Heddle Pulley

Heddle pulley with female head.

African collection of three Heddle pulleys 20th Centurycarved wood, rope, beads2.75 w × 2.25 d × 6 h in (7 × 6 × 15 cm) The pulley from the Yoruba peoples (center) is moun

This is a clasic Senufo kpelie heddle pulley with a U-shaped form and masked head as a finial. Each leg of the U form is drilled to accept a shaft and pulley spool. Frames (heddles) are suspended from

wood, rich black patina, u-shaped corpus with short branches, beautifully carved head with curved coiffure, drilled hole for suspension, strong abrasion of paint in the forehead and nose area, minor m

Africa, Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely carved and incised hardwood pulley adorned with a characteristically elongated human head with elegant facial features,

Baule Peoples, heddle pulley, ex-Helena Rubinstein, Ivory Coast, carved wood, the pulley surmounted by a human head with antelope horns, mounted on black wood stands, 8"h (pulley) Provenance: A Privat

Guro Heddle Pulley Height 8 x width 2 1/2 x depth 2 inches Estimate $ 2,000-4,000 Property from the Collection of Joan Spencer Cooke, Prairie Village, Kansas Provenance: Sold: Sotheby's, New York, New

An old Degha/Gurunsi Heddle Pulley from Burkina Faso depicting a bold, powerful female. These pulleys were used to run thread from the top to bottom of looms, and to provide distraction and inspiratio

Rollenzug, "kono" Guro, Côte d’Ivoire Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 21 cm. Provenienz: - wohl Galerie Künzi, Gottfried Künzi (1920-1979), Solothurn. - Martin Gross (1922-2017), Biel (erworben am

Rollenzug, "konantre" Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 17 cm. Provenienz: - lt. Vorbesitzer von Alain Schoffel, Paris. - Claude Goretta (1929-2019), Genf. Sich mit reizvollen Obj

Rollenzug Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 16 cm. Provenienz: - wohl Galerie Künzi, Gottfried Künzi (1920-1979), Solothurn. - Martin Gross (1922-2017), Biel (erworben am 0

Rollenzug, "konantre" Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 17 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Künzi, Gottfried Künzi (1920-1979), Solothurn. - Martin Gross (1922-2017), Biel (erworbe

12 Webrollenhalter Jimini, Côte d’Ivoire Gesockelt (base included) Holz, Eisen, Polsternägel. H 16,5 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. Sich mit reizvollen Objekten zu umge

Western Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a wooden pulley in the form of a long-beaked, crested bird with a human female's body. Created and used by the Senufo people

Rollenzug, Webspulenhalter Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 15,5 cm. Provenienz: Walter Häusler, Thurgau. 1960er Jahre in Nigeria erworben. Sich mit reizvollen Objekten zu umgeben,

GURO, Ivory CoastHeddle Pulley WoodThis Guro heddle pulley still has

West Africa, Burkina Faso or Ivory Coast, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A cast brass pulley in the form of a stylized woman with a pronged torso and a spindle wheel that rotates freely on the horiz

24 Rollenzug, "konantre" Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Gesockelt / with custom base Holz, Eisen (Stift). H 17 cm. Provenienz: - vermutl. Maria Wyss, Basel. - Hannah Salathé (1926-2012), Basel. - Schweizer

Rollenzug, Kunstgewerbe Guro, Côte d’Ivoire Mit Sockel / with base Holz, Eisen. H 17,5 cm. B 8 cm. Provenienz: - französische Privatsammlung, Rouen (1950 in situ erworben). - Mytika, H

Wood, carved and with black patina Ivory Coast, early 20th century Guro and Dan people Heddle pulley with triangular body, crowned by figural carved handle, below iron rod with thread spool (presumabl

Rollenzug, "kwora-ti-kotolo" Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 19 cm. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung, Solothurn (erworben am 17.06.1968). Sich mit reizvollen Objekten z

Rollenzug Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, Polsternägel. H 16 cm. Provenienz: - wohl Galerie Künzi, Gottfried Künzi (1920-1979), Solothurn. - Martin Gro

23 Rollenzug, "konantre" Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Gesockelt / with custom base Holz und Nagel. H 15 cm. Provenienz: - Sammlung Alfred Meyer (1960). - Nachlass Ernst Winizki (1915-1997), Zürich. Das Sa

11 Webrollenhalter, "kwora-ti-kotolo" Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Holz. H 16 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. Sich mit reizvollen Objekten zu umgeben, war ein grundlegendes Anli

An elegant and refined old heddle weaving pulley with openwork design and well handled surface, custom mounted. The pulley itself 5 inches tall, 6 inches on display stand. Ashanti / Akan peoples , Gha