OVIMBUNDU - Prestige staff

A Prestige Staff Top, Chokwe/Ovimbundu, Angola; finely carved face and coif, overall shiny surface with darkening in the center of the shaft, mounted on wood block base, height: 16 1/4". Provenance: I

Angola Wood and brass tacks 49,5 cm Provenance: Rui Castro collection, Lisbon

Angola Wood, brass tacks, and fabric 57,5 cm Provenance: Rui Castro collection, Lisbon

A Poro society prestige staff. 20th century. Poro society style. Liberia. 53."

Angola Wood, 72,5 cm Provenance: Rui Castro collection, Lisbon

Angola, 19th / 20th century, carved wood representing a female figure with incised decoration and application of metal tacks. Use skate. Dim: 54cm.

A Rare Ovimbundu Staff Ex Sotheby's, Ex Irwin Hersey.A carved wooden colonial era staff with a honey colored surface patina and featuring an anthropomorphic figure in colonial garb.Ovimbundu peoples,

A tall carved wooden staff with reddish mineral pigment and a janus mask face as a central motif as well as a classic power figure on top of the staff with incised designs on top finial. Songye people

A very rare and well handled / field used prestige staff with a mask like face , accented with indigo blue pigments. Urhubo or Isoko peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The staff measures 17 inches tall. Proven

**Originally Listed At $600** Africa, Ivory Coast, Senufo people, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall staff made of a thin blade of iron and capped with a wooden figure of a woman. Wrapped around the wo

A very well carved old wooden Kwere Chief iniator’s staff for the Girl’s initiation with an elegant female ancestor effigy as the top finial. Kwere peoples, Tanzania, Africa. The Staff measures 44

African Attie Prestige Staff, Ivory Coast. Carved wooden staff or scepter with finely crafted female figure holding a gourd. On stand. Size: 31'' x 3'' x 2'' (79 x 8 x 5 cm). Height on stand: 33" (84

This is a very fine and rare carved wooden Eastern Luba Chief's staff, accented with hammered aluminum and incised designs. Luba peoples, DRC/Congo, Africa. Provenance: Irwin Cernic, NY, acquired from

A early and finely carved wooden staff featuring a classic image of a Kuba mask like face with carved brow and raised scar designs. The staff has a deep well handled surface patina suggesting years of

Tsonga artist Prestige staff South Africa, 20th centurycarved wood 32 h × 2.75 w × 2 d in (81 × 7 × 5 cm) Sold with custom enameled steel base. This

A wood prestige staff. DRC, Luba, 20th century. 61 1/2"h w/o stand. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

Tall carved wooden staff decorated with hand hammered brass embossed with intricate details, bronze bands, brass tacks and a very finely crafted finial featuring a classic Bakongo Mother & child image

Extremely fine and rare old carved wooden Tanzanian prestige staff with figural finial and some decorative elements. Provenance:- Ex. McConnell, Coll, VA, and previously acquired from Kahan Gallery, N

A very finely carved wooden staff or cane with a ancestor figure on top with kifwebe society like features and deep well handled surface patina. Songye peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The Staff m

A finely carved openwork walking staff or prestige staff with ancestor face and wonderful well used patina. Pende peoples, Congo, Africa. - Provenance: Ex Old Belgian collection to Charles Fox, CA, pu

A prestige staff with Janus head finial. 20th century. Liberia. 57 1/2."

A carved wooden staff with a female ancestor as a top finial and well handled surface. Luba peoples, DRC/ Congo, Central Africa. The staff has been custom mounted to a display stand and measures 29 in

Elegant carved wooden prestige staff with wonderful twisted form and deep well handled surface patina. Zulu or related ethnic group, South Africa. The staff measures 27.5 inches tall. Provenance: Ex M

Yoruba People, Prestige Staff, Nigeria, Africa. Wrought Iron. Size: 20"T x 2.75"W x 2"D