, vol.IV, #15, 1997:82, fig.49
Exposition
Brussels, Belgium, "Oerkunsten van zwart Afrika/Arts Premiers d' Afrique Noire", Credit Communal de Belgique, 5 March - 17 April 1977