Kwere Staff with Figural Top, Tanzania

Walking staff with waist-up figural finial, Tanzania. While ethnic attribution is uncertain, the staff finial (with long arms crossing abdomen, scarified face with peaceful expression and inset bead e

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

A Kwere staff. Tanzania, East Africa. 20th century. Wood. 44 1/4" x 2" x 1 3/4". Condition: includes a hanging contraption. Repaired cracks present throughout. Provenance: James Stephenson, New York.

African Kwere Figural Calabash Fetish, Tanzania. Ex Eric Edward, New York. Size: 10.5'' x 5'' x 5'' (27 x 13 x 13 cm).

Ivory Coast, female clutching pendulous breasts perched atop the shaft. On gallery base, 23 1/4".

NYAMWEZI, TANZANIA, CARVED FIGURAL DANCE STAFF. HEIGHT 64" (OLD REPAIRS)

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

Borneo Batak staff, c. 1900-1930, having feathers above the carved figural top, mounted to square stone base, staff: 70"h, base: 7.5"h Start Price: $300.00

African Tanzanian carved wood chair; possibly of Kwere; set upon three legs; with figural head to top and metal studs to seat; H: 44" (approx.)

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 very finely carved wooden prestige staff with a wonderful stylized twisted form with elegant feline effigy on top. Nyamwezi peoples, Tanzania, Africa. The Staff itself measures 22 inches tall. A met

Vintage carved wood figural staff. From the Sepik River region of New Guinea. Features a figural form at the top decorated with braided grasses, all on a hollow wood rod. Measures 56" tall. Good overa

Antique Senufo 40" Long Finely Carved Ivory Walking Staff / Cane / Scepter / Stick | Very ornately designed with two figures at its top, male and female, shaped in traditional Senufu fashion | Hand-ca

West Africa, Guinea / Liberia, Loma (also Looma, Lorma, Loghoma, or Toma) peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A wonderfully abstract wooden, textile, and hide figural element from the top of a staff,

Pair Chinese figural bronzes, man with staff & man with child, both standing on dragons, remnants of gilt, 20" tall, base to top head. Please refer to images for general condition issues, all items so

Zaramo peoples ritual staff , Tanzania, Africa. Tall carved wooden staff with female image on top likely related to the Mwana Hiti cult. The Mwana Hiti (wooden child) first appears during a young Zara

Carved wooden snuff container with an overall conical shape. Tanzanian and possibly Zaramo or Kwere in origin. Incised geometric decoration on top knob of cap. Knotted fiber lanyard connecting the cap

Africa, Tanzania, 2nd half of 20th century CE. A finely executed fly whisk with a figural handle carved from hard wood, depicting a standing female with hands across her chest, her torso and mid-secti

Hand carved wooden stool, Kwere peoples, Tanzania, mid 20th century, having a circular top resting on three double horn form legs, 9"h x 10"dia.

A carved wooden staff with a Mawana Hiti or fertility doll image on top and a well handled surface patina. Zaramo peoples, Tanzania. The Staff measures 18.5 inches ( 21 inches tall on professional cus

Probably Tanzania, dark dense wood with incised decoration, stylised female figure top. Usage traces, dark patina. Dim.:88cm.

Two Ngulu or Kwere medicine containers, Tanzania, mid 20th century, executed in gourd, carved wood, and fiber, comprising two double gourds with hand carved wood figural stoppers or dippers, bound wit

Tanzania...Possibly Makonde tribe....19 inch Figural stool , 4 female figures are seated as supporting upper seat...14 inch complex pattern stool with slab top...( carved from one piece) these are sym

An antique Dutch figural silver spoon. The handle is adorned with a figurine of St. James the Greater holding a pilgrims staff on the top, the lower part is decorated with a relief biblical image, pro