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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9729457, member: 8267&quot;]I agree it is Yoruba in style. But it is difficult to confidently identify or date such objects without an actual history/provenance. Yoruba artists have been making &quot;diviners&#039; sashes&quot; for sale for some time, and staffs such as this would also find a ready market. (See a previous discussion of the sashes here:</p><p><a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-with-tribal-beaded-sash.81512/#post-9575971" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-with-tribal-beaded-sash.81512/#post-9575971">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-with-tribal-beaded-sash.81512/#post-9575971</a>&nbsp; )</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some examples of similar beaded staffs, where the gallery is careful to describe them as &quot;<i>Yoruba style</i>&quot;, &quot;<i>probably made for sale</i>&quot;, and &quot;<i>While originating from the African continent, this staff is likely not created by the tribe who invented the design&quot;.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hamillgallery.com/YORUBA/YorubaBeadedStaffs/YorubaBeadedStaff04.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hamillgallery.com/YORUBA/YorubaBeadedStaffs/YorubaBeadedStaff04.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.hamillgallery.com/YORUBA/YorubaBeadedStaffs/YorubaBeadedStaff04.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hamillgallery.com/YORUBA/YorubaBeadedStaffs/YorubaBeadedStaff01.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hamillgallery.com/YORUBA/YorubaBeadedStaffs/YorubaBeadedStaff01.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.hamillgallery.com/YORUBA/YorubaBeadedStaffs/YorubaBeadedStaff01.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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