"Pulley Stirrup For A Weaving Loom, Featuring A Mask From The Goli Culture Of Baoulé, Ivory Coast "
WEAVING LOOM PULLEY BRACKET animated with a GOLI MASKBaoulé culture, Ivory Coast
First half of the 20th century
Wood
H: 13.5; W: 11 cm
Pulley decorated with the buffalo mask of Goli – a protective deity and child of Nyamien, the god of the sky, symbolizing social harmony and acting as protector of the village, warding off evil influences.
Bibliography:
A similar example is reproduced in Cyrille Morgoulis' book, Poulies, Sénoufo du Mali, 2017, p.109
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
No. 53 of the exhibition "PULLEYS, these suspended sculptures"
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