Handcarved African Spiritual Tribal Totem

Unknown maker
Tribal totem figure, Sub-Saharan Africa, undated
Hand-carved dark hardwood
H 164 × W 20 × D 20 cm

Tall ethnographic sculpture carved in deep relief from a single trunk of dense hardwood. The vertical composition features a column of stylised human figures in procession, crowned by a serene, enlarged head. Each figure is distinct in gesture and form, with strongly articulated features and symbolic rhythm.

The object likely originates from a sub-Saharan tribal tradition, possibly associated with ancestral reverence or spiritual storytelling. Carved with both ritual function and sculptural clarity, it reflects the communal, symbolic vocabulary of African tribal art.

Very good condition, with minor signs of age.
Ethnographica / tribal art