19TH C. AFRICAN ZULU WOODEN KNOBKERRIE/ CLUB**Originally Listed At $400**
Africa, South Africa, Zulu tribe, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden club known as a knobkerrie, or an iwisa...
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HOLYLAND JUDAEA JEWISH WAR AR SILVERSHEKELNear East / Holy Land, Judaea, Jewish War, ca. 66 to 70 CE. AR silver shekel. First revolt, year 2, 67-68 CE. 'Shekel of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), ritual chalice with...
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19TH C MAORI WOOD TOKOTOKO LEADER ORATORSTAFF W/ NACRE...**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden tokotokoe with a mesmerizing "corkscrew"...
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19TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN SIOUX WOOD HORSEDANCE CLUB**First Time At Auction**
Native American, Western United States, Plains Tribes, Sioux (Lakota), ca. 19th century CE. A hand carved wooden dance club in the shape...
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PANAMANIAN KUNA SHAMAN STAFF W/ NUCHUFIGURE & SNAKE**First Time At Auction**
Latin American, Panama, Kuna People, early 20th century CE. A wooden shaman staff with a corkscrew serpent along the shaft and a stylized...
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19TH C. MAORI WOOD TOKOTOKO ORATOR STAFFW/ NACRE INLAY...Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden tokotokoe with beautiful carvings across the surface and an inlay...
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19TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN PLAINS WOODDANCE MIRROR BOARDNative American, Western United States, Plains Tribes, Ojibwa, Arapahoe, Oceti Sakowin (Lakota), or Shoshone people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century...
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A YORUBA ESHU MULTI-FIGURE RITUAL STAFF19th/20th c., Yoruba Egba Peoples, Nigeria, four dark patinated carved wood Eshu dance staffs, depicting heads in tall headdress, joined by leather sinew cord and hung with...
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BAMILEKE PEOPLES, CARVED KING , EX-MUSEUM20th c., Cameroon, dark patina carved wood, depicting a seated nude male holding a staff topped with the sitters bust, museum accession number on base, mounted to wood plinth,...
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FON PEOPLES, METALWORK ASEN ALTAR STAFFBenin, the portable alter topped by circle of seated figures in a ritual ceremony, on custom stand, 47"h...
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YORUBA PEOPLES, (4) EDAN OGBONI OBJECTSNigeria, staff finials or pendants, iron pins protruding from copper alloy figures, one a chained pair, 9.5"l (largest)...
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EASTERN AFRICAN PEOPLES, (5) CARVEDWOOD STAFFS Tanzania, 22"l (largest), 15"l (smallest)...
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GROUP (5) AFRICAN ANTHROPOMORPHIC WOODSTAFFS Various Peoples, incl. Baule, Luba, Kwele, and Kongo, 38.5"l (largest), 31.5"l (smallest)...
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DOGON PEOPLES, RITUAL STAFF Mali, toppedwith sculptural figure, 35.5"h x 2.25"w (staff), 38.5"h (with stand)...
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BENIN EDO PEOPLE, BRONZE CEREMONIALSTAFF 19th c. Nigeria, in two pieces, naturally dark and verdigris patinated cast bronze, in a stacked totemic form, the round standard surmounted by a long beaked bird surrounded...
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(2) LARGE WEST AFRICAN FIGIRAL CARVEDMASK & STAFF(lot of 2) West African figural carved wood items, including: (1) large ceremonial mask with openwork crest, approx 51"h, 11.75"w; (1) figural staff/ walking stick,...
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(3) CHINESE ENAMELED PORCELAIN SANXINGIMMORTALS(lot of 3) Chinese famille rose porcelain immortals, Fu, Lu, and Shou (fortune, prosperity, and longevity), enameled Imperial robes, Fu holding a child, Lu with ruyi...
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FOUR ASSORTED WOOD WALKING STICKS20thCentury. The first, a Kenyan simple hardwood staff; the second, probably an Amazonian indigenous people’s example of carved wood with feathers; the third, a natural wood...
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(TOPICAL) PEOPLE: 130 POSTCARDS EARLYTO LATE 20TH CENTURY(TOPICAL) PEOPLE: 130 POSTCARDS, Early to Late 20th Century, Several real photos of unidentified subjects as well as postcard-size cards of missionary...
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SHANGO, GOD OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING,LARGE STAFF TOPPER, OYO AND YORUBA PEOPLES, NIGERIA 27 X 7 IN. (68.58 X 17.78 CM.) (NOT INCLUDING STAND) LARGE STAFF TOPPER, OYO AND YORUBA PEOPLES, NIGERIA, Shango, a powerful...
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19TH C. AFRICAN LOANGO NARRATIVE CARVEDELEPHANT IVORY TUSK Vili People of Loango; Congo or Angola region of central and east Africa, carved in a continuous spiral of figures, male and female, in various costume,...
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AFRICAN LUBA CARVED WOOD FEMALE FIGURESCULPTURE African, Baluba people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, hand-carved wood reliquary staff statue in the form of a nude woman holding a vessel, her hair in three...
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YORUBA PEOPLES, LARGE OGBONI STAFF FINIAL19th c. or earlier, Nigeria, brass and iron, staff finial depicting a female head with jewelry and scarifications on forehead, a small iron protrusion on the back of the head...
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AFRICAN IRON SCULPTURE OF FATHER & SONON A HORSE African Iron sculpture depicting two figures, father and son, riding a horse mounted on a long spear or parade staff upon a rectangular metal base, likely forged...
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AFRICAN IRON SCULPTURE OF A MOUNTEDRIDER African Iron sculpture depicting a figure riding a horse mounted on a long spear or parade staff upon a square metal base, likely forged by the Dogon people of Mali....
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KUBA WOODEN SEATED ROYAL FIGURE African,Kuba people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, hardwood carving depicting a seated royal figure / ndop wearing a rectangular hat / shody carved with a triangular geometric...
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CHOKWE ZEBRAWOOD SEATED CHIBINDA ILUNGAFIGURE African, Chokwe people of Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia, finely carved sculpture of Chibinda Ilunga seated on a carved patterned base holding...
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BAMBARA PEOPLES, FIGURAL STAFF, EX-MATHIASKOMOR Possibly pre-19th c., Mali, natural patinated wrought iron, with horseman finial, accompanied by original purchase invoice, paper gallery inventory label, 21"h x 5.5"w...
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Early 19th Century Yoruba Asen Altar- Asen altars or memorial sculptures were made by Fon artists in the coastal city of Ouidah, and were created with forged and cut-out iron figured, usually riveted to a large...
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TSONGA PEOPLES, ANTHROPOMORPHIC STAFFlikely c. 1900, Republic of South Africa, carved wood, finial modeled as a human head with crescent ears, inlaid eyes, and incised nose and mouth, the neck and foot of staff...
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AFRICAN METAL STAFF. Yoruba People NigeriaHeight: 51'' Condition: No Specific Condition Recorded - Sold As Is...
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CLUB. Angola 1850-1907 wood. Roundstaff topped by a rounded diamond shaped finial. The finial is carved on both sides with fine diagonal incising. The staff overall has a mellow reddish brown patina indicating...
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FIGURAL STAFF. Angola 1880-1907 wood.Round staff topped by a female bust with an elaborately carved coiffure consisting of three chignons with diagonal incising an oval flattened face with tapering chin and...
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FIGURAL STAFF. Angola 1850-1907 lightwood. Round staff topped by a male bust wearing European clothing. The use of light colored wood pyrography and European elements indicates that the staff was most likely...
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Fine Asante Peoples Carved Wood LinguistStaff with Seated Maternity Figure, or "Okyeame Poma", Ghana, the staff disassembling into three parts, the bottom two sections consisting of poles decorated with various...
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Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lotof Manuscripts & Documents Lot includes letters photographs pamphlets mostly from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Born in 1880 the youngest of four children of Henry and...
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