"Pulley Stirrup Of A Weaving Loom Animated By A Porpianong Senufo Culture, Ivory Coast "
WEAVING LOOM PULLEY BRACKET animated by a PORPIANONGSenufo culture, Ivory Coast
First half of the 20th century
Wood
H: 17; L: 7 cm
Wooden stirrup with a slightly crusty patina topped with the mother of the Poro child: the Setian bird Porpianong. Its wings are spread and decorated with geometric incisions.
A symbol of fertility, the bird figure combines a phallic image in the form of a pointed beak that blends into its rounded abdomen, evocative of a pregnant woman.
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
No. 52 of the exhibition "PULLEYS, these suspended sculptures"
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