Sunday, September 18, 2022
LOT #444

West African Yoruba Carved Wood Figure Group

Female with children on her back holding platform with male, children also standing in front of them | West African Bambara / Bamana Figurine, Carved wood depicting a female sitting on a stool, painted black / tarred

Estimate: $250 - $450

Hammer Price: $225

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: Height: 30 inches, Width: 8 1/2 inches, Depth: 10 inches (group; female Height: 39-inches Width: 9-inches Depth: 8.5-inches)

Condition: Good, overall moderate to heavy wear; group having wood cracking from age, dirt accumulation, chipping, insect damage; female having repaired cracks to right shoulder, both wrists, hands, scuffs, age cracking to wood

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%)

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