DepartmentTextiles-Africa

Heddle pulley

NameHeddle pulley

CultureBaule

Place madeIvory Coast, Africa

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

MediumWood, pigment

DimensionsOverall: 7 3/16 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. (18.3 x 8.2 x 6 cm)
Overall: 2 1/16 x 3 9/16 x 2 in. (5.3 x 9.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Mr. William Hoffman

Object numberA.2012.8.2

DescriptionDark wood heddle pulley with simple, upside down U shaped "arms" topped with double heads - a woman facing one direction and a bearded man the other. Both share scarified neck and hatched hair. Man has horizontal scarification lines under eyes and on forehead, woman has diagonal lines on cheeks and vertical lines on forehead and around corners of eyes. Holes pierced through bottoms of arms. Rounded "hanger" at top of heads. Faint remnants of pigments in neck and face scarification. Dust or pigments in hatchure of hair.