Ceremonial Staff from Kiwai Island

A Kiwai ceremonial staff, Kiwai Island, Western Province, papua New Guinea. Of cylindrical form, the hardwood stick carved with geometric shapes at the top and bottom. Fine old patina. Similar example

A Kiwai ceremonial staff, Kiwai Island, Western Province, papua New Guinea. Of cylindrical form, the hardwood stick carved with geometric shapes at the top and bottom. Fine old patina. Similar example

A Kiwai ceremonial staff, Kiwai Island, Western Province, papua New Guinea. Of cylindrical form, the hardwood stick carved with geometric shapes at the top and bottom. Fine old patina. Similar example

A Kiwai ceremonial staff, Kiwai Island, Western Province, papua New Guinea. Of cylindrical form, the hardwood stick carved with geometric shapes at the top and bottom. Fine old patina. Similar example

Highly carved ceremonial or ‘Chief’s Staff’ from the Solomon Islands, South Pacific. Decorated with shell inlay and animal figures. Early to mid 20th century. With a knobbed handle and the shaft

Carribean Islands Carved of black stone. 9"l x 1"w

Stoneware Carribean Islands 1000-1500 A.D. 16" L to bend in the staff and then an additional 4" so 20 inches in all including straight portion and then portion following the bend An exceptional pc. of

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

Odd Fellows "Heart in Hand" Ceremonial Staff. Thumb pointing into palm. Wood chip at left cuff otherwise good original condition. 70 inches long.

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 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

South America, Peru, Colonial / Republican Period, ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful ceremonial staff that represented prestige and power among Andean people, the wood is covered in high quality silver

A fine Kiwai Island/Torres Traits drum; Kiwai Island, Western Province; Papua New Guinea.of classical elongated waisted form, the drum with incised designs to the handle and diamond patterns pigmented

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

Native American, Western United States, Plains Tribes, Cheyenne / Dakota (Sioux) ca. late 1890s to 1900s CE. A ceremonial staff or weapon made from cow horns mounted to a wood rod covered with died hi

A Group of 10 Kiwai Island/Trans-Fly arrows, Kiwai Island and surrounding mouth of the Fly River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.Of classical form, the arrows a mix of various types of points, som

Zeremonial-Stab, "ofo n'dichi" Igbo, Nigeria Mit Sockel / with base Holz, Eisen. H 27 cm. Provenienz: Gérald Minkoff (1937-2009) und Muriel Olesen (1948-2020), Genf. Ofo sind Kultobjekte der Igbo

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

A Group of 10 Kiwai Island/Trans-Fly arrows, Kiwai Island and surrounding mouth of the Fly River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.Of classical form, the arrows a mix of various types of points, som

Depicts a fire dragon atop a wood plinth. [18" H; Base: 1 1/2" H].

Dreiteiliger Zeremonial-Stab Bali (?) Ohne Sockel / without base Kupferlegierung. H 166 cm. Provenienz: Fred und Ilse Mayer, Zürich. CHF 200 / 400 EUR 182 / 364

**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

A YORUBA CEREMONIAL STAFF HEAD, 10" PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JANINE AND JOSEF GUGLER. SEE ALSO THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ART.

AMERICAN ODD FELLOWS / LODGE FOLK ART CARVED AND PAINTED CEREMONIAL STAFF, featuring an intertwining serpent with closed mouth, going up a shaft terminating in a spear head. Retains likely original po