Rare Old Mbala Staff with Serpent Ex Dave DeRoche

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.

This is a finely carved old wood sculpture of a male effigy with strong facial features from the Toba Batak peoples, Sumatra, Indonesia.Sculpture from this tribe is relatively rare on the market , wit

A Very Fine Old carved wooden staff top with highly stylized ancestor figure on top, swept back coiffure and a most unusual surface patina. Mbala peoples, Congo, Africa. The staff top measures 9.5 inc

A Very rare carved wooden staff with a ancestor face, carved designs and a deep well handled surface patina suggesting many years of field use. The staff measures 30.5 inches tall. Azande / Zande peop

A very rare Luba or Kalanga carved wooden Staff top with metal ( aluminum) wrapped areas to protect the staff, what remains is stable. The staff top has extensive wear and erosion and is likely a late

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 rare old and worn Vodun ceremonial staff featuring a hand clutching an Offering or possibly a scroll. The life like hand is rendered from a single piece of wood. The Staff measures 19.5 inches

A very fine and exquisitely carved wooden Keris/Kris Handle from Bali, Indonesia called Jagungan, meaning kernels of corn/maize. The handle measures 7.25 inches on its custom professional base. Proven

A very finely carved Old wooden cane with stylized diamond shaped face and form, small curled coiffure on the back, with gorgeous and deep well handled surface patina. The cane measures 39 inches tall

A Fine old terracotta clay memorial head , likely the effigy of a foreign trader, certainly more of a portrait then most Akan memorial heads. Provenance: Ex Dave DeRoche, Sanfrancisco, CA.

A very fine and rare old Shango staff with cowrie shell adornment and signs of field use. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The figure has an old label on the side as well as an old Sotheby's Park Bern

This is a rare and old Tabwa Anti-Witchcraft staff. Staves of this sort were used by the Tabwa and documented by Dean Ripa in field photos as having being part of an Anti-Witchcraft cult. The chief di

This is a very rare and old Tabwa Anti-Witchcraft staff. Carved wooden staff with two spirit faces looking in both directions and other various magic accoutrements. Staves of this sort were used by th

A very fine old Shango cult staff with kneeling devotee and decorated superstructure, showing wear and erosion. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The staff measures 21 x 10 inches. provenance: Ex Ladis

A very old and rare fragment of a figural staff with two ancestors and embellished with metal studs. The staff is completely weathered and worn. Songye peoples, Congo, Africa. Ex Mebel Collection New

A very fine old carved wooden staff with female effigy on top, twisted form with serpent like design winding up the staff. The Figure on top is well carved and has a deep well handled surface patina.

A carved steatite stone skull and serpent or rattlesnake prestige pipe, Mound Builder culture, GA, USA. Ex. Dorso collection, acquired C. 1930’s. The Pipe measures 11 inches tall. Old label on the b

Central Africa, perhaps Mbala, ca. late 19th - early 20th century. Very old, square sectioned staff surmounted by a standing female figure, a separately carved bird pegged in below. MEASUREMENTS Heigh

A very fine and highly stylized "Mfondo" mask created by a Lawalwa or Lwalu artist. Such masks were produced masks with facial representations that are composed of purely geometric elements, sharply a

A Very finely carved and well weathered old Hemba male ancestor sculpture, with obvious age, wear and decay. Hemba peoples, Congo, Africa. The sculpture has been professionally mounted to a display st

Bulul, also known as bul-ul or tinagtaggu, is a carved wooden figure used to guard the rice crop by the Ifugao peoples of northern Luzon. The sculptures are highly stylized representations of ancestor

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

Among the tribes of Papua New Guinea warriors are awarded gope boards for each act of bravery they perform in battle. The boards are often made from the remains of an enemy's canoe. Gope boards have a

A very rare Old carved wooden reliquary head from the Byeri Cult of the Fang peoples, Gabon, Africa. Among the fang peoples figurative sculptures were produced for the ancestor cult, or "Byeri," which