COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
BCM_.82.8
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BCM_.82.8
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2003
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2003
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Description:
A wood heddle pulley for a man's narrow-weave loom surmounted by an elephant head; wide open rectangular base with flat-sided legs; perforation near bottom of each leg for insertion of rod with grooved pulley; top of base semi-circular with tubular neck for elephant head finial; large ovoid head tapering to long curving trunk with open flap nostrils; small lightly incised slit eyes in a circle; four deep grooves horizontally across top of head between ears; large kidney bean ears the length of the sides of the head; flat-ended knob at rear of head with vertical perforation for suspension cord (missing); glossy red-brown surface, probably never used.
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A wood heddle pulley for a man's narrow-weave loom surmounted by an elephant head; wide open rectangular base with flat-sided legs; perforation near bottom of each leg for insertion of rod with grooved pulley; top of base semi-circular with tubular neck for elephant head finial; large ovoid head tapering to long curving trunk with open flap nostrils; small lightly incised slit eyes in a circle; four deep grooves horizontally across top of head between ears; large kidney bean ears the length of the sides of the head; flat-ended knob at rear of head with vertical perforation for suspension cord (missing); glossy red-brown surface, probably never used.
Description
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Creator Name:
African
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African
Creator Name
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Senufo, Ivory Coast
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Senufo, Ivory Coast
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Heddle Pulley Holder
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Heddle Pulley Holder
Title
false
View:
Full view
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Full view
View
false
Creation Date:
20th century
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20th century
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1900
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1900
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1982
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1982
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Wood
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Wood
Materials and Techniques
false
Creation Place:
Ivory Coast, Africa
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Ivory Coast, Africa
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
Height: 7 1/2"; width: 3 3/8"
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Height: 7 1/2"; width: 3 3/8"
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
Brooklyn Children's Museum
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Brooklyn Children's Museum
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
82.8
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82.8
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Museum purchase, 1982
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Museum purchase, 1982
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.amico.org/rights/bcm_.html"target="_new">http://www.amico.org/rights/bcm_.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
A heddle pulley is suspended from a tree or frame above a man's narrow weave loom. A cord passes over the pulley spool to raise and lower the heddle controlling the warp threads so that the weaving shuttle may pass between them. The man's feet depress the top heddle and the bottom heddle in turn.
The carved faces, masks, animal heads, or figures on the top of the holder are decorative only. Weavers gather in a public place and the holders help to attract an audience. People stop and admire the weaving and the holders and talk to the weavers. Artists use their imagination to make interesting, beautiful, and recognizable figures and hope to gain new commissions from the viewers. Most of the carved tops have elongated necks, beaks or other features to prevent the suspension cord from slipping off. Others have hooks or perforations. Pulley holders are made by the Baule, Senufo, Guro, Dogon, and Bamana.
The carved faces, masks, animal heads, or figures on the top of the holder are decorative only. Weavers gather in a public place and the holders help to attract an audience. People stop and admire the weaving and the holders and talk to the weavers. Artists use their imagination to make interesting, beautiful, and recognizable figures and hope to gain new commissions from the viewers. Most of the carved tops have elongated necks, beaks or other features to prevent the suspension cord from slipping off. Others have hooks or perforations. Pulley holders are made by the Baule, Senufo, Guro, Dogon, and Bamana.
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A heddle pulley is suspended from a tree or frame above a man's narrow weave loom. A cord passes over the pulley spool to raise and lower the heddle controlling the warp threads so that the weaving shuttle may pass between them. The man's feet depress the top heddle and the bottom heddle in turn.<br><br>The carved faces, masks, animal heads, or figures on the top of the holder are decorative only. Weavers gather in a public place and the holders help to attract an audience. People stop and admire the weaving and the holders and talk to the weavers. Artists use their imagination to make interesting, beautiful, and recognizable figures and hope to gain new commissions from the viewers. Most of the carved tops have elongated necks, beaks or other features to prevent the suspension cord from slipping off. Others have hooks or perforations. Pulley holders are made by the Baule, Senufo, Guro, Dogon, and Bamana.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
BCM_.82-8.tif
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BCM_.82-8.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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