Pulley Stirrup For A Weaving Loom, Animated By A Female Figure, Gouro Culture, Ivory Coast

Pulley Stirrup For A Weaving Loom, Animated By A Female Figure, Gouro Culture, Ivory Coast -photo-3

Pulley Stirrup For A Weaving Loom, Animated By A Female Figure, Gouro Culture, Ivory Coast -photo-4

Object description :

"Pulley Stirrup For A Weaving Loom, Animated By A Female Figure, Gouro Culture, Ivory Coast "

WEAVING LOOM PULLEY BRACKET featuring a FEMALE FIGURE
Gouro culture, Ivory Coast
Late 19th–early 20th century
Wood with crusty patina
H: 22.5; W: 7 cm

Sculpted with an oval face and pointed chin, this figure exudes an apparent tranquility. Her lips are short and full, and her conical headdress rises in concentric stripes. Her slender neck joins the stirrup that forms her body. The front is carved with a drooping chest in relief against a background of incised checkerboard patterns. It bears a handwritten collection number, “L.C. 142.”

Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
No. 2 of the exhibition "PULLEYS, These Suspended Sculptures"

Price: 800 €