West African Yoruba Carved Wood Figure GroupFemale 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
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: 30 inches, Width: 8 1/2 inches, Depth: 10 inches (group; female Height: 39-inches Width: 9-inches Depth: 8.5-inches)
Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic
Estimated Sale Time: 4:14 pm CST
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Leonard Auction Shipping QuoteSales 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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Height: 30.00
Width: 8.50
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