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Max Garb Ethnographic Arts - No Reserve

Material Culture brings a truly unique collection of traditional art to auction in its sale The Max Garb Collection of African and Ethnographic Arts, on April 28, 2013. An outsider to the world of tribal art dealers, Max Garb made his living as an elevator operator on Chicago's Golden Mile, but what he called his magnificent obsession with ethnographic arts spurred him to assemble an extraordinary collection. Started in the 1970s, Garb's collection is the fruit of ?half a lifetime,? by his own reckoning. At one point, it totaled approximately 700 artifacts, largely from Africa, but also from Japan, Nepal, Tibet, Bali, New Guinea, Guatemala and Mexico. The auction will comprise 300+ lots of objects from Garb's estate, several pieces from his collection having already sold in another auction at Material Culture. The auction preview exhibition will be open daily from 10AM-6PM, April 25-April 27, and the auction will commence at 11 AM, on Sunday, April 28.
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Guatemalan Mask; Mascara: Guatemalan Mask. Carved wood. Painted; heavy patina. Size: 8.5" x 7" x 4.5" Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0025: Guatemalan Mask; MascaraEst. $200-$300
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Primitive Guatemalan Mask: Mascara: Primitive Guatemalan Mask. Carved wood, remnants of paint. Size: 7" x 4.5" x 2.5". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0026: Primitive Guatemalan Mask: MascaraEst. $100-$200
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Superb Mexican Mask; Mascara: Mexican Mask. Carved wood and horn. Painted. Size: 21" x 12" x 7". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0027: Superb Mexican Mask; MascaraEst. $600-$900
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Guatemalan Mask; Mascara: Guatemalan Mask. Carved wood and horn. Painted. Size: 11" x 6" x 5.5" Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0028: Guatemalan Mask; MascaraEst. $200-$300
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Devil Mask; Mascara- Published: Devil Mask. Carved and lacquered wood with horns. Published in a 1984 exhibition guide titled "Celebracion de Mascaras: Mexican Masks from Chicago Collections." Size: 12.5" x 5" x 5". Provenance: Max
0029: Devil Mask; Mascara- PublishedEst. $200-$300
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Mexican Tiger Mask: Mexican Tiger Mask. Carved and painted wood. Published in a 1984 exhibition guide titled "Celebracion de Mascaras: Mexican Masks from Chicago Collections." Size: 9" x 8" x 4". Provenance: Max Garb,
0030: Mexican Tiger MaskEst. $200-$300
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Mexican Lenten Drama Mask: Mexican Lenten Drama Mask. Carved and painted wood. Lent by collector to 1984 exhibition and published in the exhibition guide titled "Celebracion de Mascaras: Mexican Masks from Chicago
0031: Mexican Lenten Drama MaskEst. $200-$300
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Fine Mexican Copper Mask: Mexican Copper Mask with Horns. Painted copper. Size: 17.5" x 10" x 4". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0032: Fine Mexican Copper MaskEst. $200-$300
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Copper Mexican Devil Mask: Copper Mexican Devil Mask. Painted copper. Size: 12.5" x 10" x 3.5". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0033: Copper Mexican Devil MaskEst. $200-$300
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Two Copper Mexican Masks.: Two Copper Mexican Masks. Sizes: 22" x 16 x 2" and 17" x 17" x 2" Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0034: Two Copper Mexican Masks.Est. $200-$300
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Two Mexican Deer Dance Masks: Two Mexican Deer Dance Masks. Size: 8" x 4.5" x 3.5" and 6" x 5" x 3". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0035: Two Mexican Deer Dance MasksEst. $200-$300
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Fine Polychrome African Sarcophagus: Fine Polychrome African Sarcophagus, Possibly Ngata (Ntomba) Bonganga-nganga Sarcophagus. Carved and painted wood. Size: 39" x 8" x 7" Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0036: Fine Polychrome African SarcophagusEst. $1,000-$1,500
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New Guinea Shield: New Guinea Shield. Carved and incised wood. Size: 29.5" x 11" x 6". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0037: New Guinea ShieldEst. $200-$300
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New Guinea Shield: New Guinea Shield. Carved wood. Size: 33.5" x 9" x 4". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0038: New Guinea ShieldEst. $200-$300
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New Guinea Shield: New Guinea Shield. Carved wood. Size: 27" x 8.5" x 1.5". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0039: New Guinea ShieldEst. $200-$300
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New Guinea Mask: New Guinea Mask. Carved and incised wood. Size: 17" x 13" x 4". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0040: New Guinea MaskEst. $200-$300
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New Guinea Mask: New Guinea Mask. Carved and painted wood. Size: 18.5" x 8" x 5". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0041: New Guinea MaskEst. $200-$300
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New Guinea Mask: New Guinea Mask. Carved and painted wood. Size: 14.5" x 7" x 5". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0042: New Guinea MaskEst. $200-$300
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New Guinea Mask: New Guinea Mask. Carved wood, hide and hair. Size: 13.5" x 7" x 5.5". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0043: New Guinea MaskEst. $200-$300
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New Guinea Mask: New Guinea Mask. Carved and painted wood. Size: 12" x 7.5" x 5.5". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0044: New Guinea MaskEst. $200-$300
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Alligator Canoe Prow; Sepik River Region: Alligator Canoe Prow; Sepik River Region, New Guinea. Woven straw, bone, and shell. Losses. Size: 16" x 8" x 5" Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0045: Alligator Canoe Prow; Sepik River RegionEst. $100-$200
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Indonesian Vessel: Indonesian Vessel. Carved wood. Size: 8" x 6.5" x 4.5". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0046: Indonesian VesselEst. $100-$200
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Small New Guinea Mask: Small New Guinea Mask. Carved wood. Size: 10.5" x 3.5" x 2". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0047: Small New Guinea MaskEst. $100-$150
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South Pacific Totem Head: South Pacific Totem Head Possibly Maori. Weathered painted surface. Size: 20" x 20" x 3.5". Provenance: Max Garb, Chicago, Illinois.
0048: South Pacific Totem HeadEst. $200-$300
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