African Carved Wood Assortment(5) items including (2) female New Guinea items; Mende helmet mask, Sierra Leone, hand carved wood having incised patterns, smaller face and neck rolls; and (2) Senufo figures including a female and a male
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: 16 1/4 inches, Width: 6 inches, Depth: 8 inches (leftmost; mask Height: 16-inches Width: 9.5-inches; rightmost Height: 34.75-inches Width: 8.5-inches Depth: 7-inches)
Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic
Estimated Sale Time: 4:11 pm CST
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Height: 16.25
Width: 6.00
Condition
Very Good to Good, overall light to moderate wear; chips and cracks associated with age; mask having left side of hair repaired, front braid having chipped and broken piece near top, insect holes on backside; male and female having wood cracking from age, chipping, insect damage, dirt accumulation; Disclaimers: please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present