Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)
Lot 293A:
Description
Yoruba Ogboni Society Figures
Brass and iron construction having male and female figures connected with a chain
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
Exhibitions: Kruizenga Art Museum, Hope College; “Resilience, Resistance and Revival in 20th-Century Yoruba Art”, January 17—May 16, 2020
Property from: a Kalamazoo, Michigan estate
Height: 7 inches (tallest figure)
Condition: Good, overall light wear consistent with normal use, surface verdigris
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: 2:14 pm CST
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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 10, 2022, 9:24 am
Condition: Resistance and Revival in 20th-Century Yoruba Artâ€
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