African Carved Wood Shango Staff

Description:

African Carved Wood Shango Staff, Yoruba, with cylindrical handle surmounted by a platform with a kneeling female figure holding a bird in one hand and a gourd-shaped item in the other, the axe-shaped projection from head stained black on one side and with kaolin-filled incised lozenges, black surface, ht. 17 in.

Provenance: Charles Miller.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

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