Baule
Thread Beater, Shuttle, Heddle Pulley
Baule, 1933-1966
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Baule
Thread Beater, Shuttle, Heddle Pulley
Baule, 1933-1966
Physical Qualities
Beater-wood, bamboo, cotton yarn; Heddle Pulley-wood, metal; Shuttle-wood, (heddle pulley): 9 13/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 11/16 in. (25 × 4.2 × 4.3 cm.)
(beater): 9 1/4 × 8 7/8 × 2 3/8 in. (23.5 × 22.5 × 6 cm.)
(shuttle): 6 13/16 × 2 9/16 × 2 3/8 in. (17.3 × 6.5 × 6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of A. Harvey and Phyllis K. Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number
1991.400.1
Pulley - in form of a face with incised crest coiffure and metal hook on top of head. Design of carved diamonds on body of pulley. Roller is in place.
Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler, Weaving in Africa, 1987.
