Facial Female Mask Kifwebé
These striated masks dominated by the red colors of strength and blood, white of purity and the dead and black of shadows…
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Loom Pulley
Typical Kran female figure. Hands and forearms missing.
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Telar pulley
It depicts two kalaos ssubidos enciam of a child lying face up.
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Loom Pulley
Expression of strength and tranquility in the small character that composes the pulley handle.
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Loom Pulley
Beautiful pulley with an anthropomorphic motif. Dark patina.
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Loom Pulley
Representation of a woman with a pitcher over her head. Dark patina.
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Loom Pulley
Pulley heddle with a small sculpture in the typical Kran style.
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Loom Pulley
Unusual pulley with two Janus-like faces, both combining human and animal features.
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Loom Pulley
Ancient and small loom pulley whose handle represents a bird's head.
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Loom Pulley
Zoomorphic pulley. Old everyday object of the Baule people.
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Loom Pulley
The top of the pulley depicts a beautiful female face characteristic of the Guro.
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Loom Pulley
Pulley whose upper end represents a Goli mask, which is one of the most important and spectacular masks of the ethnic group.
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Loom Pulley
A surprising Nbekré on a loom pulley.
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Loom Pulley
The pulley handle depicts a woman with a long neck adorned with necklaces, possibly evoking the weaver’s wife, a high-ranking initiate, as…
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Loom Pulley
Beautiful female face, stylized for a Baule figure. Conical headdress topped by the ring used to attach it to the loom.
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Loom Pulley
Old, rustic pulley from a family in the Baule village of Sakassu.
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Loom Pulley
Ancient and rustic pulley that has really been used. Colour wood with dark honey patina.
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Telar pulley
The end of the pulley represents a beautiful woman's face.
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Loom Pulley
Pulley topped by a Yoruba head.
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Loom Pulley
A typically Yoruba head tops the pulley. Ritual scarification on the forehead and a necklace of red ceramic beads around the neck.
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Loom Pulley
Pulley topped by a typical fang head.
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Loom Pulley
The four heads of this loom bobbin signify that it can see in all directions, the present and the future, what is…
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Loom Pulley
Although men generally do the weaving in Africa, pulleys are often decorated with female figures and, frequently, animals.
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Loom Pulley
Pulley removed by a friend of the owner from an old loom in the Segu region of Mali.
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