Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)

Multi-Cultural Carved Wood Mask Assortment

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Start price: $200

Estimated price: $400 - $600

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Multi-Cultural Carved Wood Mask Assortment

(4) items including Oceanic New Guinea Sepik River mask, ancestor mask, alligator mask having (2) faces (awake and asleep) and club house hanging face; as well as Kandieei Village ancestor mask plaque; some adorned with cowrie shells

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: 29 inches, Width: 8 inches, Depth: 3 1/2 inches (longest)

Condition: Very Good to Fair, overall moderate to heavy wear, wood cracking due to age, chipping, finish loss, possible 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: 3:12 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, 12:16 pm

Condition: Very Good to Fair, overall moderate to heavy wear, wood cracking due to age, chipping, finish loss, possible missing pieces

Dimensions: 29 x 8 x 3.5 in