Sold2021Rare Type Yoruba Ceremonial StaffDating from cerca 1900. A very rare and Royal related figural staff. The male having a relationship to the house of head. Excessive wear and tribal use.The gory figure most unusual. Ex. Mass. Museum.See Sold Price
Sold201719th C. African Yoruba Iron Ceremonial StaffWest 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 birdsSee Sold Price
Sold2022Yoruba People, Opa Orisha Oko Iron StaffType: Religious / ceremonial objectMaterials: Iron, woodMarkings & Inscriptions: UnmarkedDate: C. 1900Maker: Yoruba People, Nigeria, AfricaDescription: A staff used in an agricultural ceremony by YoruSee Sold Price
Sold2023A YORUBA CEREMONIAL STAFF HEAD, 10" PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JANINE AND JOSEFA 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.See Sold Price
Sold2022A Yoruba Ceremonial Staff, EquestrianYoruba 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 WohlergSee Sold Price
Sold2019A Rare Yoruba Shango Staff Ex Ladislas SegyA 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 LadisSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Tall African Yoruba Iron Ceremonial Staff**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. BelowSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mid-20th C. African Yoruba Wood Ceremonial StaffWestern 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 markSee Sold Price
Sold2024Rare Ubangi Ceremonial Staff Ex Endicott CollectionA 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 generationSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Rare Makonde Ceremonial staff with Human HairA 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. ThSee Sold Price
Sold2021Rare African Ceremonial StaffCentral 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 HeighSee Sold Price
2021A Fine Old Yoruba Ibeji Idol, Ex Evan Maurer CollectionA Fascinating traditional carved wooden idol from the Yoruba peoples, Ijebu area - Ikorodu village (rare type). The Yoruba have one of the highest incidents of twin births in the world. As a result, tSee Sold Price
Sold2023Yoruba Male Eshu Ceremonial StaffWith extended hook from head with second face on end of hook signifying duality of Eshu deity. Male is holding a pot. 18"HSee Sold Price
Sold2021Rare Yoruba Obgoni Bronze staff finial collected 1965A fine and rare old Yoruba Ogboni bronze Staff finial, a 19th Century example that was field collected by Louise Clark, a Peace Corp worker in Nigeria in 1965. The staff finial measures 4 3/8 inches tSee Sold Price
Sold2018Dogon Bronze Male & Female Two Headed Ancestor CplA tall and wonderfully abstract two headed Ancestor spirit figure in bronze, with a male and female head, shown holding a trident type staff.A rare and desirable example, hand made using the lost waxSee Sold Price
Sold2021Rare Antique Beaded Yoruba Shango Ceremonial Vest/TunicRare Museum Quality Antique Elaborate Beaded Yoruba Shango Priest / Diviner Ceremonial Vest / Tunic - Yoruba, Nigeria. A remarkable piece of art that was hand-made / hand-stitched, with elaborate densSee Sold Price
Sold2020Rare Old Yoruba Bronze OMO Ceremonial Bell Ex~ Dr HealyA very old field used cast bronze bell with ancestral face and openwork design. Such bells were worn by chiefs in the Ijebu region of the Yoruba people in Nigeria, wrapped in a long shawl, on their leSee Sold Price
Sold2016Yoruba Ogboni Society Iron Ceremonial Staffs (pr)West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, Ogboni society, 19th century CE. A pair of iron staffs in abstract but recognizable human form. Each figure has a stylized face with long, braided hair, elongatedSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Rare Old Fon Vodun Staff Ex Noble Endicott CollectionA 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 inchesSee Sold Price
Sold2020Rare Old Fon Asen Voodoo Ceremonial Altar StaffHand hammered and formed Iron ceremonial staff considered an altar and place for the spirits to reside. This is a Most unusual example, it features two figures seated across from one another , BOUND tSee Sold Price
Sold2021Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wooden Shango StaffWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. early 20th century CE. An intriguing ceremonial staff known as an ose Shango depicting a stylized woman kneeling atop an integral rectangular plinth. The womaSee Sold Price
Sold2019A VERY FINE YORUBA EGUNGUN CEREMONIAL MASKA Rare Yoruba peoples mask from Nigeria, West Africa. This is a very fine carved wooden helmet mask with painted kaolin clay pigments and tall rabbit like ears and the most beautiful carved face I havSee Sold Price
Sold2021Mid 20th C. Yoruba Wood Shango Staff w/ FiguresWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A remarkable ceremonial staff carved from wood with a double-headed axe finial supported by two seated figures boasting a rich shade of cSee Sold Price
Sold2019RARE URHOBO FEMALE SPIRIT STAFF, AFRICAN ARTa very rare and fascinating ritual Object from the Urhobo peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Measures 28 inches tall on wooden base.This is a ceremonial staff carved from a single piece of wood and featuring tSee Sold Price
May 22The Buddha Gallery15/16thC. Standing Bronze Buddha from Southern Thailand- Good Size, Rare type!!$1,950
May 11ZevantiquesRare Type Early Crusader Longsword with Transitional Type Pommel and Long Crossguard, Circa 12th$1,000
May 22The Buddha Gallery10/11thC Cambodian or Thai Buddha. Rare Type, Well Cast, Great Condition. Collectors Piece$1,700
May 07Hermann Historica GmbHA ceremonial staff of a dignitary under Pope John XXIII, 1958 - 1963€1,800
May 22The Buddha Gallery9thC - Thai Buddha - Solid cast- Extremely Rare Type. Custom Metal Base by Sculptor$1,450
May 22The Buddha Gallery17/18thC Cambodia bronze Buddha. Good size w. integral base+backplate- rare type.$780
May 19Heartland Artifact Auctions Inc13 1/4" G10 Mace / Scepter, 2x COA Dickey / Davis, found North of Athens Georgia, EX Richard French$170(7 bids)