Moche Serpent Finial for Ceremonial Staff

Northern Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 500 CE. Long and rare pottery staff finial. Brownware hollow-molded serpent with slithering model, bulging eyes and toothy grin. Size: 10" L. Provenance: Ex-private P

431-103 Antique Odd Fellows Staff, Serpent; Carved & Painted, Circa 1870-1920; Independent Order of Odd Fellowship (IOOF) Carved ceremonial serpent staff representing the teaching of the wisdom and pr

Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 500 to 330 BCE. A lovely bronze finial of a ceremonial staff, comprised of 2 rams or goats propped up on a central column that rises between them. The

**First Time At Auction** Africa, Nigeria, early 20th century CE. A carved wooden figural finial for a ceremonial staff honoring Shango (also known as Jakuta), a royal ancestor of the Yoruba who was t

**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A carved wooden figural finial for a ceremonial staff honoring Shango (also known as Jakuta), a

(lot of 2) New Guinea carving group, consisting of a figural spirit board, together with a ceremonial staff finial, largest: 31"l

AMERICAN ODD FELLOWS / LODGE FOLK ART CARVED AND PAINTED CEREMONIAL STAFF, featuring an intertwining serpent with closed mouth, going up a shaft terminating in a spear head. Retains likely original po

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A finely carved wooden walking stick or ceremonial staff depicted with an integral serpent winding its way around

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 14th to 15th century CE. A superb wooden rattle with a monkey finial, which may have been part of a ceremonial staff. The wood panel is slit from both sides and

Pre-Columbian Gold Avian Finial, Tairona Culture, Beaked Bird With Head Held Erect Seated Majestically On An Attachment Terminal, Used to Crown a Ceremonial Staff, Ex-Private Palm Beach Collection, Ag

**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

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A remarkable ceremonial staff carved from wood with a double-headed axe finial supported by two seated figures boasting a rich shade of c

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

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche Culture, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. An impressive Moche tumi, a ceremonial knife formed from high-quality copper - 99% - with a lord king warrior finial holding a ma

Ceremonial Wand. Conductor's Baton. Ebonized staff with gold tips and medallion. Lyre finial cap. Inscribed Jan. 1907. In fitted box case-- Dimensions: : L: 19 inches --- US Shipping charge: $20

Harman & Co., London 1936, in late 17th century style with a pot-shaped top under a crown with orb finial, the staff with three knots, all chased with female figures, acanthus leaves and oak sprays, t

20th century AD. A bronze purba formed as a central bulb surmounted by three addorsed grotesque crowned heads beneath a tiered horse-head finial; below, a triangular-section point with serpent-heads a

Benin Edo People, bronze ceremonial staff, 19th c. Nigeria, in two pieces, naturally dark and verdigris patinated cast bronze, in a stacked totemic form, the round standard surmounted by a long beaked

Odd Fellows "Heart in Hand" Ceremonial Staff. Thumb pointing into palm. Wood chip at left cuff otherwise good original condition. 70 inches long.

AFRICAN CARVED WOOD AND MIXED MEDIA CEREMONIAL STAFF, H 57", W 1.5", D 3" Woven and feather head dress atop a man riding a mule. On a black wooden base.Provenance: Estate of Jack Faxon, Birmingham, MI

A Very finely carved female effigy with classic treatment to the face and coiffure, well patinated dark surface. This figure was once atop a wooden staff , known locally as a tefalipitya staff. Local

South America, Peru, Colonial / Republican Period, ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful ceremonial staff that represented prestige and power among Andean people, the wood is covered in high quality silver

The auction featuring items from the Saul Brandman Foundation. Ceremonial staff in carved wood fabrication. Region of origin: Africa. This staff has a figural head at the top, and it measures fifteen

A very unusual old wooden protective staff or talisman carved from a wavy vine with snake head and well handled surface patina. Tharu peoples of Terai, a southern region of Nepal. The Serpent staff me