Old Bamana Heddle Pulley for Weaving Ex Bob Banks Coll.

A Very Old and well used Heddle weaving pulley from the Bamana peoples, Mali, Africa. Carved wood with mask like central face and a golden honey colored well handled surface patina. The Pulley has col

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

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

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 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 bold and striking carved wooden heddle weaving pulley with avian finial and well handled surface patina. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The Pulley measures 10 x 3.5 inches. Provenance: Ex

A dramatic carved wooden female sculpture with strong carving style and rigid form. Female figures of this kind are known as nyeleni among the Bamana people of Mali. The figures are an idealization of

A Very finely carved female effigy with classic treatment to the face and coiffure, well patinated dark surface. This figure was once atop a wooden staff , known locally as a tefalipitya staff. Local

A Very fine and rare "lagalagana" Healing fetish with highly stylized form and features. Mumuye peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Ex Robert banks Collection, Maryland, USA.The sculpture measures 22 inches tal

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

7 5/8” x 5 ½” Playas Red Casas Grande Incised Olla – rim cleaned only – Ex. Bob Anderson Coll.

6 ¾” x 5 ¾” Casa Grande Plain Bluff Colorado Olla with Loop Handles – Ex. Bob Anderson Coll.

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

Well handled and worn old weaving pulley with deep surface patina, classic face and incised designs. Guro peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The pulley measures 6.25 inches tall on base. Provenance: A

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 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,

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 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

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 finely carved and well used classic example of a Weaving pulley from a look , featuring a slender form with a vessel on top, embellished with a woven rope cord. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Afr