"Loom Pulley Stirrup Animated With An Anthropomorphic Face, Baoulé Culture "
WEAVING LOOM PULLEY BRACKET with ANTHROPOMORPHIC FACEBaoulé culture, Ivory Coast
First half of the 20th century
Wood with shiny patina
H: 16; W: 5 cm
(old crack)
Pulley animated with a face topped with a multi-lobed headdress, punctuated with finely incised oblique lines ending in a short braid. Like his temples and the corners of his lips, his neck is dotted with keloid scarifications. The stirrup is decorated with cartouches incised with geometric friezes on both sides.
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
No. 66 of the exhibition "PULLEYS, these suspended sculptures".
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