Healing Staff

This old elegant African healing staff was once placed in the ground near ailing patients.   The many abstract birds represent the female trans-formative spirit of healing.  This is a fine example of simple abstract African art that we love to present as sculpture. 

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Africa - Yoruba people
Iron, Steel mount
Early 20th c.
L 17" x D 17" x H 68"
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