"Pulley Stirrup From A Weaving Loom, Animated With A Female Figure, Mossi Culture, Burkina Faso "
WEAVING LOOM PULLEY BRACKET featuring a FEMALE FIGUREMossi culture, Burkina Faso
Late 19th–early 20th century
Wood
H: 16; W: 9 cm
The upper part of the stirrup features a conical chest—a stylistic characteristic of the culture—surmounted by a stylized face with a shell-shaped headdress with two short braids and a pierced nose.
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
No. 41 of the exhibition “PULLEYS, These Suspended Sculptures”
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