Sold20194 West African Objects. 20th c.A group of four West African Objects. 20th century. ++ Nupe staff. Nigeria. 38" x 4" x 4". ++ Nupe staff with geometric finial. Nigeria. 43" x 2 3/4' x 2 3/4". ++ Asante stool. 20" x 15" x 10 1/2". ++See Sold Price
Sold2022A Ritual Staff from Burkina Faso Ex Thomas WheellockA carved wooden hand held staff with bold and dramatic knob like carvings on the top and a varied encrusted surface on the staff. Mossi or related peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. The Staff measureSee Sold Price
Sold2017Large Red Baule Goli festival mask, African ArtA Very rare old wooden mask from the Baule peoples, Cote De Ivorie, West Africa. Carved wood with a large round geometric face and classic carving style, the tall antelope horns and cubistic like faciSee Sold Price
Sold2022Old Dogon or Tellum HeadrestsA rare pair of carved wooden headrest , small flat carvings with incised geometric designs and signs of use over many years. Dogon / Tellum peoples, Mali, West Africa. Each headrest measures 7 x 3.75See Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Yoruba Wood Ose Shango StaffWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dark wood carving of a standing woman with an enormous rectangular crest on top of her head. A staff like this is called an OsSee Sold Price
Sold2021Group (5) West African carvingsGroup (5) West African carvings, Including a Sukuma Ancestor figure with horns and adorned with strung beads, Tanzania, 15"h, a seated Bamileke, female figure, Cameroon, 15"h, and three figural danceSee Sold Price
Sold2021Four West Africans CarvingsThree wooden carved figures and a soapstone example, all from the second half of the 20th century. Dimensions: From 4" x 3 1/2" to 8" x 2", the heights range from 10 3/4" to 35". Provenance: From a loSee Sold Price
Sold2023Pair of Losso (?) Knife-Form Staffs, Ghana / TogoWonderful pair of West African staffs with finials resembling spear points or knives. Precise ethnography is uncertain though the treatment bears resemblance to shrine objects across Togo and Ghana (LSee 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
Sold202120th C. Large West African Wood Staff w/ Two Faces**Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire, probably Dan peoples, ca. mid-20th century. A tall - taller than me! - wooden staff capped with two faces, one oriented upward, tSee Sold Price
Sold20175 West African dance staffs. c.20th century.A group of 5 West African dance staffs. c.20th century. 53". Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson.See Sold Price
Sold20222 West African Style Staffs.A group of two West African Style Staffs. Wood. Smallest: 44” x 4”. Largest: 61 1/4” x 1 1/2”. Condition: Abrasions, adhesive residue, and light surface dirt. Provenance: FromSee Sold Price
Sold2022West African Folk Carving of SeamstressCarved and painted wooden figure of a young woman in blue dress seated at a sewing machine. Approx. 14" H.Provenance: Estate of Cayce Odom of Charlottesville, VA.See Sold Price
Sold2022West African Figural CarvingWest African wooden figural carving; overall good condition, minor wear; H 10 3/4" x W 2 1/2" x D 2 1/8" (approx.)Provenance: Dr. Peter T. Furst (1922-2015) collection thence by decent. Dr. Peter T. FSee Sold Price
Sold2016West African decorative carvingWest African decorative carving, post-colonial style, the red painted Janus head depicted with styled hair above the naturalistic smiling face, 14"hSee Sold Price
Sold2023West African Wood Carving, Unknown CultureWest African wood carving, unknown culture, 20th century. Approximate size, 11.7"H. PROVENANCE: From the estate of Dr. Philip Gould, New YorkSee Sold Price
Sold2024Large Asen Vodoun Shrine Altar Staff Top, Ex Jones CollectionA large forged iron staff top featuring A seated priest, kneeling devotee, a patient and several crosses and other symbols prevalent on Vodoun or Voodoo ritual. Behin, West Africa. The Staff top measuSee Sold Price
Sold2019OLD DOGON CROOK CEREMONIAL STAFF, AFRICAN ARTThis 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 rituSee Sold Price
Sold2023Old Lobi / Gurunsi Diviners StaffA very old and well handled carved wooden avian staff with anthropomorphic finial and obvious signs of use over many years. Lobi or possibly Gurunsi peoples, Burkina faso, West Africa. The staff measuSee Sold Price
Sold2019Large Baga Avian Staff with Serpent, African Tribal ArtThis is a large carved wooden parade staff featuring a proud bird effigy with a black snake on its back, all carved from a single piece of wood. Baga peoples, Guinea, West Africa. The staff has been cSee 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
Sold2020A Fine Old Baule Fly whisk Handle / Prestige StaffA very finely carved faceted cylindrical shaft with opposed faces beneath in classical form. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. This staff likely served as a fly whisk handle or possibly a prestSee Sold Price
Sold2023Carved Wood Lid from an Igbo Okwa Oji Kola Nut Bowl, Nigeria, West AfricaCarved wood lid from an Igbo Okwa Oji kola nut bowl, Nigeria, West Africa; nice carving, original piece with evidence of significant use, first half of the 20th century. Approximate size, 3.5"H x 8.5"See Sold Price
Sold2016Three West African Figural Wood Carvingsto include: a seated male with ritual scarification on face and upper body (17.5 in.); a Baule male, polychrome decoration, on square base (15.5 in. HOA); Janiform figure with two female faces above nSee Sold Price
6 days LeftCapitoliumart s.r.l.Lot consisting of box with Tuareg trousseau and Ehel sceptre. Amazigh-speaking Tuareg people. West€2,600
Jun 29HAMMER AUKTIONEN, African, Tribal, Oceanic & Asian ArtAn Asante Linguist Staff Finial, "okyeame poma"CHFÂ 500
Jun 29HAMMER AUKTIONEN, African, Tribal, Oceanic & Asian ArtAn Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"CHFÂ 1,500
Jun 29HAMMER AUKTIONEN, African, Tribal, Oceanic & Asian ArtJean-Louis Rinsoz's Ceremonial Staff, "okyeame poma"CHFÂ 100(2 bids)
2 days LeftLeonard Auction, a division of The Leonard CompanyWest African Metal Reliquary HandleUS$250