Sold2024An Asante Linguist Staff Finial, "okyeame poma"Oberteil eines Sprecherstabes, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Goldfolie überzogen. H 42 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Walu, Zürich. - Schweizer Privatsammlung, SchSee Sold Price
Sold2024An Asante Linguist Staff Finial, "okyeame poma"Oberteil eines Sprecherstabes, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Ohne Sockel / without base H 28,5 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Walu, Zürich. - Schweizer Privatsammlung, Zürich. „Ein SprecherSee Sold Price
Sold2022An Asante Linguist Staff Finial, "okyeame poma"Oberteil eines Sprecherstabes, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Goldfolie überzogen. H 41 cm. Provenienz: Andreas Vontobel (1931-2011), Waltalingen. „Ein SprechSee Sold Price
Sold2023Asante Gold Linguist Staff Finial (Okyeamepoma)West Africa, Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire, Akan peoples, Asante. Court linguist's staff finial circa mid to early 20th century. Sheets of gold leaf over wood of a seated chief or orator. The figure appearsSee Sold Price
Sold2021Asante (Ashanti) artist, OkyeamepomaAsante (Ashanti) artist Okyeamepoma (linguist staff) finial Ghana, early 20th centurycarved wood with gold leaf 15.5 h × 6.5 w × 6 d in (39 × 17 × 15 cm) with stand: 17 h &See Sold Price
Sold2021An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Blattgold überzogen. H 140 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. Ausgestellt: Musée International duSee Sold Price
Sold2021An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Goldfolie überzogen. H 162,5 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Walu, Zürich (1985). - Nachlass Dr. Andreas Vontobel (1931-2011), WSee Sold Price
Sold2021An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Goldfolie überzogen. H 164,5 cm. Provenienz: Deutsche Privatsammlung, Stuttgart. „Ein Sprecher macht des Häuptlings WortSee Sold Price
Sold2022An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, mit Blattsilber überzogen. H 159 cm. Provenienz: - Sammlung eines Schweizer Botschafters in Ghana. - Schweizer PrivatsaSee Sold Price
Sold2019An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Blattgold überzogen. H 25,5 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. Ausgestellt: Musée International duSee Sold Price
Sold2021Asante (Ashanti) artist, Okyeamepoma (linguist staff)Asante (Ashanti) artist Okyeamepoma (linguist staff) early 20th centurycarved wood with gold leaf, metal 65 h × 10 w × 10 d in (165 × 25 × 25 cm) This workSee Sold Price
Sold2022Asante linguist staff, frog & cobra finial (Ghana)Asante linguist staff, frog & cobra finial (Ghana)Height: 59"Asante Linguist Staffs (source: metmuseum.org) Magnificent gold-covered staffs like this one are carried by high-ranking officials within tSee Sold Price
Sold2023African Ashanti Okyeamepoma Linguist Staff, GhanaAfrican Ashanti Okyeamepoma Linguist Staff, Ghana. With stand. Carved wood and pigment. Two detachable figures atop a 2-piece rope-twist carved staff. Size: 56'' x 6'' x 3'' (142 x 15 x 8 cm). HeightSee Sold Price
Sold2018AKAN/ASANTE, GOLD LEAF PRESTIGE GROUP, WEST AFRICAThree: 20th c. Asante Figure/Possible Staff Finial, Ghana Carved wood, gold leaf Without stand: 9 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 3 1/2" 20th c. Asante Crown, Ghana Carved wood, gold leaf 8" x 10 1/4" x 7 1/4" 20th cSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Rare Ashanti Finial for Linguist StaffA carved wooden female effigy with stylized horns , hands outstretched and seated on a classic throne. Remnants of Gold Gilt. Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. The figure measures 9.5 inches tall. ProveSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Crown, a Figure and 4 Staff FinialsKrone, Figur, 4 Staboberteile Asante, Ghana Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, teilweise mit Goldfolie überzogen. Provenienz: Nachlass Dr. Andreas Vontobel (1931-2011), Waltalingen. Krone: H 8 cm. Ø 2See Sold Price
Sold20194 West African Objects. 20th c.A group of four West African Objects. 20th century. ++ Nupe staff. Nigeria. 38" x 4" x 4". ++ Nupe staff with geometric finial. Nigeria. 43" x 2 3/4' x 2 3/4". ++ Asante stool. 20" x 15" x 10 1/2". ++See Sold Price
Sold2022West African silvered staff finialWest African silvered staff finial, likely 19th/20th c., silvered bronze, depicting a figure in Colonialist garb standing before an altar table embossed with a slaughtered pig, on stand, 12.5"h x 4"wSee Sold Price
Sold2023Yoruba Peoples, large Ogboni staff finialYoruba Peoples, large Ogboni staff finial, 19th c. or earlier, Nigeria, brass and iron, staff finial depicting a female head with jewelry and scarifications on forehead, a small iron protrusion on theSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Luristan Staff FinialStabaufsatz Luristan Mit Sockel / with base Bronze. H 20 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Künzi, Gottfried Künzi (1920-1979), Solothurn. - Martin Gross (1922-2017), Biel (erworben am 05.07.1968). Lt. SammlSee Sold Price
Sold2021Gold Covered Ashanti Linguist Staff Top of Boy & LionA carved wooden image of a Boy on top of a Lion, covered in Gold leaf and was once atop a wooden staff.The tradition of Linguist staff are used in a procession of chiefs arriving for a durbar (ceremonSee Sold Price
Sold2024A Baule Staff Finial with a Figure and an AnimalFigürliches Staboberteil, Prestigeobjekt Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Mit Sockel / with base Holz, Goldfolie, Textil. H 44,5 cm. Provenienz: amerikanische Privatsammlung, Washington D.C. ̶See Sold Price
Sold2023Roman Bronze Military Staff Finial with Standing Figure1st century A.D. Sheet bronze with repoussé design of a youthful maiden standing with her right hand raised to her hair, let hand relaxed caressing a draped textile banner; wearing a palla gathered aSee Sold Price
Sold2021Large Wari Wood Staff Finial w/ Ancestor Face & ReptilePre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. An impressive hand-carved wooden staff or finial with a head atop a lengthy pole with an uncarved, paddle-shaped base. TheSee Sold Price
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