Osanyin Healing Staffs

Yoruba

Nigeria

$2800 each (including custom-made base)

These beautiful staffs were used by healers to cure sickness and bring harmony into people's homes. They represent Osanyin, the God of herbs. The stylized birds that circle the top of this staff connect the heavens with the earth. It was believed that the traditional healers would take the form of a bird after death.