Weaving Loom Pulley in the Form of a Human Figure

late 19th–early 20th century

Medium: Wood
Dimensions: 7 in. (17.78 cm)
Credit Line: Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection
Accession Number: 2006.51.183
Geography: Burkina Faso, or Mali, or Côte d'Ivoire
Culture: Senufo
Period: 19th–20th century
Classification: Tools and Equipment
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Provenance

Rene Rasmussen, Paris,1965. Possibly Ben Heller, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rome, New York, to 1983. Sotheby's New York, December 1, 1983, lot 72; Charles B. Benenson Collection, Greenwich, Conn, 1983–2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Frederick John Lamp, Amanda Maples, and Laura M. Smalligan, Accumulating Histories: African Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2012), 165, ill

"Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006), 222

Sotheby's, New York, The Ben Heller Collection, sale cat. (December 1, 1983), lot 72, ill

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Additional information

Object/Work type

heddle pulleys, human figures (visual works)

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