Baule Heddle Weaving Loom Pulley with Female ancestor

Carved wooden Heddle pulley for a weaving Loom with ornate ancestor face and incised designs. baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Measures 7 7/8 inches tall.

A carved wooden heddle weaving loom pulley with highly stylized ancestor face on top with wonderful spiral like coiffure and incised designs. Kulongo peoples, Lagoons region, Ivory Coast, West Africa.

A carved wooden heddle weaving loom pulley with highly stylized ancestor face on top with wonderful coiffure and incised designs. Kulongo peoples, Lagoons region, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The Pulley

Carved wooden heddle pulley for a weaving loom with a fierce Hyena face and incised designs. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Measures 6.75 inches tall.

2 African Artifacts: 1) Baule Heddle Pulley, Baule People (Ivory Coast), 20th C., carved wood. Size: 8"H x 3.5"W x 2.25"D (20.5 x 9 x 5.5 cm); 2) Weaving Loom Heddle, Based, Bambara People (Mali), 20t

Collection of three carved wooden implements used in weaving textiles, including a Avian form heddle pulley, canoe shaped shuttle for a larger loom and a small hand held strap loom. All three have bee

A Tall carved wooden Heddle weaving loom pulley with primitive mask like face and incised designs. This Pulley was likely field collected by Thomas McNemar in the late 1950's and early 1960s. The Pull

A fine carved wooden heddle pulley for a weaving loom from Côte d’Ivoire, possibly from the Kulango peoples and Likely field collected by Thomas McNemar in the late 1950's and early 1960s. T

A very rare example of a Heddle weaving pulley from Burkina Faso, with stylized ancestor face adorned with tribal scars and a well handled surface patina. Mossi or related ethnic group, Burkina faso,

This lot contains three very fine old examples of the Heddle pulleys from weaving looms used throughout West Africa. The lot contains a Senufo avian form Pulley, a Rare Djimini tribe bush cow form and

Pair of hand-carved wooden Baule heddle pullies used for weaving, Ivory Coast, 6 1/2" x 2 1/4" x 1 1/4". Provenance: Ursula Bailey Marvin estate.

A finely carved wooden heddle weaving pulley with avian motif and incised linear designs. The Pulley shows field use and wear and measures 6.5 inches tall. 7.25 inches tall on custom display stand. Ba

A very finely carved wooden heddle weaving pulley with mask like face and incised linear designs, and a well handled surface. Baule / Akan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The Pulley has been custom

A classic carved wooden zoomorphic heddle weaving pulley in avain form of a Horn Bill bird, a totem animal of the Poro society. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The Pulley measures 6.5 x 3.5

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

A fine carved 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 inches tall ( 6

A fine carved wooden avian form heddle pulley from a weaving loom featuring a well carved hornbill bird head traditional form, incised linear designs and a deep well handled surface, with much evidenc

A fine carved 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 4.75 inches tall ( 6

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

Africa, Baule, ca. early 20th century CE. A sculpted and incised wood heddle pulley used to create the fine woven fabrics on the traditional narrow-band loom. Wood pulleys were designed to hold a cord

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

Looms across West Africa use pulleys to smoothly raise and lower the heddles. In the Ivory Coast, especially among the Dan, Guro, Baule and Senufo, the decoration of carved wooden pulleys has reached

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, "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