Tribal Art - 8th January 2013
Lot 798
A heddle pulley
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £400
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Description
A heddle pulley, possibly Dan, carved as a standing female figure with a crested coiffure, one side with incised line decoration, with a long neck and with both hands on the abdomen, the legs with an old 'native' repair, white inventory number 277, 13in (33cm) high, on a later stand.
Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased March 1962.