August Online Auction (Sale #293)

Pre-Columbian Bead, Whorl and Deity Assortment

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Start price: $175

Estimated price: $350 - $550

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Pre-Columbian Bead, Whorl and Deity Assortment

Over (5) pounds of multi-cultural whorls, in various shapes, sizes, colors, some incised, some having pigment of colors; as well as a hand carved deity maintaining collection label; and (8) rectangular beads

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: 8 1/4 inches (deity)

Condition: Good to Fair, light to heavy wear; chips, nicks, cracks, scuffs, fading and loss of pigment

Disclaimers: production and surface flaws consistent with this form of art; please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present

Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic

Estimated Sale Time: 4:24 pm CST

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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 2, 2022, 2:32 pm

Condition: Good to Fair, light to heavy wear; chips, nicks, cracks, scuffs, fading and loss of pigment

Dimensions: 8.25 in