Hand Carved Heddle Pulley No.1
Hand carved heddle pulley, originating from the Baoulé tribe, Ivory Coast.
A beautiful and intricately carved piece, perfectly styled as a unique addition to a coffee table or open shelf. This pulley demonstrates the efforts made by Baoulé carvers into beautifying the simplest functional object. Not one pulley is the same, it’s incredibly tactile and a fascinating conversational piece.
“The Baoulé people are famous as weavers, and are known for their fine indigo and white cotton fabrics. Used on the traditional narrow-band loom, heddle pulleys are functional objects used to ease the movements of the heddles while separating the warp threads. Like many other carved objects used in everyday activities among the Baoulé, these pulleys were often embellished for the weaver’s delight. It’s been suggested that the prominent display of pulleys, hanging over the weaver’s loom in the public place, afforded artists their best opportunity to showcase their carving skills, in the hope to attract commissions for figures and masks.”
Sourced in the UK.
Measures 15.5cm x 6.5cm
Hand carved heddle pulley, originating from the Baoulé tribe, Ivory Coast.
A beautiful and intricately carved piece, perfectly styled as a unique addition to a coffee table or open shelf. This pulley demonstrates the efforts made by Baoulé carvers into beautifying the simplest functional object. Not one pulley is the same, it’s incredibly tactile and a fascinating conversational piece.
“The Baoulé people are famous as weavers, and are known for their fine indigo and white cotton fabrics. Used on the traditional narrow-band loom, heddle pulleys are functional objects used to ease the movements of the heddles while separating the warp threads. Like many other carved objects used in everyday activities among the Baoulé, these pulleys were often embellished for the weaver’s delight. It’s been suggested that the prominent display of pulleys, hanging over the weaver’s loom in the public place, afforded artists their best opportunity to showcase their carving skills, in the hope to attract commissions for figures and masks.”
Sourced in the UK.
Measures 15.5cm x 6.5cm
Hand carved heddle pulley, originating from the Baoulé tribe, Ivory Coast.
A beautiful and intricately carved piece, perfectly styled as a unique addition to a coffee table or open shelf. This pulley demonstrates the efforts made by Baoulé carvers into beautifying the simplest functional object. Not one pulley is the same, it’s incredibly tactile and a fascinating conversational piece.
“The Baoulé people are famous as weavers, and are known for their fine indigo and white cotton fabrics. Used on the traditional narrow-band loom, heddle pulleys are functional objects used to ease the movements of the heddles while separating the warp threads. Like many other carved objects used in everyday activities among the Baoulé, these pulleys were often embellished for the weaver’s delight. It’s been suggested that the prominent display of pulleys, hanging over the weaver’s loom in the public place, afforded artists their best opportunity to showcase their carving skills, in the hope to attract commissions for figures and masks.”
Sourced in the UK.
Measures 15.5cm x 6.5cm
