19th C. Nigerian Benin Wood Oba Staff

**Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, southern Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Edo peoples, ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful Oba staff - a staff intended to memorialize an Oba or king - hand-carved from

A very rare mid 19th century carved wooden royal staff with image of the Oba, the traditional ruler of the Benin with ornate scalloped and linear designs, encrusted surface. Benin peoples, Benin, Afri

An 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 t

Rare "A Good Child" Miniature Pail. American, 19th century. Wood stave construction bucket having metal band and a wire bail with wood handle, original green paint with red birds in tree with nest. 4-

Fon Fetish figure, Likely 19th c., Benin, carved wood, wrapped cloth, the surface encrusted with ceremonial projections, on lacquered wood pedestal, 18"h x 8"w x 5"d (fetish), 20"h (total) Provenance:

West Africa, Kingdom of Benin, 19th century CE. This is a cast bronze figure in the shape of two people, one at the top and one at the bottom, with highly stylized arms bent at the elbows. The faces o

Benin foundry, Cameroon, Tall Cylindrical Bell with domed top, lost wax method cast coppery bronze, portrait of an Oba or ruler of the Edo people, with loop ears and sun symbol on forehead and cheeks;

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 bronze

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Batak people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful example of a hand-carved wooden shaman staff (known as a tunggal panaluan) with a thick iron cone

**Originally Listed At $3500** Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Batak peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful shaman staff, hand-carved from a single piece of hardwood. The len

Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden tokotokoe with beautiful carvings across the surface and an inlay of nacre shells in the finial and just abo

West Africa, southern Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Edo peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A cast brass sculpture of a standing figure, likely an Oba (king), holding a ceremonial sword and trident

**Originally Listed At $650** West Africa, Kingdom of Benin, 19th century CE. This is a cast bronze figure in the shape of two people, one at the top and one at the bottom, with highly stylized arms b

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

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

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, TLINGIT Cane or Staff,late 19th century wood, 41 x 1.75 x 1.5 in (104.1 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm) unsigned. Provenance An American Collection. A speaker’s staff functio

American, late-19th Century. Stave-constructed wood with metal straps. The staves painted with red five-pointed stars on white ground with blue straps. Wire and wood bail handle with diamond escutcheo

American, late-19th Century. Stave-constructed wood with metal straps. The staves painted pale yellow with red hearts across the top, flower vine with birds, and "Good Girl" in the middle, with blue s

American, late-19th Century. Stave-constructed wood with metal straps. The staves painted pale yellow with green stenciled vines across top. Stylized tree with bird, horse and red flowers around the m

Late 19th century stave constructed wood with red lacquered exterior and gilt interior with black painted figures in garden setting, two wire bands, 19” diameter x 6 ½” high. Condition Very Good.

West Africa, Nigeria, Edo, Court of Benin, ca. late 19th century CE. An impressive brass cast "choker" head depicting an Oba - king of Benin - wearing an elaborate, netlike "coral" cap with a pair of

Lot of 2, both 19th century including a spiral carved wood snake staff in black painted finish with glass eyes, 40" long; and cast metal headed halberd with folk art carved walnut shaft with crowned f

19th Century Civil War Era Wood Hiking Stick Staff Hand Carved Signed and Dated by Many People - F W Gleason Reynolds Chas B Bowman 1885 67 Etc Some Signatures Illegible due to Age and Use Highly Coll

South Pacific carved hard wood ceremonial staff, 19th C. Carved at the flared top with intricate cross hatching with animal and human detail. Rich patina. Conforming feather carving at the opposite en