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Loom Heddle Pulley

Bamana

Artwork Details

Loom Heddle Pulley
circa 1950
Bamana
carved wood
6 3/8 x 2 9/16 x 1 ¼ in. (16.2 x 6.6 x 3.3 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Milford Golden
1986/2.126

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Description

Such pulleys were used for weaving on horizontal looms to make "narrow-strip" weavings.
9/10/2004
Notice the human form of the pulley; utalitarian objects like this were sometimes given human form in order to enhance their "eye-cathing" appeal (cf. Ezra 1986:13-4).

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