Djimini, Loom pulley

Djimini, Loom pulley

Date
presumed late XIXth - early XXth century
Size
Height : 19 cm
Collection
Tribal Art
Condition
good
Inventory number
432
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Beautiful Djimini pulley from the Ivory Coast, made of wood with a dark patina and showing a lot of use due to wear on many parts.

The pulley presents in addition to its main form of a Djimini mask, the representation of the same mask in smaller on the back part, which is rare.

Eugene Bettra base

Provenance :

  • Mr Itzikovitz Paris
  • Richard Vinatier

And also :

  • For a pulley with many analogies: marceau Rivière collection sale Sotheby's 2019 N° 17