African Lignum Vitae Wood Chief Staff 37"

African Lignum Vitae Wood Chief Staff heavy wood with a figure carved to the top,light wear, 37", From the estate of Robert Goodwin , Colgate university professor, longtime collector and central New Y

Ca. 1st half 20thC. Very good, with a few small holes and cracks on base, no apparent repairs. Fine carving shows off a rich dark patina. We believe this to be "Staff w/point" purchased 1981 from Said

Pende (Democratic Republic of Congo) wood chief handle possibly a staff finial. Dimensions: 7.5". Provenance: The estate of Jean-Pierre Hallet.

CONGO RDC Beautiful Cane Representing 3 Kuba Kings Characteristics: TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask. ETHNICAL GROUP: Kuba COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Angola MATERIAL: Wood DIMENSIONS: 87 cm About 34 1/4 Inches high. COND

An antique carved wood African primitive folk art sculpture. A figural work with hand applied polychrome pigment, modeled as a tribal chief's head. Produced to surmount a staff or scepter. Presented w

20th century, the first and second: royal Bamileke high chief staffs, the first brass and wooden staff and the second brass, wood, and beading, the first adorned with shells and bell decoration near b

Lot of 2 Antique African Chiefs Staff Whip. Size 25-18 inches length + whip. Lot of 2 leather whips with wood and brass handle. Provenance: Private Washington DC collection of Thomas F Caroll. Acquire

Southern Africa, Angola, Ovimbundu, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A special scepter, perhaps once belonging to an Ovimbundu chief, finely carved from a hard wood, with an anthropomorphic fin

A hard wood carved effigy of a male figure, likely a chief with his staff. Reddish mineral colored patina. Measures 19 inches tall. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa.

West Africa, Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire, Akan peoples, Asante. Court linguist's staff finial circa mid to early 20th century. Sheets of gold leaf over wood of a seated chief or orator. The figure appears

A Bold Male effigy carved from a heavy dense wood and shown seated on a stool with a staff in hand, perhaps the portrait of a Chief. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, Africa. The figure measures 13.5 inche

Luba ceremonial staff or sceptre kibango, wood; Democratic Republic of Congo. Kibango were traditionally owned by Chiefs and other important people as symbols of authority, displaying their social pos

A Senufo carved wood staffCote dIvoireRaised on a black metal stand.height 48in (122cm) Provenance:With Pierre Deveraeux.Sold Sothebys New York, 20 November 2012, lot 145.Property from th

Of a tapering conical form with a flat base, signed and dated on the underside "Lignum Vitae from Nicaragua Bob Stocksdale 1980." 2 3/4in. H x 3 5/8in. W

A Songye wood staff Democratic Republic of the Congo, the long wood shaft with two projecting Songye Kifwebe heads at intervals, each with one side painted in white kaolin, mounted on a metal stand, (

Total of 15 pins and 3 bowling balls Dimensions: Pin H 15", ball Dia 8" Condition: Wear from use. Marks, cracks, and splitting of wood to pins

**Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire, probably Dan peoples, ca. mid-20th century. A tall - taller than me! - wooden staff capped with two faces, one oriented upward, t

A lovely East African wood staff with a kneeling, long-haired female as a finial, likely Luguru. She has her hands on her lower abdomen. It has a wonderful old patina and color. L: 50 3/4 in (1m 29cm)

A COLLECTION OF 19TH/20TH CENTURY TREEN LIGNUM VITAE WOOD CARVINGS including pestle and mortars etc. Largest 18 cm long. (qty)

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Group of six various African wood staffs and posts; of various cultures, including: ladder form of the Dogon, Mali; spiral staff with figural finial of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; together w

Antique dense wood two hole bowling ball. Weighs about 13 lbs. Measures 10" diameter.

Dogon Wood Staff, Mali. Dogon art is primarily sculpture. Dogon art revolves around religious values, ideals, and freedoms. Dogon sculptures are not made to be seen publicly, and are commonly hidden f

Antique Mandan Carved Chief's Stick 28''x3''. A rare northern plains indian carved wood chief's staff with figural elongated head and hair. Finely carved and ornamented face with drop earrings and hol