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TWO SENUFO HEDDLE PULLEYS
One carved as a stylised hornbill with long curved beak, pierced through the neck; the other with horned finial, dark glossy patinas
18cm. and 12.5cm. high (2)
One carved as a stylised hornbill with long curved beak, pierced through the neck; the other with horned finial, dark glossy patinas
18cm. and 12.5cm. high (2)
Literature
Attenborough, D. and Waterfield, H. et al., Miniature African Sculptures from the Herman Collection, London, 1985, p.31, fig.18, for the second item
Exhibited
Dada and Surrealism Reviewed, Hayward Gallery, London, 1978, no.5.44 for the second item. The hornbill pulley may also have been exhibited in the same group of seven pulleys
Durham, Bristol, Swansea, Sheffield, Coventry, organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1985, for the second item
Durham, Bristol, Swansea, Sheffield, Coventry, organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1985, for the second item
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.