African Walking Stick For Comment
 

Just picked this up on Ebay. Probably 1940 or after?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWNX:IT

The carving looks a bit like a statue from the Bariba tribe in Benin.

Try to find a pic on the net.

Close but no cigar ;)

Nice stick. I have been looking to find similarities in work. I am rather short of time just now. I feel certain it is not coastal West Africa. I have a feeling it is from more central areas Cameroon even northern Congo , central Africa. Over the weekend I will try to illustrate my thinking.

nice notaknobkerrie, i'm sure that wouldn't hurt at all if you accidentally hit someone with it while out walking after they came up and politely asked for the time and to share the contents of your wallet :). hope the repair is sturdy.

I had another look it does not seem to be a repair to me?

A lovely stick Lew with sensitive carving. I have this comparison to offer. "Masterpieces from Central Africa" The Tervuren museum. Clearly as the title says, but it is hard to deny the similarity in vision, form and execution. Sometimes magic is put under the handle.

Lew Just received this in a spam email. Again looks like a line of thought.