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Heddle Pulley
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)Guro artist
Côte d'Ivoire
Guro; made in Côte d'Ivoire
Object Type:
Woodwork
Medium and Support:
Wood
Credit Line:
R. T. Miller Fund
Accession Number:
1953.75.2
Location: Currently on view
Hand looms are traditionally used by West African men in weaving narrow-strips of cloth. While the heddle pulley is a crucial functional element of the loom, the elaborately carved figure is not. These decorative figures, which fell out of fashion at the end of the last century, were made beautiful simply for the delight and pleasure of the weaver. The human compulsion to beautify functional objects is explained simply by a Guro artist who said, “We cannot live without such beautiful things.”
[Gallery label text, 2009]
[Gallery label text, 2009]
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- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
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