Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)

African Kuba Palm Wine Cup Assortment

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Start price: $400

Estimated price: $800 - $1,000

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African Kuba Palm Wine Cup Assortment

(15) items including a larger janiform having addorsed male and female figures; a larger handled; a standing; a figural handled; (8) head cups; (3) non-figural having chip carved decoration; together with a similar Tabwa cup

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 3/4 inches, Width: 4 1/2 inches, Depth: 6 inches (tallest)

Condition: Very Good to Good, overall light wear consistent with normal use; janiform having a split to female; larger handled having a split to base and (2) rim chips; occasional hairline cracks along grain and abrasions to high points

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: 1:44 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, 12:38 pm

Condition: Very Good to Good, overall light wear consistent with normal use; janiform having a split to female; larger handled having a split to base and (2) rim chips; occasional hairline cracks along grain and abrasions to high points

Dimensions: 11.75 x 4.5 x 6 in