"Loom Pulley Stirrup Animated With An Anthropomorphic Face, Baoulé/djimini Culture"
WEAVING LOOM PULLEY BRACKET with ANTHROPOMORPHIC FACEBaoulé/Djimini culture, Ivory Coast
First half of the 20th century
Wood and cord
H: 15; W: 4.5 cm
Narrow pulley, carved with an anthropomorphic face whose chin is included in the stirrup and whose neck is slightly ringed. Its eyes are shaped like coffee beans and its ears like cups.
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A similar example from the Iba N'Diaye collection is reproduced in a photograph taken at the Musée de l'Homme: ektachrome 10252, kept at the Musée du Quai Branly.
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
No. 35 of the exhibition "PULLEYS, these suspended sculptures"
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