Heddle Pulley (Bo Nun Amuin mask)
1900s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Heddle Pulley (Bo Nun Amuin mask), 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule-style carver. Wood, metal, and plant fiber; overall: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1971.300 The heddle pulley, a working element of a narrow-band loom, bears a miniature sculpture. Heddle pulleys support and separate threads during weaving. Mounted above the weaver, the pulleys allow him to glance up at an object of inspiring beauty, rather than pure functionality. This pulley depicts a face mask, a secular usage of a typically sacred mask type. This heddle pulley depicts a fearsome Bo Nun Amuin mask that recalls nature spirits.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Implements
- Formatted Medium
- Wood, metal, and plant fiber
- Dimensions
- Overall: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 1971.300
- Credit Line
- Gift of Katherine C. White
- Exhibitions
- Stories From Storage
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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