Ashanti Bird Motif Linguist's Staff

A Carved wooden staff top completely overlaid with Gold leaf. The staff top features a Ram motif on top, a symbol of Power and Might of the Chieftain, as well as two mask like faces, ancestral spirits

A carved wooden scene featuring two men and a Leopard that once adorned a orator or Linguist's staff top. Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. The staff top measures 8.5 x 7.5 inches and has gold leaf / go

A carved wooden image of a Boy on top of a Lion, covered in Gold leaf and was once atop a wooden staff.The tradition of Linguist staff are used in a procession of chiefs arriving for a durbar (ceremon

African Ashanti Okyeamepoma Linguist Staff, Ghana. With stand. Carved wood and pigment. Two detachable figures atop a 2-piece rope-twist carved staff. Size: 56'' x 6'' x 3'' (142 x 15 x 8 cm). Height

Asante (Ashanti) artist Okyeamepoma (linguist staff) early 20th centurycarved wood with gold leaf, metal 65 h × 10 w × 10 d in (165 × 25 × 25 cm) This work

A carved wooden female effigy with stylized horns , hands outstretched and seated on a classic throne. Remnants of Gold Gilt. Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. The figure measures 9.5 inches tall. Prove

Asante (Ashanti) artist Okyeamepoma (linguist staff) finial Ghana, early 20th centurycarved wood with gold leaf 15.5 h × 6.5 w × 6 d in (39 × 17 × 15 cm) with stand: 17 h &

African Benin Bronze Bird Sculpture 11.5''x15.5''. Stylized bird with spiral motifs. Excellent condition. 19th or 20th century, Nigeria. Similar to Ashanti bronze.

African Ashanti's Orator's Staff, Ghana. 20th C. Rope-carved staff surmounted by a finial with bird and lion cub. Wood and pigment. On stand. Size: 63'' x 6'' x 9'' (160 x 15 x 23 cm). Property from t

20th cen, original owner purchased from Christie's new york sale room, measures 8.5"h 5.25"w; Provenance: from a New York Gentleman

The Chinese porcelain brush pot having square tall body, slightly waisted sides with grovved corners, raised on flat base. The exterior hand painted in variegate tones and blend tints to create a mult

Pair Spectacular Antique Chinese Porcelain Vases on Stand with Bird Motif Panels 20.75 inches. Marked: Longwy . size: 20.75 in. x 8 in. x 8 in. on stands

Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Blattgold überzogen. H 140 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. Ausgestellt: Musée International du

Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Goldfolie überzogen. H 162,5 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Walu, Zürich (1985). - Nachlass Dr. Andreas Vontobel (1931-2011), W

Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Goldfolie überzogen. H 164,5 cm. Provenienz: Deutsche Privatsammlung, Stuttgart. „Ein Sprecher macht des Häuptlings Wort

PROVENANCE: Private (Estate) collections of Anna Adeline (Anne Adeline) Haddrall (1929-2018), by inheritance. Anne Adele Haddrall was born in Perth County, Canada. Moved to Toronto as a teenager and r

A Victorian Silver Tea & Coffee Service with Game Bird Motifmark of William Hunter, London (1844), a four piece set including coffee pot (9 1/2 in.), teapot, sugar bowl with cover and creamer with hin

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 appears

Qing Dynasty Chinese silk Kesi panel slit tapestry. Finely decorated with fine threads showing two birds perched on a flowering camellia tree, all reserved on yellow silk ground. The tapestry has a sm

A Michael Simon (American, 1947-2021) salt fired pottery footed flattened bottle having a slip-glazed body with a bird motif and a single squared shoulder. Stamped 'MS' below the shoulder.

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A fine, large slip-painted terracotta vessel, of a round bottomed form with a flared rim, depicting a wide register that contains four large

Chinese. Pair of famille jaune square vase table lamps with birds perched on trees decoration in green and aubergine. Unmarked. Provenance: From the Estate of Joan O'Brien Diemer, Atlanta, Georgia. Ap

Asante linguist staff, frog & cobra finial (Ghana)Height: 59"Asante Linguist Staffs (source: metmuseum.org) Magnificent gold-covered staffs like this one are carried by high-ranking officials within t

PROVENANCE: From Estate of William J. Kramp (1923 - 2019) of Hockessin, Delaware. WWII Veteran, Private Collector. A CHINESE FAHUA-GLAZED FLOWERS BIRD MOTIF PORCELAIN JAR, MING DYNASTY 43.5 cm H x 40