Early 20th C. Pair of Yoruba Iron Bird Staffs

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. early 20th century CE. A pair of iron bird staffs. The first is a tall iron staff with long bells on its lower part and capped by a bird finial atop a thin rou

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

**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

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

Pair of Chinese Republic Era Planters, early 20th C. Pair of rectangular planters with iron red bird and branch motif, each has an apocryphal Jiaqing six-character mark on the bottom. Each with a carv

**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

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

An impressive pair of cast iron figural swan bird planters. Early 20th century. Dimensions: 14 1/2" X 10" X 19"

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria and Benin, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A pair of linked human male and female representations, cast in bronze, with loop holes con

Pair of Arts and Crafts patinated wrought iron andirons, bird form on top portion, paw feet, manufacturer unknown, early 20th c., 24 1/2" (height) x 12 1/2" (length) x 19 1/2" (width)

Pair Chinois iron hanging lantern floor lamps, early 20th Century, 2 iron lanterns hanging from decorative bases, paint decorated, lanterns are decorated with figures, birds & symbols, one lantern has

Early 20th century. Very nice early surface one in the form of a shore bird and the other an owl. Each retains its early painted surface. H10" H9 3/8"

West Africa, Nigeria and Benin, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A pair of linked human male and female representations, cast in bronze, with loop holes connected with a brass chain

TWO AFRICAN YORUBA PEOPLE BRASS MALE/FEMALE EDAN OGBONI SOCIETY STAFF FINIALS, NIGERIAN, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, the seated pair chained to each other and cast on tapering wrought iron spikes, t

Two iron shooting gallery targets cast for use as spinners that knock down when struck. The very simple form has been referred to as having a pre-Columbian feel as in objects found in South American c

**Originally Listed At $100** West Africa, northern Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fine example of a forged-iron gong currency piece with a hollow, bell-shaped body, pinched peri

Late 19th / early 20th Century pair of iron and leather rocking chairs designed by Peter Cooper for RW Winfield. Overall 42.25" h. x 24" x 34". Condition: Wear to leather, several buttons missing, one

Early "Tinnie" Shorebird Decoy Early 20thC Sheet Iron Bird: 6"H X 8 1/2"W X 2 5/8"D 16 1/2" H, on stand Great dry black & mustard paint, 2 piece formed, fine patina, crusty surfaces, mounted on tall t

**First Time At Auction** Africa, Nigeria, early 20th century CE. A carved wooden figural finial for a ceremonial staff honoring Shango (also known as Jakuta), a royal ancestor of the Yoruba who was t

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A ceremonial staff carved from wood with an axe blade-like upper portion and the body of a woman integrat

An early 20th century pair of wrought iron panels with overall scroll decoration. Size: 82.5" H x 20.5" W x 1" D

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 $600** Africa, Ivory Coast, Senufo people, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall staff made of a thin blade of iron and capped with a wooden figure of a woman. Wrapped around the wo

West 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 Os