Two Pairs of Dogon Ritual Staffs

A tall well weathered anthropomorphic ceremonial staff with ancestor figure holding a spear and with swept back head or coiffure and obvious age and weatherings. The Ritual spike like staff measures 2

Dogon Peoples, ritual staff, Mali, topped with sculptural figure, 35.5"h x 2.25"w (staff), 38.5"h (with stand) Provenance: Estate of Distinguished Professor Philip Gould, NYC Notes/Literature: Profess

Ritual staff, Dogon, Mali, mid 20th century. H. 75 cm. Please note that this lot has a confidential reserve. When you leave a bid in advance of the auction, submit your maximum. Jasper52 will bid on y

Copper Accessories With styles including a choker length necklace that features a leaf motif, a musical staff pin from Renoir, two pairs of clip on earrings including a pair with lime green enamel ove

A finely carved old wooden Eshu staff with a finely crafted figure shown holding two ritual objects. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The staff measures 11.25 inches tall on simple metal base.

An elaborately decorated Dogon ritual vessel with a covered wooden hollowed bowl on which sits a large equestrian figure supported by two male and two female figures. Incised geometric patterns decora

A tall elaborate forged iron oil lamp with bowl-form cups mounted to two tiered base topped with anthropomorphic figure and 6 cup like bowls for holding the oil and wick. The iron lamp measures 28 inc

brass, cast around iron staff, crowned by a bearded face, "ogboni" sign in shape of two opposed crescents on the forehead, incised scarification marks, small bird sculpture, patina, base; the "oshugbo

A Carved wooden scepter with deep well handled surface patina and featuring two male effigy on top. According to sources such figures represent the original male initiates known as "Matundu" and "Mala

A Bocio double image set into a Asen ritual staff, Fon peoples, Togo / Dahomey, West Africa. featuring a pair of carved spirit idols set into a ritual Asen staff, which were created to honor ancestor

A Finely cast bronze staff with kneeling anthropomorphic figure on top wearing a ceremonial crown and holding a pair of staff. The Edan Ogboni is used by Ogboni Cult members as a Symbol of Membership

Two Nigerian Ritual Metal Objects. African Yoruba and Ga'anda Iron Dance Staffs, Nigeria. Ex Collection Prof. Gene R. Shreve, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Size: 1) 21'' x 10'' (53 x 25 cm); 2) 15.5'

A set of two hand forged iron shrine sculptures from the Dogon of Mali, West Africa. Two figures made by the village blacksmith for use on a Nommo shrine. The figures shown kneeling and in prayer like

This lot is for two old carved wooden shrine idols from the Dogon peoples of Mali, Africa. Well weathered with encrusted surfaces suggesting age and field use. The largest measures 12.25 inches tall.

A pair of Brass and iron figures attached to each other with a hand made chain. The bronze was melted over two iron spikes. Pairs of these brass figures are commissioned whenever a new member is induc

This Lot contains two very old forged iron staffs from the Yoruba peoples. The Yoruba believe the power of Osanyin is vested in a wrought iron staff, called an Osanyin staff, that is placed on altars

A tall and wonderfully abstract two headed Ancestor spirit figure in bronze, with a male and female head, shown holding a trident type staff.A rare and desirable example, hand made using the lost wax

9th-8th century BC. A pair of bronze elements from a staff or sceptre comprising: a tube with raised collars, two addorsed human masks and domed finial; a bell-shaped fitting with ribbed panel to the

Rising from a circular base with alternating grid and chevron patterns and two reptile motifs on the rim, four pairs of male and female caryatid figures and two curved columns with circular decoration

DESCRIPTION: Two ancient ding ("ritual cauldrons") from the Eastern Zhou Spring and Autumn period, each featuring a bowled body adorned with two upright handles and supported on three cabriole legs. L

Ritual Vessel for Tobacco, cast bronze, having a single seated figure on the lid, the body in egg form, supported by three naked women standing on a large dish astride two horses, in verdigris patina,

DESCRIPTION: Two ancient tripod li-ding (ritual bronze food cauldron), each featuring a taotie above each leg flanked by protodragons and finished with a pair of handles. Each piece bears an inscripti

DESCRIPTION: Two matching censers, each fashioned with a ding ("ritual cauldron") design featuring curved handles flanking a rotund body adorned with textured I Ching hexagram designs and covered with

A very rare set of two Male effigies, perhaps ancestor idols with a heavy kaolin clay painted surface and evidence of multiple layers of pigments suggesting ritual use over many years. Sculpture from