Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)
Lot 163:
Description
Filipino and Ethnographic Weapon and Tool Assortment
(8) items including Filipino Igorot Luzon kalinga head hunter axe, Filipino club / rice thresher, New Guinea adze having stone blade and wood handle as well as hand scythe, prong, vine pruner, hand planer / wood shaver and weaving implement
Provenance: The Estate of George ‘Yorgo’ Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000
Property from: a Kalamazoo, Michigan estate
Length: 17 1/4 inches, Width: 13 1/4 inches (kalinga, top to base of handle and blade from one side to other (average))
Condition: Very Good to Fair, overall light to moderate wear consistent with age, material and normal use; light to heavy oxidation on blades; scythe blade loose in handle; moderate wear to some wood handles; dirt / debris accumulation
Disclaimers: please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present
Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic
Estimated Sale Time: 12:28 pm CST
Shipping Status:
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Sales Tax: California (7.25%), Florida (6%), Georgia (8.5%), Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%)
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Last modified: June 3, 2022, 9:52 am
Condition: Very Good to Fair, overall light to moderate wear consistent with age, material and normal use; light to heavy oxidation on blades; scythe blade loose in handle; moderate wear to some wood handles; dirt / debris accumulation
Dimensions: 13.25 x 17.25 in
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