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Beautifully Hand-Carved Ornate African Congo Tribal Wood Talking Stick 20th cent

$ 52.27

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Color: Dark Brown
  • Style: Walking Stick
  • Culture: African
  • Provenance: Ownership History Available
  • Modified Item: No
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Decade: 1970's
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
  • Look: African
  • Gender: Adult Unisex
  • Material: Wood
  • Original/Reproduction: Original

    Description

    This is one of the most beautiful walking sticks of its kind. Two complete human carved figures- one male and one female. Total of five carved heads. Serpent curved around the base. Gorgeous grain in this wooden hand carved Bambala walking stick made in the late 1970's in the African People's Democratic Republic of Congo. Used as a
    "talking stick"
    in Bambala tribal meetings to request permission to speak. 34 inches long, 4 inches wide. Small surface crack at the top of the handle as shown.