Excellent heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

African Carved Heddle Pullies Two carved figural pullies, each having a head on the top crest Length: 8.50 inches Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will p

With anthropomorphic finials. All on custom gallery bases. Tallest, (including stand) approx. 7 1/4" H. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected throughout Centra

(8) Senufo Heddle pulleys, ex-museum, late 19th to second half 20th c., Ghana/Ivory Coast/Burkina Faso, carved wood, three carved with stylized bird finials, four with human heads, two mounted on plin

Title: Pulley – Luba – Wood – Congo Description: A finely Luba Pulley with fine detailed coiffure and great patina of use. The enlarged head set on top of this heddle pulley displays

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

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

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

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

wood, decorating brass tags, Probably head pieces of anthropomorphic slit drums "nkoko ngombo". H: 9 cm; 13,5 cm, H: 3,5 inch; 5,3 inch Provenance: Antoine Autru (1892-1966), colonial official in the