Sold2021Asante (Ashanti) artist, OkyeamepomaAsante (Ashanti) artist Okyeamepoma (linguist staff) finial Ghana, early 20th centurycarved wood with gold leaf 15.5 h × 6.5 w × 6 d in (39 × 17 × 15 cm) with stand: 17 h &See Sold Price
Sold2022Asante linguist staff, frog & cobra finial (Ghana)Asante linguist staff, frog & cobra finial (Ghana)Height: 59"Asante Linguist Staffs (source: metmuseum.org) Magnificent gold-covered staffs like this one are carried by high-ranking officials within tSee Sold Price
Sold2024An Asante Linguist Staff Finial, "okyeame poma"Oberteil eines Sprecherstabes, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Ohne Sockel / without base H 28,5 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Walu, Zürich. - Schweizer Privatsammlung, Zürich. „Ein SprecherSee Sold Price
Sold2022An Asante Linguist Staff Finial, "okyeame poma"Oberteil eines Sprecherstabes, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Goldfolie überzogen. H 41 cm. Provenienz: Andreas Vontobel (1931-2011), Waltalingen. „Ein SprechSee Sold Price
Sold2023Asante Gold Linguist Staff Finial (Okyeamepoma)West Africa, Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire, Akan peoples, Asante. Court linguist's staff finial circa mid to early 20th century. Sheets of gold leaf over wood of a seated chief or orator. The figure appearsSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Rare Ashanti Finial for Linguist StaffA carved wooden female effigy with stylized horns , hands outstretched and seated on a classic throne. Remnants of Gold Gilt. Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. The figure measures 9.5 inches tall. ProveSee Sold Price
Sold2023African Ashanti Okyeamepoma Linguist Staff, GhanaAfrican Ashanti Okyeamepoma Linguist Staff, Ghana. With stand. Carved wood and pigment. Two detachable figures atop a 2-piece rope-twist carved staff. Size: 56'' x 6'' x 3'' (142 x 15 x 8 cm). HeightSee Sold Price
Sold2021Asante (Ashanti) artist, Okyeamepoma (linguist staff)Asante (Ashanti) artist Okyeamepoma (linguist staff) early 20th centurycarved wood with gold leaf, metal 65 h × 10 w × 10 d in (165 × 25 × 25 cm) This workSee Sold Price
Sold2018AKAN/ASANTE, GOLD LEAF PRESTIGE GROUP, WEST AFRICAThree: 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 cSee Sold Price
Sold2023Ashanti Linguists Staff Top with Leopard MotifA carved wooden scene featuring two men and a Leopard that once adorned a orator or Linguist's staff top. Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. The staff top measures 8.5 x 7.5 inches and has gold leaf / goSee Sold Price
Sold2021An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Blattgold überzogen. H 140 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. Ausgestellt: Musée International duSee Sold Price
Sold2021An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Goldfolie überzogen. H 162,5 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Walu, Zürich (1985). - Nachlass Dr. Andreas Vontobel (1931-2011), WSee Sold Price
Sold2021An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Goldfolie überzogen. H 164,5 cm. Provenienz: Deutsche Privatsammlung, Stuttgart. „Ein Sprecher macht des Häuptlings WortSee Sold Price
Sold2022An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, mit Blattsilber überzogen. H 159 cm. Provenienz: - Sammlung eines Schweizer Botschafters in Ghana. - Schweizer PrivatsaSee Sold Price
Sold2019An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Blattgold überzogen. H 25,5 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. Ausgestellt: Musée International duSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Crown, a Figure and 4 Staff FinialsKrone, Figur, 4 Staboberteile Asante, Ghana Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, teilweise mit Goldfolie überzogen. Provenienz: Nachlass Dr. Andreas Vontobel (1931-2011), Waltalingen. Krone: H 8 cm. Ø 2See Sold Price
Sold2022African Ashanti's Orator's Staff, GhanaAfrican Ashanti's Orator's Staff, Ghana. 20th C. Rope-carved staff surmounted by a finial with bird and lion cub. Wood and pigment. On stand. Size: 63'' x 6'' x 9'' (160 x 15 x 23 cm). Property from tSee Sold Price
Sold2021Gold Covered Ashanti Linguist Staff Top of Boy & LionA carved wooden image of a Boy on top of a Lion, covered in Gold leaf and was once atop a wooden staff.The tradition of Linguist staff are used in a procession of chiefs arriving for a durbar (ceremonSee Sold Price
Sold2019Rare Ashanti Gold Linguist Staff with Ram motifA Carved wooden staff top completely overlaid with Gold leaf. The staff top features a Ram motif on top, a symbol of Power and Might of the Chieftain, as well as two mask like faces, ancestral spiritsSee Sold Price
Sold2020African Ghana Ashanti Asante Carved Wood StoolAfrican Ghana Ashanti Asante Stool carved wood having a concave seat, straight base plate and five support columns decorated on sides with geometric spike openwork pattern. Carved from one piece.See Sold Price
Sold2023AFRICAN GHANA ASHANTI ASANTE CEREMONIAL STOOLA West African Ghana Ashanti Asante Akan carved wood ceremonial stool. Measures: 17.5" x 25" x 11.25". Condition: good. No apparent structural issues, no repairs. One stable age crack on one side to cSee Sold Price
Sold2021Charming 19th C. Ashanti Brass Crocodile Gold WeightWest Africa, Ghana, Ashanti (Asante) people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is an adorable cast brass crocodilian creature with a fish in his jaws that was used as a weight for gold measSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Asante African Carved Wooden Fertility Idol**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Ghana, Asante (Ashanti, Achanti) people, ca. mid 20th century CE. A painted, dark wood example of a disk-headed akua ba (akuaba) figure. The figure stands onSee Sold Price
Sold202120th C. African Ashanti Brass Bracelet w/ Grasshoppers**First Time At Auction** Africa, Ghana, Ashanti (Asante), ca. 20th C. A unique brass bracelet displaying an open band adorned with three grasshoppers and a spiralized bell. Skillfully formed in a natSee Sold Price
May 14BonhamsA RED-OVERLAY PEKING GLASS 'SHOULAO AND MAGU' VASE AND COVER Incised Qianlong four-character mar...£800
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May 10New England Auctions - Fred GiampietroTall French Fleur-de-Lys Terracotta Finial on English Terracotta Plinth$275(4 bids)