Kongo Prestige Staff, Bone Hand Finial, Congo

Tall carved wooden staff decorated with hand hammered brass embossed with intricate details, bronze bands, brass tacks and a very finely crafted finial featuring a classic Bakongo Mother & child image

A carved wooden staff with a female ancestor as a top finial and well handled surface. Luba peoples, DRC/ Congo, Central Africa. The staff has been custom mounted to a display stand and measures 29 in

Extremely fine and rare old carved wooden Tanzanian prestige staff with figural finial and some decorative elements. Provenance:- Ex. McConnell, Coll, VA, and previously acquired from Kahan Gallery, N

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

A very old Mbala prestige staff, C. 1900 -1920's , Congo, Africa. The staff features an ancestor head on top with a twisted serpent up the length of the cane. Ex Dave Deroche, Purchased in Europe, C.

Three: 20th c. Asante Figure/Possible Staff Finial, Ghana Carved wood, gold leaf Without stand: 9 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 3 1/2" 20th c. Asante Crown, Ghana Carved wood, gold leaf 8" x 10 1/4" x 7 1/4" 20th c

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 very well carved old wooden Kwere Chief iniator’s staff for the Girl’s initiation with an elegant female ancestor effigy as the top finial. Kwere peoples, Tanzania, Africa. The Staff measures 44

This is a very fine and rare carved wooden Eastern Luba Chief's staff, accented with hammered aluminum and incised designs. Luba peoples, DRC/Congo, Africa. Provenance: Irwin Cernic, NY, acquired from

A very finely carved wooden staff or cane with a ancestor figure on top with kifwebe society like features and deep well handled surface patina. Songye peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The Staff m

A finely carved openwork walking staff or prestige staff with ancestor face and wonderful well used patina. Pende peoples, Congo, Africa. - Provenance: Ex Old Belgian collection to Charles Fox, CA, pu

A lovely carved wooden hand held staff with ancestor effigy on top and embellished with linear designs and a deep well handled surface. makonde peoples, Mozambique, Africa. The Staff measures 13.75 in

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. An impressive hand-carved wooden staff or finial with a head atop a lengthy pole with an uncarved, paddle-shaped base. The

A group of three African objects. 20th century. ++ Mossi voltaic flute. Mossi. Burkina Faso. 14" x 2 1/2." ++ Yaka staff with carved finial. Yaka. Democratic Republic of the Congo. 19th/20th century.

Pende (Democratic Republic of Congo) wood chief handle possibly a staff finial. Dimensions: 7.5". Provenance: The estate of Jean-Pierre Hallet.

Elegant carved wooden staff or scepter from the Attie peoples of the lagoons region, Cote De Ivorie. carved wood with finely crafted form and featuring a classic ancestor image with hands above head c

A PAIR OF SILVER TORAH FINIALS. Probably American in Polish style c. 1880. On tubular staves. With hand chased and cut upper portions fitted with bells and birds. 15" tall.

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden finial for a staff or an architectural element presenting an abstract anthropomorphic face. The

Group of six various African wood staffs and posts; of various cultures, including: ladder form of the Dogon, Mali; spiral staff with figural finial of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; together w

This is an old and finely carved Luba Staff top, adorned with hand hammered metal ( aluminum) wrapping. DRC/ Congo, Africa. The staff top measures 18.75 inches tall on simple metal base. Provenance: E

Southern Africa, Angola or Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kongo (Bakongo) peoples, 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a carved stone hand that was made to be resting on a lap; it is holding an

A PAIR OF SILVER TORAH FINIALS. Probably Moroccan, c. 1900. On thin staves decorated with hand engraved designs. Fitted with chains and bells. 11.5” tall.

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 tall carved wooden staff with encrusted surface and featuring the form of a hand holding an object, perhaps some type of magical object. The Fon typically create staffs as either signs of prestige o