Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)
Lot 547:
Description
Pre-Columbian Veracruz Figurine Assortment
(9) Remojadas style items including a bat deity whistle; a bug-eyed deity; (5) ‘coast watchers’; (2) head fragments including a ‘sonriente’ or ‘laughing face’; some items having touches of paint
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: 6 1/4 inches, Width: 5 1/4 inches, Depth: 3 1/2 inches (bat whistle)
Condition: Good, overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use; some items fragmentary; repaired breaks to bat whistle and a loss to its pendant, whistle working when tested; (4) having repairs at neck; other occasional chips, cracks and losses
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: 5:37 pm CST
Shipping Status:
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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, 10:04 am
Condition: Good, overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use; some items fragmentary; repaired breaks to bat whistle and a loss to its pendant, whistle working when tested; (4) having repairs at neck; other occasional chips, cracks and losses
Dimensions: 6.25 x 5.25 x 3.5 in
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