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Live Auction

The January 2021 Auctions: Day 2

Fri, Jan 29, 2021 11:00AM EST
Lot 1278

NUPE CULTURE, NIGERIA, AFRICAN CARVED WOOD THRONE STOOL, 20TH C. H 14" W 16" L 24"

Estimate: $300 - $500

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Carved top with sawtooth and reptile motif, supported by four stout tapered legs, with a three tiered sawtooth filigree panels front and back. Literature: “When Art Works, African Utilitarian Objects from the Faxon Collection”, Published by Wayne State University. p.31, Plate 44. Provenance: Estate of Jack Faxon, Birmingham, MI. Michigan Senator and creator of the Michigan Council for the Arts. From the estate of Jack Faxon.