Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)

Ethnographic Instrument Assortment

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Start price: $200

Estimated price: $400 - $600

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Ethnographic Instrument Assortment

Over (30) items including drums and percussive instruments from Africa, New Guinea and China; stringed instruments including a ‘semsemeya’ from Egypt and (2) African gourd bow harps

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: 26 3/4 inches, Width: 6 1/2 inches, Depth: 6 inches (tallest drum)

Condition: Very Good to Good, overall light to heavy wear consistent with normal use; chips to bases of wood drums; may have scratches, scuffs, chips and splits; dirt accumulation

Disclaimers: we cannot guarantee the operation of instruments or that they will perform musically

Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic

Estimated Sale Time: 3:28 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, 1:34 pm

Condition: Very Good to Good, overall light to heavy wear consistent with normal use; chips to bases of wood drums; may have scratches, scuffs, chips and splits; dirt accumulation

Dimensions: 26.75 x 6.5 x 6 in