Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)

Ethnographic Carved Wood Utensil Assortment

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Start price: $150

Estimated price: $300 - $500

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Ethnographic Carved Wood Utensil Assortment

Over (20) items including a Filipino Ifugao ladle having a horned figure handle; other carved spoons from Africa and Oceania; carved calabash vessels from Hawaii; and a butter churn handle from Nepal / Bhutan; together with (2) copper alloy hooked lamps, a rotating grinding mill and a spoke-shave

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

Height: 11 1/4 inches, Width: 6 1/4 inches, Depth: 4 3/4 inches (Ifugao ladle)

Condition: Very Good to Fair, overall light wear consistent with normal use; occasional minor splits along grain and chips

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: 3:05 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 3, 2022, 3:40 pm

Condition: Very Good to Fair, overall light wear consistent with normal use; occasional minor splits along grain and chips

Dimensions: 11.25 x 6.25 x 4.75 in