Loom Pulley
Unusual pulley with two Janus-like faces, both combining human and animal features.
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Côte d’Ivoire
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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
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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Telar comb
Beautiful patina for use and small strokes due to the artisanal use of the object.
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Loom Comb
Loom comb or thread guide used in central and northern Côte d’Ivoire, mainly by the Baule and Senufo.
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Loom Pulley
It depicts a stylized hornbill.
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Loom Pulley
The pulley handle depicts a hornbill, a mythical bird in most ethnic groups of Côte d’Ivoire.
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Telar pulley
The pulley handle features the face of an initiatedijiminiAs the ritual scarifications of the face show.
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Telar pulley
A rough-looking figure that resembles the style of his relatives Kran from Liberia.
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Martillo de Divinacion
This divinatory hammer or also called gong hammer represents a woman, delicately sculpted, with her neck ringed, symbol of feminine beauty.
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Divination Hammer
Small, roughly made hammer, possibly made by the loom’s owner.
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Divination Hammer
Beautiful carving on this divination hammer depicts a woman touching one breast with her right hand and her belly with her left,…
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Divination Hammer
This divination hammer is topped by a Bon Num Amwin mask, suggesting that it belonged to a diviner, since this is the…
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Divination Hammer
Old gong hammer intended to mark the rhythms of divinatory rites.
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