Yoruba Style Shango Staff, Nigeria, 20th C.

A Yoruba Style Shango Staff. Wood, pigment. 20th century. Nigeria. 18 1/8" x 6 5/8". Condition: Abrasions, cracks.

A group of three Yoruba Shango staffs. Nigeria. 20th century. ++ Staff with kneeling female figure. 20 1/2" x 4" x 2". ++ Staff with maternity figure. 19 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 4 1/2". ++ Yoruba style Shango

A group of three Yoruba Shango staffs. Nigeria. 20th century. ++ Staff with kneeling female figure. 20 1/2" x 4" x 2". ++ Staff with maternity figure. 19 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 4 1/2". ++ Yoruba style Shango

A group of 2 Shango staffs, Nigeria, Yoruba. 20th century.. In most cases the date is a 20th century attribution is an indication of stylistic origin and not a exact date of creation. Unless stated in

**First Time At Auction** Africa, Nigeria, early 20th century CE. A carved wooden figural finial for a ceremonial staff honoring Shango (also known as Jakuta), a royal ancestor of the Yoruba who was t

A Yoruba figural post.. The figure is holding a Shango staff. Nigeria, West Africa. 20th century. Wood. 51 1/2" x 6 1/4" x 2 1/2".

West 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 woma

West 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 c

Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, early 20th century CE. This is a dark wood carving of a standing woman holding her toddler on her back. The child holds tightly to her breasts; both have carved faces

A group of four Nigerian figures. 20th century. ++ Yoruba style brass Shango staff. 12 1/4" x 4" x 2". ++ Brass bell with adorned cast Benin style heads. 7 1/2" x 3 1/8" x 3 1/4". ++ Benin style brass

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dark wood carving of a standing woman with an enormous rectangular crest on top of her head. A staff like this is called an Os

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A large ceremonial staff carved from wood with an upper portion shaped like a double-axe-blade, and the g

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A ceremonial staff carved from wood with an axe blade-like upper portion and the body of a woman integrat

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful, hand-carved wooden Yoruba Ose Sango (also known as a Shango Staff or dance wand) of a traditional fo

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A dark wood staff in the form of a human figure kneeling and holding up an elaborate bow-shaped headdress. The figure has classically Yor

**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A carved wooden figural finial for a ceremonial staff honoring Shango (also known as Jakuta), a

A Yoruba style crown with a conical basketry frame and covered with beaded cloth with blue and white beads. The top of crown is surmounted by a detachable bird. The second tier has four bird figures a

A group of two Yoruba style objects. Nigeria. 20th century. ++ Mancala wooden game board. 31" x 12 1/2" x 7 1/2". ++ Drum with kneeling figure. 26 1/2" x 15" x 14 1/4".

A shango staff with two heads on either side. Nigerian syle, Yoruba. 1st half 20th century. 5 1/2"l Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes: "In the Yo

A group of two Yoruba Ogboni brass staffs. Nigeria, West Africa. 20th century. ++ 11 1/8" x 2 1/2" x 2". Condition: includes stand. Minimal verdigris throughout. ++ 21 1/2" x 2 1/4" x 1 1/2". Conditio

An Opa Osanyin metal staff. Nigeria, Yoruba. 20th century. 28 1/2"h x 12 1/2"diam. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes:"A tapper is an essential to

A group of 4 figural objects including Yoruba wooden breasts, beaded Yoruba style figures, a Yoruba bowl with seated female figure, & a Yoruba style equestrian figure. Nigeria, Yoruba. 20th century. P

A group of Yoruba divination objects including a tray and figural tapper-bell. 20th century. Yoruba style. Nigeria. Tray: 15" d. Figural tapper-bell: 11."Provenance: Exhibited, published: 1975, #12, B

A group of three African pieces of jewelry. 20th century. ++Necklace with cowries, wood and beads. ++Anklet in brass. ++Neck ring in brass. Yoruba style. Nigeria.