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Weaving Pulley

CultureSenufo
Date20th century
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 2 1/2 × 2 1/4 inches (17.78 × 6.35 × 5.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baker
Object number65-48/6
On View
Not on view
Collections
Exhibition History
The Impact of the Primitive on Contemporary Art, Southwest Missouri State College, Springfield, MO, April 1967.
Provenance

Herbert (1924-2001) and Gwen Baker, Highland Park, IL, no. A-86, by December 4, 1965 [1];

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1965.

NOTES:

[1] Herbert Baker began collecting African art in 1950. A label with the Baker inventory number 'A-86' is on the object's base.

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