Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)

Papua New Guinea Yiman Yipwon Hook Figure

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Start price: $300

Estimated price: $600 - $800

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Papua New Guinea Yiman Yipwon Hook Figure

Karawari River, East Sepik Region, Arambak style, having a larger scale head, sea shell eyes, finessed center hooks all rising from a thick integral foot, on a base

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: 39 inches, Width: 3/4 inches, Depth: 4 1/2 inches

Condition: Good, light wear; some surface wear, some points tips missing on headdress, cracks, chips, nicks; surface flaws consistent with this form of art

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: 2:43 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, 2:14 pm

Condition: Good, light wear; some surface wear, some points tips missing on headdress, cracks, chips, nicks; surface flaws consistent with this form of art

Dimensions: 39 x 0.75 x 4.5 in