Sold2016Heddle pulley "kono" with anthropomorphic head - Côtewood, rich black patina, u-shaped corpus with short branches, beautifully carved head with curved coiffure, drilled hole for suspension, strong abrasion of paint in the forehead and nose area, minor mSee Sold Price
Sold2023AFRICAN CARVED WOOD TOOLBaule Heddle Pulley, Ivory Coast, with anthropomorphic animal head, incised decoration, 6 3/4". Lacking wheel. From the estate of Thomas Cavanaugh of Maine and Florida.See Sold Price
Sold2018Heddle Horned Head Pulley, Baule, Cote d'Ivoire, EarlyHeddle Horned Head Pulley, Baule, Cote d'Ivoire, Early 20th C. A heddle pulley with figural finial in the form of a horned head with short ears and rectangular coiffeur at the back which is perforatedSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Guro Heddle Pulley, "kono"Rollenzug, "kono" Guro, Côte d’Ivoire Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 21 cm. Provenienz: - wohl Galerie Künzi, Gottfried Künzi (1920-1979), Solothurn. - Martin Gross (1922-2017), Biel (erworben amSee Sold Price
Sold2023Rare Bamana Heddle Pulley Ex Dr Endicott CollectionA fine and rare carved wooden heddle pulley from a weaving loom featuring a well carved anthropomorphic head with traditional scarifications, incised linear designs and a deep well handled surface, wiSee Sold Price
Sold2017Early 20th C. African Carved Wood Heddle PulleyAfrica, Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely carved and incised hardwood pulley adorned with a characteristically elongated human head with elegant facial features,See Sold Price
Sold2020A large collection of heddle pulleys, Côte d'IvoireA large collection of heddle pulleys Côte d'Ivoire Comprising of a selection of carved wood Guro, Jimini, Senufo, and Baule heddle pulleys, each with an elaborate finial and incised pattern colored wSee Sold Price
Sold2023Early / Fine African Wood Heddle Pulley, Bird HeadWest Africa, Ivory Coast, Guro people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden heddle pulley with a U-shaped band slender neck, and a stylized bird head with a downward curved beaSee Sold Price
Sold2021AN AFRICAN WOODEN AKAN HEDDLE PULLEY FROM THE COTEAN AFRICAN WOODEN AKAN HEDDLE PULLEY FROM THE COTE D'IVOIRE 12 cm high Provenance: Collection Rene Vittoz (1904 St. Petersburg - 1992 Bern). His father was a Protestant pastor in St. Petersburg. In 19See Sold Price
Sold2017Senufo Heddle PulleyHeddle pulley with human head. Pulleys were used in strip-weaving long narrow strips of cloth. Dates to first half of the 20th century. Height - 6 inches. Please note that this lot has a confidentialSee Sold Price
Sold2017African Fang Anthropomorphic Wood Heddle Pulley, GAfrican Fang Anthropomorphic Wood Heddle Pulley, Gabon. The Fang people were victims of the large transatlantic and trans-Saharan slave trade between the 16th and 19th century. They were stereotyped aSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Old Kulango Heddle Pulley Ex McNemar EstateA fine carved Anthropomorphic wooden heddle pulley for a weaving loom. Likely field collected by Thomas McNemar in the late 1950's and early 1960s. The Pulley has been custom mounted and measures 4.5See Sold Price
Sold2017Dogon style heddle pulley. c.20th century.A heddle pulley with a figural head on short neck and female upper body; lower body forms shuttle. Dogon style. Mid to late 20th century. 10" hSee Sold Price
Sold2023AFRICAN CARVINGBaule People, Ivory Coast, Heddle Pulley with Ancestral Portrait Handle, male head with delicately carved elaborate coiffure, beard, scarification, loop at top. On custom stand. 7 1/2" tall, 2 3/4" wiSee Sold Price
Sold2016Senufo kpelie heddle pulley - Circa 1920This is a clasic Senufo kpelie heddle pulley with a U-shaped form and masked head as a finial. Each leg of the U form is drilled to accept a shaft and pulley spool. Frames (heddles) are suspended fromSee Sold Price
Sold2021Baule Peoples, heddle pulley, ex-Helena RubinsteinBaule Peoples, heddle pulley, ex-Helena Rubinstein, Ivory Coast, carved wood, the pulley surmounted by a human head with antelope horns, mounted on black wood stands, 8"h (pulley) Provenance: A PrivatSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Senufo Heddle Pulley, "kwora-ti-kotolo"Rollenzug, "kwora-ti-kotolo" Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 15,5 cm. Provenienz: - Gérald und Muriel Minkoff (1937-2009 & 1948-2020), Genf. - HDV Piguet, Genf (21See Sold Price
Sold202370325: A Senufo Heddle Pulley Mali/Ivory Coast, Late 1A Senufo Heddle Pulley Mali/Ivory Coast, Late 19th to first half of the 20th century Animal head with a lively expression, wide mouth with lips slightly parted showing a row of teeth&cSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Baule Heddle Pulley, "konantre"Rollenzug, "konantre" Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 17 cm. Provenienz: - lt. Vorbesitzer von Alain Schoffel, Paris. - Claude Goretta (1929-2019), Genf. Sich mit reizvollen ObjSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Senufo Heddle PulleyRollenzug Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 16 cm. Provenienz: - wohl Galerie Künzi, Gottfried Künzi (1920-1979), Solothurn. - Martin Gross (1922-2017), Biel (erworben am 0See Sold Price
Sold2021A Baule Heddle Pulley, "konantre"Rollenzug, "konantre" Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 17 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Künzi, Gottfried Künzi (1920-1979), Solothurn. - Martin Gross (1922-2017), Biel (erworbeSee Sold Price
Sold2018Webrollenhalter / Heddle Pulley / Jimini12 Webrollenhalter Jimini, Côte d’Ivoire Gesockelt (base included) Holz, Eisen, Polsternägel. H 16,5 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. Sich mit reizvollen Objekten zu umgeSee Sold Price
Sold2016Authentic 19th C. African Senufu Heddle PulleyWestern Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a wooden pulley in the form of a long-beaked, crested bird with a human female's body. Created and used by the Senufo peopleSee Sold Price
2018Rollenzug, "konantre" / Heddle Pulley / Baule24 Rollenzug, "konantre" Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Gesockelt / with custom base Holz, Eisen (Stift). H 17 cm. Provenienz: - vermutl. Maria Wyss, Basel. - Hannah Salathé (1926-2012), Basel. - SchweizerSee Sold Price
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