"Loom Pulley Stirrup Animated With A Female Figure, Akan Culture, Ghana "
WEAVING LOOM PULLEY BRACKET featuring a FEMALE FIGUREAkan culture, Ghana and Ivory Coast
Late 19th century or earlier
Copper alloy
H: 11; W: 5 cm
Copper alloy brackets are rare.
Made using the lost wax technique, these miniature pulleys could be given as rewards to the best weavers. This female figure with a stylized body stands upright, with a braided cord under her chest, two torques adorning her neck, and her face topped with a large incised shell-shaped headdress.
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
No. 61 in the exhibition "PULLEYS, these suspended sculptures"
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