Ethnographic West African Iron Osanyin Healing Staff

An Osanyin Staff. An iron ceremonial healing staff depicting a stylized bird surrounded by sixteen smaller birds. Yoruba people, Nigeria, West Africa 22.5" x 12" x 12"

A group of six ethnographic personal objects. 20th century. ++ Otter Skin. West Africa. 21" x 4" x 5".++ Kuba sword. 23 1/2" x 4" x 4". ++ Naga spear. 56" x 2" x 2". ++ Yoruba Opa Osanyin iron staff.

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, early 20th century CE. A forged iron staff topped with a ring of small peacock-like birds standing around a central bird on an iron ring. The birds are stylized b

African Yoruba Tribe Figural Osanyin Ritual Staff. Patinated wrought iron staff. From the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa. Measures 23.25 inches x 10 inches x 4.5 inches.

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba Tribe, 19th century CE or earlier. Rare Opa Osanyin herbalist's staff. Made of hand-forged iron with staff in a long spear shaped support to which a ring of applied birds

Wrought iron staff, West Africa. Dimensions (approx.): 35.5" long PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

A group of 5 West African bronze objects. c.20th century.++ West African style bronze arm cuff. ++ West African style bronze pipe. ++ Iron dance staff. ++ Metal currency. ++ Metal and wooden implement

A group of 8 African objects. 20th century. ++ Songe staff. Congo, DRC. ++ Bamana iron staff. Mali. ++ West African iron sword. ++ Maasai spear point & Idoma currency. West and East Africa. Kenya / Ni

Two (2) forged iron staff, Cameroon, West Africa. Approximate size, 55" and 42". PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

Yoruba peoples wrought iron ceremonial staff, Nigeria, West Africa. Dimensions (approx.): 32.5" high PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

Two forged iron prestige staff, Nigeria, West Africa. Approximate size, 26.75" length (larger). PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. early 20th century CE. A pair of iron bird staffs. The first is a tall iron staff with long bells on its lower part and capped by a bird finial atop a thin rou

Herbalists staff, wrought iron, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa, likely 19th century or early 20th century.Approximate size, 26"H x 12"W, Exhibited, "Iron Clad, Fancy Free: Exhibition of African

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A tall iron staff with two groups of long bells spaced out along it. The staff is capped by a bird finial below an upside-down group of four

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A tall iron staff with long bells on its lower part and capped by a bird finial atop a thin round disk. Below

**Originally Listed at $100** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A ceremonial iron staff with a tripartite top portion consisting of three cylinders of iron twisted into a spi

Forged iron staff, Toussian peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. Approximate size, 40" length. PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

Ethnographic African Collector's Lot. Including: a Lobi Metal Currency Snake, Iron Staff Adorned with Birds and a Stylized Horned Figure. Prof. Gene R. Shreve, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Size: Len

Forged iron staff, with central rings and tubular forms, chameleon finial, West Africa. Approximate size, 33.5" long. PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

Two forged iron staff, including a prestige staff from Nigeria, and a Matakam staff from Cameroon, West Africa. Approximate size, 45" length (larger). PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Go

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, Ogboni society, 19th century CE. A pair of iron staffs in abstract but recognizable human form. Each figure has a stylized face with long, braided hair, elongated

A large forged iron staff top featuring A seated priest, kneeling devotee, a patient and several crosses and other symbols prevalent on Vodoun or Voodoo ritual. Behin, West Africa. The Staff top measu

Wrought iron staff, with bells and bird, Yoruba peoples, West Africa. Dimensions (approx.): 55.5" tall PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. An iron ceremonial diviner's staff with a bird finial. Birds have a special significance to the Yoruba, representing the triumph of