Bâton Shango - Sculpture - Yoruba - Nigeria (No reserve price)

Carved African wooden staff, Yoruba, Eshu, a short staff with a kneeling figure wearing a distinctive curved headdress with a perforated ridge along the top, ending in a smaller bearded head; the neck adorned with fabric and leather necklaces with dangling stacked cowrie shells; black surface with traces of blue pigment, late 20th century.