Sold2021African, Fon Peoples, iron alter staffLot 185 African, Fon Peoples, iron alter staff 49 x 13 x 13 inches Provenance: from a private New York collection iron Asen Alter Staff, Fon Peoples, BeninSee Sold Price
Sold2024A Fon Asen Staff for Vodun RitualThis forged iron staff is known as Asen and was created for each ancestor by the Fon people of Benin, to serve as a link between the living and the dead. Offerings and recognition would be offered toSee Sold Price
Sold2021Fon Peoples, metalwork Asen altar staffFon Peoples, metalwork Asen altar staff, Benin, the portable alter topped by circle of seated figures in a ritual ceremony, on custom stand, 47"h Provenance: Estate of Distinguished Professor Philip GSee Sold Price
Sold2023African, Fon People, Benin (SW Nigeria), Iron Ancestors Worship Portable AltarFon People, Benin (SW Nigeria), iron Ancestors Worship Portable Altar with wind bell and figures, 9"h x 9.25" diameter PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New YorkSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Ritual Iron Phallus Fon peoples, Benin Ex Dr Healy NYA hand forged Iron Phallus from the FON peoples and part of the Vodun religion. It is said that such relics were placed in fields to act as fertility fetish, as well as worn on the hips of women who wSee Sold Price
Sold202120th C. African Fon Wood Short Staff - Hand & ChameleonAfrica, Republic of Benin, Fon peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. An impressive and rare wood short staff displaying the hand-carved figure of a chameleon on one side and a left hand on the otSee Sold Price
Sold2023Herbalists Staff, Wrought Iron, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, West AfricaHerbalists staff, wrought iron, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa, likely 19th century or early 20th century.Approximate size, 26"H x 12"W, Exhibited, "Iron Clad, Fancy Free: Exhibition of AfricanSee Sold Price
Sold2023Published: Fon Bocio Shrine Fetish on Asen Ritual StaffA Bocio double image set into a Asen ritual staff, Fon peoples, Togo / Dahomey, West Africa. featuring a pair of carved spirit idols set into a ritual Asen staff, which were created to honor ancestorSee Sold Price
Sold2024Forged Iron Toussian StaffForged iron staff, Toussian peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. Approximate size, 40" length. PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New YorkSee Sold Price
Sold2017Early 20th C. African Senufo Iron Prestige Staff**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 woSee Sold Price
Sold201620th C. African Yoruba Iron Medicine Osanyin StaffWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, early 20th century CE. A forged iron staff topped with a ring of small peacock-like birds standing around a central bird on an iron ring. The birds are stylized bSee Sold Price
Sold2022African Yoruba Tribe Figural Osanyin Ritual StaffAfrican Yoruba Tribe Figural Osanyin Ritual Staff. Patinated wrought iron staff. From the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa. Measures 23.25 inches x 10 inches x 4.5 inches.See Sold Price
Sold2017Early 20th C African Yoruba Iron Staff w/ Bird & BellsWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A tall iron staff with two groups of long bells spaced out along it. The staff is capped by a bird finial below an upside-down group of fourSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Tall African Yoruba Iron Ceremonial Staff**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A tall iron staff with long bells on its lower part and capped by a bird finial atop a thin round disk. BelowSee Sold Price
Sold2019AsenAsen Iron Altars of the Fon People of Benin. Bay, Edna G. Atlanta: Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology (1985). English text 48 pages Numerous b/w Illustrations Softcover 25 x 23 cm 196 g <See Sold Price
Sold201720th C. African Yoruba Iron Staff with Bells**Originally Listed at $100** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A ceremonial iron staff with a tripartite top portion consisting of three cylinders of iron twisted into a spiSee Sold Price
Sold2022AsenAsen Iron Altars of the Fon People of Benin. Bay, Edna G. Atlanta: Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology (1985). English text 48 pages Numerous b/w Illustrations Softcover 25 x 23 cm. 196 gSee Sold Price
Sold2020AsenAsen Iron Altars of the Fon People of Benin. Bay, Edna G. Atlanta: Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology (1985). English text 48 pages Numerous b/w Illustrations Softcover 25 x 23 cm 196 g <See Sold Price
Sold2021AsenAsen Iron Altars of the Fon People of Benin. Bay, Edna G. Atlanta: Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology (1985). English text 48 pages Numerous b/w Illustrations Softcover 25 x 23 cm. 196 gSee Sold Price
Sold2019Yoruba Iron Staff with Wavy Serpent FormOld and interesting Iron staff with a wavy serpents form and twisted forms. Created by a local blacksmith, the staff has 10 separate arms and a long handle. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The staffSee Sold Price
Sold2024Wrought Iron Yoruba StaffWrought iron staff, with bells and bird, Yoruba peoples, West Africa. Dimensions (approx.): 55.5" tall PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New YorkSee Sold Price
Sold2017Early 20th C. Pair of Yoruba Iron Bird StaffsWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. early 20th century CE. A pair of iron bird staffs. The first is a tall iron staff with long bells on its lower part and capped by a bird finial atop a thin rouSee Sold Price
Sold2016Yoruba Ogboni Society Iron Ceremonial Staffs (pr)West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, Ogboni society, 19th century CE. A pair of iron staffs in abstract but recognizable human form. Each figure has a stylized face with long, braided hair, elongatedSee Sold Price
Sold2024Yoruba Wrought Iron Ceremonial StaffYoruba peoples wrought iron ceremonial staff, Nigeria, West Africa. Dimensions (approx.): 32.5" high PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New YorkSee Sold Price