DepartmentTextiles-Africa

Heddle pulley

NameHeddle pulley

CultureBaule

Place madeIvory Coast, Africa

Place madeCôte d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast), West Africa, Africa

MediumWood, metal, pigment

DimensionsOverall: 11 1/4 x 3 15/16 x 1 3/4 in. (28.5 x 10 x 4.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Mr. William Hoffman

Object numberA.2012.8.1

DescriptionDark wood heddle pulley has rectangular body with two slender "arms" topped with heads with large open mouths facing front and back. The figure wears a large headdress of two inward facing birds with long curved necks and large beaks. Their bodies are hatched, and the "chest" of the pulley body below is crosshatched. A heavy metal wire runs through holes in the arms, from which a wood bobbin is suspended. Traces of white or gold pigments in incising.