Heddle Pulley in the Form of a Bird
Artist
Unknown African
CultureSenufo peoples
Titles
- Heddle Pulley in the Form of a Bird
- Pulley in the form of a Bird
DateLate 19th or early 20th century
PlaceIvory Coast
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 8 × 5 3/8 × 3 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2021.113
Non exposé
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Department
African ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryCorps Sculptés, Corps Parés, Corps Masqués, Galerie Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, October 18–December 15, 1989.
Au Fil de la Parole, Musée Dapper, Paris, May 18–September 25, 1995.
On view as a loan to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2004–2021, when given.
Published References Jacques Kerchache, et al, Art of Africa (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988), 376. Association française d'action artistique, and France, Ministère de la coopération et du développement, Corps Sculptés, Corps Parés, Corps Masqués Chefs-D'Oeuvre de Côte-D'Ivoire (Paris: Association française d'Action artistique; Ministère de la Coopération et du développement, 1989), 212. Musée Dapper, Au Fil de la Parole (Paris; Musée Dapper, 1995), 177. Ellen H. Werner, "The Weaver's Muse: Pulleys in West Africa," Tribal Arts (Autumn, 1997): 72, fig. 5. Maison de la Chimie, Arts Primitifs: Collection Hubert Goldet (Paris: Groupe Cornelli, 2001), 180, fig. 242. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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