Ceremonial Staff

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

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

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

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

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

**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

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

Luba ceremonial staff or sceptre kibango, wood; Democratic Republic of Congo. Kibango were traditionally owned by Chiefs and other important people as symbols of authority, displaying their social pos

Yoruba Zeremonial-Stab, Reiter Yoruba, Nigeria Mit Sockel / with base Gelbguss, Eisen. H 88 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich (vor 1995). Utensile aus dem Umfeld des Ogboni-Bundes. Das Wohlerg

A very finely carved wooden scepter with twisted or ribbed design along the shaft and a well worn ancestor style head on top. This staff is very well handled suggesting many years, possibly generation

With extended hook from head with second face on end of hook signifying duality of Eshu deity. Male is holding a pot. 18"H

Hummert Estate: Fabulous Native American Beaded Ceremonial Staff, the handle is almost completely beaded in very fine beadwork of vibrant colors, embellished with buffalo fur, 2 horns, bells, tin jing

20th century, the first and second: royal Bamileke high chief staffs, the first brass and wooden staff and the second brass, wood, and beading, the first adorned with shells and bell decoration near b

This is a very old and well used crooked staff from the Dogon peoples, Mali, West Africa. Such staffs were carried in processions for various village events, typically high ceremonies and society ritu

A carved wooden ceremonial scepter with human effigy embellished with human hair, stylized form and a well worn handle with deep patina from years of field use. Makonde peoples, Mozambique, Africa. Th