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Bone implement in the form of a straight narrow bar, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney
X.IL 738
Bone; in form of straight narrow bar
Westness, Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe
18 results found
Copper alloy finial for a votive staff, depicitng Horus as a falcon wearing the dual crown, standing on a podium: Ancient Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period, c. 305 - 30 BC
Staff of light brown wood made from the trimmed straight branch of a tree with a short forked top: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, probably Thebes, New Kingdom, c.1550-1069 BC
Figure of an animal of cast bronze with long ears and short erect tail, originally forming the head of a staff: China, Ordos District, probably Han dynasty, 206 BC - 220 AD
Head of a staff of painted enamel, with flowers and scroll work: China, 19th century AD
Chief's staff, of cedar wood, carved and painted with Eagle, Raven, Man and Beaver crests: North America, Canada, British Columbia, Haida Gwaii, Haida, by John Robson, c. 1870s
Staff of malacca cane with pear shaped top of silver metal and twisted iron foot, part of the regalia of Kwamin Intsiaku, Chief of Sarman: Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Asante people, pre 1903
Staff, hand held idiophone of cast brass/bronze, hollow cylindrical shaft with square openwork capital and base surmounted by an ibis, the bird of prophecy: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin, 18th - 19th century
Staff of office of cast brass/bronze with blade surmounted by attendant figure and open linked handle surmounted by figure of an Oba (King): West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin, 19th century
Figure or staff god of ironwood with ends carved with representations of human and other figures: Oceania, Polynesia, Cook Islands, Rarotonga, pre 1854
Bifacial staff (ua) originally with inlaid eyes, of reddish-brown wood (miki-miki), carried by chiefs as a symbol of authority and mark of their secular and sacred power: Oceania, Polynesia, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), before 1895
Staff with wooden shaft bound with copper strips surmounted by two female figures with bead necklaces and terminating in an iron spike, for ceremonial use: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, Luba people, late 19th to early 20th century
Staff or sceptre, for ceremonial use, with Chihongo mask character carved on top of a finial, wood: Africa, Central Africa, Angola, Chokwe people, early - mid 20th century
Chief's staff of dark brown wood with cylindrical shaft and plain bulbous head: Africa, Malawi, Ngoni People, early 20th century