LOOM PULLEY Yoke

Baoulé culture, Ivory Coast

First half of the 20th century

Wood, iron and pigments

H.: 15; L.: 6; Thickness: 5 cm

This monoxyle stirrup is sculpted in the shape of a horseshoe and animated on the upper part of an anthropomorphic figure with characteristic features: an oval face with a tapered chin, a shell hairstyle animated by four braids with geometric incisions, eyes underlined with pigments kaolin whites, brow ridges leading to a long nose and a cup-shaped mouth. The neck is punctuated three times with geometric scarifications, the cheeks are also marked with these facial designs.

The stirrups made it possible to hang the warps from the loom.

Text and photos © FCP CORIDON

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