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THBAfrican Weapon and Fly Whisk Assortment
Lot 423
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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
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
Length: 26 1/2 inches, Width: 7 1/4 inches (axe, top of blade to end of handle (longest))
Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic
Estimated Sale Time: 4:10 pm CST
Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote
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: August 15, 2022, 10:04 am
Dimension
Width: 7.25Depth: 26.50Depth: 26.50Very 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 presentCondition
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