Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)
Lot 339:
Description
Crocodile Head Canoe Bow Fragment
Sepik region, hand carved having shell eyes; also having a bird and man form carved into crocodile
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: 8 3/4 inches, Length: 32 1/8 inches, Width: 22 inches
Condition: Good, moderate to heavy wear; fragmentary having rough edge, chips, cracks, nicks, fading and missing pieces
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: 2:51 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, 12:11 pm
Condition: Good, moderate to heavy wear; fragmentary having rough edge, chips, cracks, nicks, fading and missing pieces
Dimensions: 8.75 x 22 x 32.125 in
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