Heddle pulley, wood. Figure of stylized, elongated human head at top of yoke. Voal bowl on top of head with perforations (2) at front and back. Wooden sheave axle. Mounted on rectangular black steel base. Encrusted patination. Height (overall) 19.5 cm, Width 6.1 cm. From Africa, Ivory Coast, Gure. Possible tourist reproduction.
Donor:
Irwin Hersey
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ivory Coast; Gure
Collector:
Irwin Hersey
Collection date:
1984
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions