An Ashanti Staff Head & Other African Items

2nd half 20th century, comprising an Ashanti carved wood staff head with grasshopper figures, originally covered with gold foil and retaining gold wire staples, 19 3/4 in. H.; a Nigerian carving of a rifle, a symbol of power, possibly Ibibio, 17 in. L.; a Nyamwezi baton with figure of a kneeling woman, 12 1/2 in. H.; and an earthenware power figure modeled as a rhinoceros, as is.

Estimate:$20

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