Antique Senufo 40" Long Finely Carved Ivory Walking Staff / Cane / Scepter / Stick | Very ornately designed with two figures at its top, male and female, shaped in traditional Senufu fashion | Hand-carved and constructed in four pieces, each attached by joints carved with screw threads / ridges (helix) wrapped around the staff's cylinder, with a glue / adhesive also applied to the joint | Top piece is loose and can be removed, but has no damage to the joint, which appears to have been previously repaired; detachment appears to be a failure of the old adhesive | Approx. Size: 40" long.

To the best of our knowledge and belief, the sale of this item complies with the requirements of ESA §4(d), including that it was imported prior to 1990 and meets the ESA antiques exemption. This item was part of the Estate of Dr. Ora Eads, Phd, Nashville, Tennessee. The Ead's Ethnographic Art Collection included over 250 items of rare African Art, some of which were donated to Tennessee Tech University for a museum, and other pieces were made part of the Eads Museum (which was later absorbed into the Tennessee University museum network).

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