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CultureBaule peoples
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  • Figural Heddle Pulley
Date1875–1925
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 7 in. H (17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2025.193.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Provenance[Bertie and Dos Winkel, Delft, Netherlands]; Harold J. Rome (1908-1993), New York; Clayre and Jay Haft, by at least 1989-1993; [Christie's, New York, May 18th 1993, lot 124]; Donald Morris Gallery, Birmingham, MI and New York, 1993-2012]; Frank Carroll, Houston, June 29, 2012.
Exhibition HistoryAnimals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institute, New York, March 31-December 31, 1995; Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, AL, February 2nd-April, 1996; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, May 18-July 14, 1996; Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, October 26-January 5, 1997; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, February 2-April 27, 1997.

Baule African Art, Western Eyes, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, August 30, 1997-January 4, 1998; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, February 14-May 10, 1998; National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC, February 7-May 9, 1999.

The Language of Beauty in African Art, The Kimbell Art Museum, Ft. Worth, TX, April 13-July 31, 2022.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, permanent exhibition, May 14, 2012-August 26, 2014; April 23, 2015.
Published References Robbins, Warren M. and Nooter, Nancy Ingram. African Art in American Collections. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. Page 184, figure 371. Roberts, Allen. Animals in African Art: From the Familliar to the Marvelous. Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1995. Page 181, no. 142. Vogel, Susan M. Baule: African Art, Western Eyes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. Page 274. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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