Sold201719th C. African Yoruba Iron Ceremonial StaffWest 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 birdsSee Sold Price
Sold2016Yoruba Ogboni Society Iron Ceremonial Staffs (pr)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, elongatedSee Sold Price
Sold2023Late 19th C. Nigerian Yoruba Iron Diviner's Bird StaffWest 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 ofSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Tall African Yoruba Iron Ceremonial Staff**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. BelowSee Sold Price
Sold201720th C. African Yoruba Iron Staff with Bells**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 spiSee Sold Price
Sold2023Herbalists Staff, Wrought Iron, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, West AfricaHerbalists 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 AfricanSee Sold Price
Sold2017Early 20th C African Yoruba Iron Staff w/ Bird & BellsWest 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 fourSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mid-20th C. African Yoruba Wood Ceremonial StaffWestern Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A fine, hand-carved wooden ceremonial staff depicting a pair of heads with almond eyes, prominent noses, full lips, scarification markSee Sold Price
Sold201619th C. Benin Bronze / Iron Rattle Staff (Ukhurke)Africa, Benin, 19th century CE. This is a bronze rattle staff (ukhurke/ukhure) decorated with abstract animorphic faces and made to be held by its long attached iron handle. There are rings of bronzeSee Sold Price
Sold201620th C. African Yoruba Iron Medicine Osanyin StaffWest 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 bSee Sold Price
Sold202319th C. African DRC Ceremonial Iron Adze - Spooky**Originally Listed At $250** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ca. 19th century CE. A ceremonial iron adze with a dark wooden handle; the adze head bends slightly and is flattened intSee Sold Price
Sold202119th C. African Kuba Ceremonial Wood & Iron Knife**Originally Listed At $200** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century. A ceremonial iron knife with a fortified wooden handle. Panels of zinSee Sold Price
Sold2021Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wooden Shango StaffWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. early 20th century CE. An intriguing ceremonial staff known as an ose Shango depicting a stylized woman kneeling atop an integral rectangular plinth. The womaSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wood Ose Shango Dance Wand**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), aSee Sold Price
Sold2020Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wooden Shango Staff**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A large ceremonial staff carved from wood with an upper portion shaped like a double-axe-blade, and the gSee Sold Price
Sold202271357: Three Yoruba Iron Staffs, osanyin Nigeria, c. 1Three Yoruba Iron Staffs, osanyin Nigeria, c. 19th century Each with long shaft supporting an assemblage of abstract birds and a central bird above. Each in very good conditiSee Sold Price
Sold202219th C. African Congo Iron & Copper Double Blade KnifeCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. An interesting ceremonial double bladed knife, with linear patterns etched near the handle. The wooden grip is cSee Sold Price
Sold2023African Yoruba Ogboni Society Sword with Figural Handle, NigeriaAfrican Yoruba Ogboni Society ceremonial sword with fine brass figural handle from 19th century or earlier, Nigeria. The brass handle with a seated woman or impaled holding her breasts and with a coniSee Sold Price
Sold2023African Yoruba Ogboni Society Sword with Figural Handle, NigeriaAfrican Yoruba Ogboni Society ceremonial sword with fine brass figural handle from 19th century or earlier, Nigeria. Blade in very bulbous extremely wide form with several pierced holes and a wide wavSee Sold Price
Sold2022Benin Edo People, bronze ceremonial staffBenin 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 beakedSee Sold Price
Sold2016Early African Ceremonial Wood & Iron Adze - CongoCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th century CE. A ceremonial iron adze with a dark wooden handle; the adze curves slightly and is flattened into a wide, curved point. Size: 7.2" W xSee Sold Price
Sold2020African Nigeria Yoruba Shango God of Thunder StaffAn African Nigerian Yoruba Oyo Shango or Sango (God of Thunder) scepter staff (19th Century) carved from a dense, heavy wood double sided shaft having repeating geometric pattern with carved head at tSee Sold Price
Sold2016Monumental Angas Ceremonial Hoe CurrencyMonumental Angas Ceremonial Hoe Currency, Angas People, Northern Nigeria, West Africa, 19th C. Forged Iron. Based. Size: 35"H x 26"W x 12"D (89 x 66 x 30 cm).PLEASE NOTE: All auction items are locatedSee Sold Price
Sold2023Yoruba Peoples, large Ogboni staff finialYoruba Peoples, large Ogboni staff finial, 19th c. or earlier, Nigeria, brass and iron, staff finial depicting a female head with jewelry and scarifications on forehead, a small iron protrusion on theSee Sold Price
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