CultureBaule peoples
Titles
- 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 ArtObject Type
This work has been a long-term loan to MFAH since 2012 (TR:638-2012) and has been exhibited publicly since that year.
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.
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