Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head - Côte

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

Baule Heddle Pulley, Ivory Coast, with anthropomorphic animal head, incised decoration, 6 3/4". Lacking wheel. From the estate of Thomas Cavanaugh of Maine and Florida.

Heddle Horned Head Pulley, Baule, Cote d'Ivoire, Early 20th C. A heddle pulley with figural finial in the form of a horned head with short ears and rectangular coiffeur at the back which is perforated

A fine and rare carved wooden heddle pulley from a weaving loom featuring a well carved anthropomorphic head with traditional scarifications, incised linear designs and a deep well handled surface, wi

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,

A large collection of heddle pulleys Côte d'Ivoire Comprising of a selection of carved wood Guro, Jimini, Senufo, and Baule heddle pulleys, each with an elaborate finial and incised pattern colored w

West Africa, Ivory Coast, Guro people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden heddle pulley with a U-shaped band slender neck, and a stylized bird head with a downward curved bea

AN AFRICAN WOODEN AKAN HEDDLE PULLEY FROM THE COTE D'IVOIRE 12 cm high Provenance: Collection Rene Vittoz (1904 St. Petersburg - 1992 Bern). His father was a Protestant pastor in St. Petersburg. In 19

Heddle pulley with human head. Pulleys were used in strip-weaving long narrow strips of cloth. Dates to first half of the 20th century. Height - 6 inches. Please note that this lot has a confidential

African Fang Anthropomorphic Wood Heddle Pulley, Gabon. The Fang people were victims of the large transatlantic and trans-Saharan slave trade between the 16th and 19th century. They were stereotyped a

A fine carved Anthropomorphic wooden heddle pulley for a weaving loom. Likely field collected by Thomas McNemar in the late 1950's and early 1960s. The Pulley has been custom mounted and measures 4.5

A heddle pulley with a figural head on short neck and female upper body; lower body forms shuttle. Dogon style. Mid to late 20th century. 10" h

Baule People, Ivory Coast, Heddle Pulley with Ancestral Portrait Handle, male head with delicately carved elaborate coiffure, beard, scarification, loop at top. On custom stand. 7 1/2" tall, 2 3/4" wi

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

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

Rollenzug, "kwora-ti-kotolo" Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 15,5 cm. Provenienz: - Gérald und Muriel Minkoff (1937-2009 & 1948-2020), Genf. - HDV Piguet, Genf (21

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

A Senufo Heddle Pulley Mali/Ivory Coast, Late 19th to first half of the 20th century Animal head with a lively expression, wide mouth with lips slightly parted showing a row of teeth&c

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

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