Sold2020A Senufo Staff Finial, "sejen"Stab-Oberteil, "sejen" Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Mit Sockel / with base Holz. B 35 cm. L 17 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass Madeleine und Jean-Jacques Keller (bis 1980 Abidjan, danach Rheinfelden). CHF 200 /See Sold Price
Sold2020A Senufo Staff Finial, "sejen"Stabaufsatz, "sejen" Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. B 52 cm. Provenienz: Helmut und Marianne Zimmer, Zürich. Der sejen (= Vogel) greift auf den ursprünglichen EntstehungsmSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Senufo Staff Finial, "sejen"Stabaufsatz, "sejen" Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 28 cm. B 51 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass Madeleine und Jean-Jacques Keller (bis 1980 Abidjan, danach Rheinfelden). Der sejeSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Senufo Staff Finial, "sejen"Stabaufsatz, "sejen" Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 28 cm. B 51 cm. Provenienz: - Nachlass Madeleine und Jean-Jacques Keller (bis 1980 Abidjan, danach Rheinfelden). - HammSee Sold Price
Sold2018Rare Old Senufo Sejen Avian Staff African ArtAn original old carved wooden post with a "flock of birds" as the centerpiece and finial. The great thing about this post is that it included the original staff, something I have not seen before on anSee Sold Price
Sold2019A Senufo Staff, "sejen"Stab, "sejen" Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 125 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. Ausgestellt: Musée International du Golfe de Guinée, Togo (2005-2See Sold Price
Sold2022A Senufo StaffA tall slender carved wooden staff with a double sided finial featuring two classic mask faces. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The Staff measures 28 x 2.75 inches. A display stand can be adSee Sold Price
Sold2020Ancient Senufo Avian Sculpture from a StaffA very old carved wooden avian image with in set metal eyes, most likely it was originally part of a "sejen" avaian staff. The sculpture is very weathered and old and measures 5 inches tall x 2 inchesSee Sold Price
Sold2019A Senufo Staff, "tefalipitya"Stab, "tefalipitya" Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 103 cm. Provenienz: - Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury (Lot 308, September 2015) - Kunstauktionshaus Zemanek-Münster, WürzburgSee Sold Price
Sold2023Asante Gold Linguist Staff Finial (Okyeamepoma)West Africa, Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire, Akan peoples, Asante. Court linguist's staff finial circa mid to early 20th century. Sheets of gold leaf over wood of a seated chief or orator. The figure appearsSee Sold Price
Sold2015A SENUFO STAFFThe staff supports the figure of a young maiden in her prime sitting on a stool, her body is decorated with keloids and her face bears scarification, strings of tiny beads adorn her neck and waist, shSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Fine Senufo Staff Ex Drs. Israel & Michaela SamuellyThis is a very finely carved wooden staff or "Tefalipitya" ceremonial staff from the Senufo peoples of the Ivory Coast, West Africa. A carved wooden scepter with a highly stylized anthropomorphic finiSee Sold Price
Sold2022West African silvered staff finialWest African silvered staff finial, likely 19th/20th c., silvered bronze, depicting a figure in Colonialist garb standing before an altar table embossed with a slaughtered pig, on stand, 12.5"h x 4"wSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Senufo Staff, "tefalipitya"Stab, "tefalipitya" Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, Kaurischnecken. H 140 cm. Provenienz: - laut Besitzer: Galerie Künzi, Gottfried Künzi (1920-1979), Solothurn. - Martin GSee 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
Sold2021A Luristan Staff FinialStabaufsatz Luristan Mit Sockel / with base Bronze. H 20 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Künzi, Gottfried Künzi (1920-1979), Solothurn. - Martin Gross (1922-2017), Biel (erworben am 05.07.1968). Lt. SammlSee Sold Price
Sold2024A Baule Staff Finial with a Figure and an AnimalFigürliches Staboberteil, Prestigeobjekt Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Mit Sockel / with base Holz, Goldfolie, Textil. H 44,5 cm. Provenienz: amerikanische Privatsammlung, Washington D.C. ̶See Sold Price
Sold2023Roman Bronze Military Staff Finial with Standing Figure1st century A.D. Sheet bronze with repoussé design of a youthful maiden standing with her right hand raised to her hair, let hand relaxed caressing a draped textile banner; wearing a palla gathered aSee Sold Price
Sold2019A Senufo Staff, "tefalipitya"Stab, "tefalipitya" Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Gesockelt / with custom base Holz. H 144 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich (vor 1999). tefalipitya („das Mädchen des mit der Hacke arbeitenden“) gSee Sold Price
Sold2021Large Wari Wood Staff Finial w/ Ancestor Face & ReptilePre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. An impressive hand-carved wooden staff or finial with a head atop a lengthy pole with an uncarved, paddle-shaped base. TheSee Sold Price
Sold2022African Luba Staff Finial, DRCAfrican Luba Staff Finial, DRC. Carved wood. On base. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia. France. Size: 10.5'' x 4.5'' x 2'' (27 x 11 x 5 cm).See Sold Price
Sold2015Rare Moche Blackware Staff Finial - SerpentNorthern 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 PSee Sold Price
Sold2019Napoleon III gilt metal processional staff finialOf a crowned eagle above N III, French,19th C. H 23.5cm (9 1/4 in)See Sold Price
Sold2020A Senufo Staff, "tefalipitya"Stab, "tefalipitya" Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 157 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass Madeleine und Jean-Jacques Keller (bis 1980 Abidjan, danach Rheinfelden). tefalipitya („dSee Sold Price
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