ZOOMORPHIC FIGURE FABRIC LOOM PULLEY STIRRUP
Djimini Culture, Ivory Coast
First half of the 20th century
Wood and cord
H.: 15; L.: 4.5; Thickness: 6 cm
Wooden pulley stirrup, carved with a zoomorphic figure with a fluted neck in the upper part. Her slender face forms an inverted triangle with coffee bean eyes and small cupped ears.
This pulley stirrup made it possible to hang the lists of the loom.
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