Vanuatu Dance Stave Head

Three Dance Heads/Temes, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Made of boar’s tusks, spider webs, natural pigment and fiber and possibly human hair, these originally were mounted on a stick held by male danc

wood, reddish brown patina, traces of black paint, indigo blue pigment, habile handle carved with janus head and crowning double axe symbol, nearly identical facial features with scarification marks o

A Kuyu Marionette Head. Carved wooden abstract Ancestor head with finely carved linear designs. Used during the KebeKebe Serpent clan initiation dance. Kuyu peoples, Gabon, Africa. The staff measures

A Plains or Plateau dance implement A hide-wrapped staff with floral beadwork near the end, the head of roughly carved catlinite, hide wrapping dry, with losses. length 61 1/2in Footnotes: Collector's

A tall slender carved wooden marionette like head, also possibly used in dance or as a parade staff with stylized ancestor face, elaborate coiffure, incised scar designs and traditional grimace like s

A tall slender carved wooden marionette like head, also possibly used in dance or as a parade staff with stylized ancestor face, elaborate coiffure, incised scar designs and traditional grimace like s

Date: 1970's Origin/Tribe: Papua New Guinea Material: Wood Dimensions: 43 Additional Information: These staffs were designed as a ceremonial object after those carried by traditional dancers. They are

Ceremonial dance staf with ancestor head - Sepik - Papua New Guinea 1970 Wood 40 cm These staffs were designed as a ceremonial object after those carried by traditional dancers. They are carved, paint

Ceremonial dance staf with 4 heads - Sepik - Papua New Guinea 1970 Wood 95 cm These staffs were designed as a ceremonial object after those carried by traditional dancers. They are carved and designed

BRONZE GILDED SHI TORLIN STAFF HEAD ; H54cm W30cm

BRONZE GILDED SHI TORLIN STAFF HEAD ; H55cm W43cm

Skillfully carved Dragon Teng Shengshi Tian Huangshi SealHeight 12cm, length 16.5cm, width 3.5cm522g

H:7.8cm，W:9cm，weight：206g

Tanzstab Yaka / Nkanu / Zombo, DR Kongo Mit Sockel / with base Holz, Raphia, Palmblatt-Streifen. H 62,5 cm. Provenienz: - lt. H. und M. Zimmer: Galerie Jenny, Basel. - Helmut (1931-2021) und Marianne

Clayton ThreeFeathers (Lakota Sioux) Sioux Bear Clan Dance Staff. Signed staff adorned with bear skull, glass and metal beads, braided leather, trade cloth, goose feathers, artificial bear claws, bear

A hornbill dance staff, Burkina Faso/Ivory Coast, Nuna. 20th century. With base: 46" x 19 1/2". Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson.

Native American wolf dance staff. - leather, beaded and fur. - approx. 40"H. Photos are considered part of description and condition.

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.

Carved wood with classic ancestor style figure , weathered and eroded, signs of ceremonial use. The Staff measures 22.25 inches tall, mounted to a simple wooden base. Eket peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Pr

A bronze dance staff, tiv people, in the shape of a Hoe, with braided designs. Dimensions: 8-3/4" H x 5-1/4" Weight: 13.5 oz. Provenance: Ex. Private collection, New York, NY

Amazon Basin possibly dance staff or Ceremonial Fish Spear, carved wood.

A group of 5 West African dance staffs. c.20th century. 53". Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson.

Group of three African objects, including one staff head from Benin, a wrapped fetish, and a terra cotta head, likely Bura. Keywords: BAMBARA or mali bura Dimensions: Tallest figure; height: 24 in. SK

BUMUI Wizard Staff Head, inscription to back of head reads ‘BUMUI’, subject a gnome looking wizard head sculpted out of clay like material affixed to wooden staff, measures 51 inches, head measure