Senufo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali: A heddle pulley with the head of a ‘Calao bird’.
Senufo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali: A heddle pulley with the head of a ‘Calao bird’.
A black-dyed heddle pulley. With the head of a ‘Calao bird’ (hornbill), a ‘sacred animal’ of the Senufo people. The bird head has recessed eyes. An object with very good, old usage patina. Heddle available. A large, curved nail serves as the axis. First half of the 20th century; H: 13 cm. (ME)
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
05.11.2014 - 13:00
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EUR 1,100.- to EUR 1,200.-
Senufo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali: A heddle pulley with the head of a ‘Calao bird’.
A black-dyed heddle pulley. With the head of a ‘Calao bird’ (hornbill), a ‘sacred animal’ of the Senufo people. The bird head has recessed eyes. An object with very good, old usage patina. Heddle available. A large, curved nail serves as the axis. First half of the 20th century; H: 13 cm. (ME)
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 05.11.2014 - 13:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 31.10. - 05.11.2014 |