Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)

Pre-Columbian Stone Carving Assortment

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Start price: $300

Estimated price: $600 - $800

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Pre-Columbian Stone Carving Assortment

(3) items including a Costa Rican mace head having a grimacing human face; a Diquis style figure; and a figural carved pebble; together with a West African stone figure

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: 4 1/2 inches, Width: 5 7/8 inches, Depth: 2 1/2 inches (mace head)

Condition: Good to Fair, overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use; Diquis figure lacks portions of both legs; African having a chipped elbow

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: 5:26 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, 10:27 am

Condition: Good to Fair, overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use; Diquis figure lacks portions of both legs; African having a chipped elbow

Dimensions: 4.5 x 5.875 x 2.5 in