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Senufo Heddle Pulley & Dan Maskette
- Culture
- Senufo / Dan
- Origin
- Ivory Coast
- Object
- Heddle Pulley
- Materials
- Wood
- Dimensions
- 6-1/2"H. pulley 3-/8"H. Dan
- Items
- 2 in this lot
- Catalogue
- TRB-252
Weaving pulley carved with a calao bird head with high thin crest. Surface wear from age and use. The maskette is carved with high rounded forehead and sharply tapered long chin; grooved along back. Dark brown smooth patina. Each on custom mount.
Provenance
NYC. collection. Maskette is ex. Gerald Minkoff and Muriel Olesen. The auction house prints the maskette's height malformed, as '3-/8 in.'; the measurement is reproduced here as given and has not been guessed at. Photograph: Arte Primitivo, New York.Acquired
Arte Primitivo · 2025
