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CultureSenufo peoples, Jimini group
Titles
  • Heddle Pulley
Dateunknown
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood
Dimensionswhole: 5 1/2 inches in height

Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1524
Not on view

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Department
African Art
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Sculpture of Black Africa: The Gus Nicholson Collection," Rice Museum, Rice University, Houston, December 12, 1980 - February 22, 1981 [1].
[1] Exhibition check list, no. 20 (on file).
Published References Castaneda, Chris. "Rice Museum offers tribal art," The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), vol. 68, no. 21, ed. 1, Thursday, January 29, 1981. Page 11.

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