Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)
Lot 419:
Description
Native American Indian Stone Tool Assortment
(20) items including (4) full-grooved axes; 3/4-grooved axe and hammer stone; an adze; a discoidal; oval metate; pestles and grinding stones, (1) marked ‘Ivins 65’ in paint
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: 9 1/2 inches, Width: 4 1/2 inches, Depth: 1 inches (largest ax)
Condition: Good to Fair, overall moderate to heavy wear consistent with normal use; all but (1) axe having chips to cutting edge, occasional chips to other edges
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: 3:55 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, 12:39 pm
Condition: Good to Fair, overall moderate to heavy wear consistent with normal use; all but (1) axe having chips to cutting edge, occasional chips to other edges
Dimensions: 4.5 x 9.5 in
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