CHOKWE - Janus staff

A carved wooden staff embellished with hammered aluminum metal strips and featuring a janus male and female ancestor staff and topped with a hand motif with one finger pointing upward. Luba peoples, D

Chokwe Würdestab, "khunia" Chokwe, DR Kongo Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 95,5 cm. Provenienz: Helmut (1931-2021) und Marianne Zimmer, Zürich. Ranghohe Würdenträger, z.B. regi

A finely carved male & female janus form staff with raised and carved details on the ancestors and well handled flared sections on the staff handles. The twin-figured staff refers to Mpanga and Banze,

Würdestab Chokwe (?), DR Kongo Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, Bronze, Polsternägel. L 78 cm. Provenienz: Helmut (1931-2021) und Marianne Zimmer, Zürich. Prestigestab eines Würdet

Angola Wood and brass tacks 62 cm (figure: 14 cm) Provenance: Rui Castro collection, Lisbon

Angola Wood and brass tacks 48 cm (figure: 15 cm) Provenance: Rui Castro collection, Lisbon

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

**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

Africa, what is now north-central Angola, Ovimbundu or Chokwe, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A special scepter, perhaps once belonging to an Ovimbundu or Chokwe chief, finely carved from a h

A cylindrical janus head staff. Nigeia, Ogoni. 20th century. 17 1/2"h x 7 3/4"w x 6 3/4"d Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Simpson inventory #1688. Catalog No

A Prestige Staff Top, Chokwe/Ovimbundu, Angola; finely carved face and coif, overall shiny surface with darkening in the center of the shaft, mounted on wood block base, height: 16 1/4". Provenance: I

A prestige staff with Janus head finial. 20th century. Liberia. 57 1/2."

A group of 3 African carved wood objects. 20th century. ++ Left: Doll. Ghana, Fante. ++ Center: Cup. DRC, Kuba. ++ Right: Staff. Angola, Chokwe. Tallest (right): 13 3/8"h x 4 3/8"w x 4"d.

A staff with maternity figure at top and paddle at bottom. Democratic Republic of the Congo/Angola, Chokwe complex. Late 19th to early 20th century. 26"l. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the

A group of 2 African wooden staff's including a Chokwe wooden implement with a wire wrapped handle and South African staff. DRC/Angola, Chokwe. 20th century. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from

3 African Figures. Including a Yoruba Shango Staff, and 2 Chokwe figures. Carved wood. Largest size: 24.25'' x 7.25'' x 8'' (62 x 18 x 20 cm). Note: This is a NO RESERVE auction. Bidding on all lots w

A carved wooden hand held staff or scepter with janus Male and female ancestor faces on top, well handled surface and overall classic form. Hemba peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The staff measures 14 inc

A Carved wooden staff or handle with two janus mask like faces and a well worn deep patina from handling. The heads are defined by slanted, slit-form eyes and classic mask like faces. Traditionally Ke

Maori Fighting Staff, Taiaha, New Zealand, 19th century, the long shaft with Janus-head finial, the stylized protruding tongue with finely carved scroll design, below a fabric-wrapped cone, (the head

A tall carved wooden staff with reddish mineral pigment and a janus mask face as a central motif as well as a classic power figure on top of the staff with incised designs on top finial. Songye people

A fine staff of authority with head Luena or Chokwe D.R Congo / Angola, 33.5"l Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

wood, reddish brown patina, traces of black paint, indigo blue pigment, habile handle carved with janus head and crowning double axe symbol, nearly identical facial features with scarification marks o

African, Chokwe people of Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia, finely carved sculpture of Chibinda Ilunga seated on a carved patterned base holding a staff / cisokulu in his left hand

A beautiful carved wood Janus style hand held wand carried by a devotee of the Cult of Shango, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The wand/staff has an elaborate carved design and signs of age and cerem