Bambara Weaving Loom Heddle, Based

Tiny house with a dark roof and a curtain of thin strings.

This wooden weaving loom heddle with a base is Bambara, from Mali, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is wood. A heddle raises alternate warp threads on a loom so the weft can pass through, and the wooden pulleys that carry heddles in West Africa are often carved. Small roofed frame in dark wood with a sloped, scaled top, mounted on a black metal stand. Fine vertical threads or strips hang between the rails like a screen, and the lower bar is worn. It is 6.5 inches wide, 3 deep and 12.5 high.

All roof and curtain, no tenants, plenty of order.