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Three Ivory Coast Heddle Pulleys
- Origin
- Ivory Coast
- Period
- 20th century
- Object
- Pulley
- Materials
- Wood
- Dimensions
- Tallest approximately 23 cm high, including stand
- Catalogue
- TRB-034
Three carved wood heddle pulleys. The first is of simplified avian form; the second has a crested, wedge-shaped head; the third is a zoomorphic figure with long forward-pointing ears and large wide-set eyes, the long neck carrying three projections on one side and relief-carved decoration where it meets the body.
Provenance
Estate of Thomas McNemar (1931-2020), who lived and collected throughout Central and West Africa in the 1960s and 1970s and established galleries of African art in New York and San Francisco.Acquired
Hilliard & Co. · 2021
