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Senufo

Heddle Pulley

Senufo, 1900-1932

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Senufo

Heddle Pulley

Senufo, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, fiber, w/o base: 6 x 7.5 x 3.7 cm.; w/base: 8 x 9.4 x 3.6 cm.
Credit Line Anonymous Gift
Object Number 1998.363
Weaving loom pulley with the head of a hornbill bird; with an 'X' inscribed on the front and back.
Alfred Scheinberg, NY (1970s) to Howard Cohen, Baltimore
"Beyond Flight: Birds in African Art," Dec 20, 2017 - June 17, 2018, BMA, Kevin Tervala.

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Senufo

2000–2000

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Heddle Pulley
1866–1932