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Two Figural West African Heddle Pulleys

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Ex Thomas McNemar, 4 West African Heddle Pulleys: Two on custom gallery bases. All but one with collector's index numbers in white. Tallest, including base, approx. 8" H. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected

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Ex Thomas McNemar, 3 West African Heddle Pulleys: All on custom gallery bases. All with collector's index numbers in white. Tallest, including base, approx.8 3/4" H. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected throu

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Ex Thomas McNemar, 3 West African Heddle Pulleys: All on custom gallery bases. All with collector's index numbers in white. One marked "Senufo" by McNemar on small label. Tallest, including base, approx. 9" H. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1

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Ex Thomas McNemar, 3 West African Heddle Pulleys: All on custom gallery bases. All with collector's index numbers in white. Tallest, incuding base, approx. 7 1/2" H. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected throu

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Probably Baule people, Ivory coast. One pulley with a human head with long carefully incised horns. The other with a human face on one side and a relief carving of a lizard or crocodile on the other. Both with age splits, good patina. On gallery bases. The horned figure, approx. 7 1/4" H., with base approx. 9" H.
Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2019.) McNemar lived and collected throughout Central and West Africa in the 1960s and 70s. He established galleries of African Art in New York and San Francisco, selling to museums and public and private collections in the United States and Europe.

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Two Figural West African Heddle Pulleys

Name: Two Figural West African Heddle Pulleys
SKU: 85909237
Price: 300 USD
Availability: InStock

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