African Carved Wood Staff, Angola, possibly Ovimbundu, the finial depicting a woman's head with elaborate coiffure and scarification marks, detailed with brass tacks, (old repairs), lg. 22 1/2 in. Provenance: Has been in a New England collection for over a hundred years.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-07
African Carved Wood Staff, with blackened surface and relief-carved hands, snake, and flintlocks, hide-covered top, (wood loss), lg. 29 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-06-09
African Carved Wood Staff, unusual club shape with stylized head-container at one end, hinged cap forming the lid with relief-carved face and beard, a hand Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-09-20
African Carved Wood Staff Top, Senufo, in the form of a seated female with crested coiffure, hands to the abdomen, incised details, (minor wood loss), Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-05-10
African Carved Wood Staff, Chokwe, with small breasts, the female head with coffee bean eyes and stylized coiffure, dark patina, (wood loss), lg. 26 1/2 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-01-29
African Carved Wood Staff, Dan, carved in various-sized, ridged sections, with stylized human head finial and a dark patina, ht. 25 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-01-15
African Carved Wood Staff, Senufo, the finial carved in the form of a stylized seated female, (one arm repaired), lg. 46 in. Provenance: Sotheby's Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-01-15
African Carved Wood Staff, with baboon head finial, the shaft with relief-carved entwined snakes, single lizard, and stacked triangular shapes, (slightly charred tip), ht. 22 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-05-10
African Carved Wood Staff, Chokwe, the grip with incised decoration and a relief-carved face with typical Chokwe features, the finial head with similar features and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-01-29
Two African Carved Wood Staff Tops, the first with a cylindrical tapered shaft surmounted by a stylized figure with inlaid bead eyes and long curved Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-05-11
African Carved Wood Staff, Pende (?), the top in the form of a standing female with hands to the abdomen, incised detail, (broken and repaired Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-09
