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Heddle pulley
Object Number 2000.12.3
Display Title Heddle pulley
Descriptions
Object Description Carved wooden heddle pulley with elongated animal head with scarifications, medial forehead ridge, coiffure, brass tack for left eye; broken pieces of pulley have been reattached with nails.
Inventory Description Heddle pulley, animal head top, incised, brass tack eye, nailed together
Classification
  • Pulley
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Senufo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cote d'Ivoire
Materials Wood, Metal, Brass, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 18.7 x 7.2 x 3.6 cm (7 3/8 x 2 13/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.12.3
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of William A. Koshland
Provenance
Collector William A. Koshland (2/6/98)
Donor Fogg Art Museum (2/6/98 - 4/12/2000)

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