Baule Heddle Pulley, Côte d'Ivoire
Baule Heddle Pulley, Côte d'Ivoire
height 7 1/4in (18.5cm)
Provenance
Paolo Morigi Collection, Lugano (No. 255)
Sotheby's, Paris, 6 June 2005, Lot 85
Graham Beck Collection, South Africa
Thence by descent
Carved from hard wood with finely carved details to the face, including the incised, linear coiffure, the delicate, raised scarifications to the temples and over the eyes and the incised goatee below; the eyes seemingly downcast with heavy lids; pierced through behind the head above the neck with raised scarification; fine dark-brown patina.
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Baule Heddle Pulley, Côte d'Ivoire
height 7 1/4in (18.5cm)
Provenance
Paolo Morigi Collection, Lugano (No. 255)
Sotheby's, Paris, 6 June 2005, Lot 85
Graham Beck Collection, South Africa
Thence by descent
Carved from hard wood with finely carved details to the face, including the incised, linear coiffure, the delicate, raised scarifications to the temples and over the eyes and the incised goatee below; the eyes seemingly downcast with heavy lids; pierced through behind the head above the neck with raised scarification; fine dark-brown patina.
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