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A Superb Guro Heddle Pulley, Ivory Coast
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
the finely carved head of delicate proportions surmounted by an elaborate coiffure with a medial crest and two braids pendant from the sides; exceptionally fine glossy black patina.
Provenance
Berthier de Montrigant, Paris
Felix Fénéon, Paris, by 1923
Hotel Drouot, Paris, June 11 and 13, 1947, lot 164
Stéphen Chauvet, Paris
Maurice Ratton, Paris
Philippe Ratton, Paris
Morris Pinto, Paris and New York
Acquired at Sotheby's London, June 23, 1986, lot 40
Exhibited
Paris, Pavillon de Marsan, L'exposition de l'art indigene des colonies francaises, October 1923 - January 15, 1924
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Les Arts anciens de l'Afrique Noire, 1930
Literature
Henri Clouzot and A. Level, Sculptures Africaines et Océaniennes, Paris, 1923, pl. 9
Gallerie Phillippe Ratton, Paris (advertisement), Arts d'Afrique Noire, 29, Printemps 1979, p. 35