Baule Heddle Pulley

  • Baule Heddle Pulley

    Ivory Coast

    Early - Mid 20th c

  • 9" x 2 1/2"

    Ex: Tad Dale, New Mexico

    Reduced $ 150

  • The Baule carved heddle pulleys that were both utilitarian and aesthetic objects. Commissioned by a weaver, these carved pulleys were suspended over the loom to raise and lower the heddle to control the weaving shuttle.

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