Saturday, June 25, 2022
LOT #266

African Metalwork Assortment

Including a Senufo wooden pipe having copper alloy bowl and avian attachments; approximately (12) heavily oxidized copper alloy items from Mali including bangles, some figural or zoomorphic and a scorpion; a bell; together with a Khmer lime pot from Cambodia

Estimate: $400 - $600

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: 2 inches, Length: 17 inches, Depth: 1 1/4 inches (pipe)

Condition: Good, overall light wear to pipe and bell consistent with normal use; other items excavated and fragmentary having heavy oxidation and losses

Disclaimers: please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present

Shipping: Quote Shipping

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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