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Lot 175

A SUMBA WOODEN FIGURAL TOBACCO CUTTER
KODI PEOPLE, MID 20TH CENTURY

Modelled as an abstracted female figure with a buffalo horn segment through a hole in the centre. With a fitted black metal stand.
61cm high, 11cm wide

Estimate $500 - $700

Unsold

Old wear from normal use. No visible faults or damage.

LJ delivery size: Small


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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.


Compressed tobacco is force through the aperture and sliced. The Kodi people enhance many of their utilitarian objects with figurative elements.

Decorative Arts and Asian Art, Including Tribal Artefacts

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8372
12:00pm - 20 October 2020
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
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CONTACT
Dominic Kavanagh
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au


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