AFRICAN CEREMONIAL STAFF 22.75"

AFRICAN CEREMONIAL STAFF 22.75"

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

Luba ceremonial staff or sceptre kibango, wood; Democratic Republic of Congo. Kibango were traditionally owned by Chiefs and other important people as symbols of authority, displaying their social pos

20th century, the first and second: royal Bamileke high chief staffs, the first brass and wooden staff and the second brass, wood, and beading, the first adorned with shells and bell decoration near b

A carved wooden ceremonial parade staff with a finely carved female ancestor effigy on top, detailed headdress and face and torso rendered in a realistic fashion. The Staff has a nice well handled sur

Central Africa, perhaps Mbala, ca. late 19th - early 20th century. Very old, square sectioned staff surmounted by a standing female figure, a separately carved bird pegged in below. MEASUREMENTS Heigh

A early and finely carved wooden staff featuring a classic image of a Kuba mask like face with carved brow and raised scar designs. The staff has a deep well handled surface patina suggesting years of

This is a very old and well used crooked staff from the Dogon peoples, Mali, West Africa. Such staffs were carried in processions for various village events, typically high ceremonies and society ritu

Older Carved East African Ceremonial Tribal Staff. Carved from one piece of wood - bearded man. Measures 35" long. Weight 2 pds 4 oz. PROVENANCE: A Private Charleston SC Estate.

African Tribal Ceremonial /walking staff. Material: Hand crafted Wood design. Measurement: 30” tall. Please note that this lot has a confidential reserve. When you leave a bid in advance of the auct

African Tribal ceremonial staff 67" h., 20th century

West 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 birds

**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

Western 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 mark

A very finely carved wooden sculpture of a male ancestor of chief holding a ceremonial staff. Baule peoples, ivory coast, Africa. The figure measures 18 inches tall. Provenance: the Dr Brian Healy est

Ethnographic / Native / Tribal: An African carved hardwood ceremonial staff with figural detail, possibly Senufo. Approx. 48 1/2"

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

TWO AFRICAN TRIBAL CARVED WOOD CEREMONIAL STAFFS, one showing back to back male and female figures standing on a circular tier above a pair of male and female masks on a cylindrical ringed stem and ir

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

This 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 fini

Magnificant African cast bronze ceremonial chiefs scepters / staff figural head with detailed animal & insects on lower part 63'' Tall. Condition very good. Mid 20th. C.

Yoruba peoples wrought iron ceremonial staff, Nigeria, West Africa. Dimensions (approx.): 32.5" high PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

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 Long old beaded sheath like textile, beaded on one side, likely to hold a ceremonial staff. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The textile measures 49 inches long. Provenance: A Private New Jersey col