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Heddle Pulley for a Loom

Baulé

Artwork Details

Heddle Pulley for a Loom
1900-1971
Baulé
carved wood and patination
5 x 2 5/16 x 2 1/8 in. (12.7 x 6.0 x 5.4 cm); ;
Museum Purchase assisted by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1971/2.33

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This pulley would have been suspended from the top of a horizontal loom, which is used only by men. Twine passing through the holes in the pulley's arms attached it to the heddlebar below, so that the weaver could easily raise and lower the bar to change the warp.

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