Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)
Lot 301:
Description
West African Stone Carving Assortment
(3) items including a Yoruba figure and a head; a Nomoli head from Sierra Leone / Liberia; heads drilled to underside for attachment to stands; together with a terracotta head having cowrie eyes, mounted to a wood stand
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: 9 1/4 inches, Width: 3 1/4 inches, Depth: 3 1/2 inches (figure)
Condition: Good, overall moderate to heavy wear consistent with normal use; fragmentary condition; figure lacking arms and heavily chipped to head and base; terracotta having chips; heads are fragments of larger works
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: 2:20 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 2, 2022, 12:34 pm
Condition: Good, overall moderate to heavy wear consistent with normal use; fragmentary condition; figure lacking arms and heavily chipped to head and base; terracotta having chips; heads are fragments of larger works
Dimensions: 9.25 x 3.25 x 3.5 in
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