19th C. African Yoruba Iron Ceremonial Staff

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

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, Ogboni society, 19th century CE. A pair of iron staffs in abstract but recognizable human form. Each figure has a stylized face with long, braided hair, elongated

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. An iron ceremonial diviner's staff with a bird finial. Birds have a special significance to the Yoruba, representing the triumph of

**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

**Originally Listed at $100** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A ceremonial iron staff with a tripartite top portion consisting of three cylinders of iron twisted into a spi

Herbalists staff, wrought iron, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa, likely 19th century or early 20th century.Approximate size, 26"H x 12"W, Exhibited, "Iron Clad, Fancy Free: Exhibition of African

African Yoruba Ogboni Society ceremonial sword with heavy decorated brass handle from 19th century or earlier, Nigeria. Heavy iron blade with a square section that transitions to a single edged sword

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A tall iron staff with two groups of long bells spaced out along it. The staff is capped by a bird finial below an upside-down group of four

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

Africa, Benin, 19th century CE. This is a bronze rattle staff (ukhurke/ukhure) decorated with abstract animorphic faces and made to be held by its long attached iron handle. There are rings of bronze

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, early 20th century CE. A forged iron staff topped with a ring of small peacock-like birds standing around a central bird on an iron ring. The birds are stylized b

**Originally Listed At $250** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ca. 19th century CE. A ceremonial iron adze with a dark wooden handle; the adze head bends slightly and is flattened int

**Originally Listed At $200** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century. A ceremonial iron knife with a fortified wooden handle. Panels of zin

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. early 20th century CE. An intriguing ceremonial staff known as an ose Shango depicting a stylized woman kneeling atop an integral rectangular plinth. The woma

**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A carved wooden figural finial for a ceremonial staff honoring Shango (also known as Jakuta), a

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A large ceremonial staff carved from wood with an upper portion shaped like a double-axe-blade, and the g

Three Yoruba Iron Staffs, osanyin Nigeria, c. 19th century Each with long shaft supporting an assemblage of abstract birds and a central bird above. Each in very good conditi

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. An interesting ceremonial double bladed knife, with linear patterns etched near the handle. The wooden grip is c

African Yoruba Ogboni Society ceremonial sword with fine brass figural handle from 19th century or earlier, Nigeria. The brass handle with a seated woman or impaled holding her breasts and with a coni

African Yoruba Ogboni Society ceremonial sword with fine brass figural handle from 19th century or earlier, Nigeria. Blade in very bulbous extremely wide form with several pierced holes and a wide wav

Wrought iron ceremonial blade, wood handle, Chamba peoples, West Africa, likely 19th century or early 20th century.Approximate size, 17"H x 12" Diameter. Exhibited, "Iron Clad, Fancy Free: Exhibition

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

This lots is for Three antique forged iron ceremonial staffs known as Osanyin which are used in ritual magic ceremonies of the Herbalist cult, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The Staffs feature avian

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th century CE. A ceremonial iron adze with a dark wooden handle; the adze curves slightly and is flattened into a wide, curved point. Size: 7.2" W x