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LOT #423
African Weapon and Fly Whisk Assortment
(11) items including (2) swords / daggers having wide symmetrical blades each having decorative wood scabbard with a sword and scabbard having studded metal motif throughout; (2) axes including ceremonial axe with metal wrapped and embossed handle; (3) war clubs all having rounded heads; a curved axe / dagger head having conical base; as well as fly whisks including a silver metal and yak hair “chauri” from India; a wire-wrapped bone-handled Luba; and a wood Dogon from Africa; together with a Chinese carved bone-handled brush
Estimate: $500 - $800
Hammer Price: $350
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
Dimensions: Width: 7 1/4 inches, Length: 26 1/2 inches (axe, top of blade to end of handle (longest))
Condition: Very Good to Fair, overall light to moderate wear consistent with age, materials and normal use; wear to wood on handles and scabbards including chips, cracks and missing adornments; (2) maces having stress cracks following wood grain that do not compromise the integrity; an axe blade loose in handle and stress cracks in handle following wood grain that do not compromise the integrity; wear to blades including chips, rolls, and pitting; oxidation on wire wrap of Luba whisk
Disclaimers: please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present
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Sales Tax: California (7.250%), Florida (6.000%), Georgia (8.500%), Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)