Sunday, March 24, 2024
LOT #304

Ethnographic Object Assortment

Approximately (55) items, African items including a Senufo fire-spitter helmet mask, a Nkisi Nkondi nail fetish figure, a Mende helmet mask, (2) Yoruba ibeji twin figures, a Mossi painted headdress, a fabric clad figure in an acrylic case and an equestrian figure (all of carved wood), a ceramic Ife style head on stand, a Yoruba beaded fly-whisk handle, a Yoruba copper alloy ochusi chained double staff heads on acrylic stand and (15) figural lost-wax cast copper alloy Ashanti gold weights, some on acrylic stands (some detached stands present), Himalayan items including (5) Nepalese carved wood purba ritual daggers, (2) matching copper alloy dragon motif candlesticks, a copper alloy vajra handled censer, (2) Tibetan mixed metal repousse wall plaques, Northern India items including a manuscript book, a copper alloy avian motif lidded oil lamp, a painted wood shrine, a wood box having a miniature painting on lid and a chromolithograph in a metal frame, Latin American items including a Guatemalan carved and painted wood devil mask having attached multicolor woven costume, (2) votive images behind glass in metal frames having semi-circular crests and chased decoration and a metal framed Spanish language printed holy card; together with an unidentified earthenware two-handled jug, a lithographed tin Ben Bey cigar box and a Superior solid rubber type set in lithographed tin box

Estimate: $500 - $700

Hammer Price: $900

Dimensions: Height: 14 inches, Width: 10 1/2 inches, Length: 16 1/2 inches (longest)

Condition: overall light to heavy wear, occasional splits, chips and small losses to wood, light to heavy oxidation of metal work, glass broken in the larger Mexican crested metal frame, heavy wear to textile manuscript cover and textile costume of Guatemalan mask, overall light to heavy wear, occasional splits, chips and small losses to wood, light to heavy oxidation of metal work, glass broken in the larger Mexican crested metal frame, heavy wear to textile manuscript cover and textile costume of Guatemalan mask

Disclaimers: not all items individually inspected; This lot contains animal or plant material that may be restricted / controlled under Federal, State and / or Local Law. It is the responsibility of the bidder to verify all applicable government restrictions prior to placing a bid. The buyer is solely responsible for obtaining any necessary license or permit applicable to the sale or transport of this lot.

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