staff

Archaic Bronze finial of a kerykeion (herald's staff)

Forked Staff of Harmose, New Kingdom, Egypt, 1550 -1070 BC

From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below, burial of Singer Harmose, at left side of coffin, MMA excavations, 1935–36 New Kingdom

Staff, Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 2040 – 1640 BC

Sealing with a Standing Man Holding a Staff (?)

From Egypt; Probably from Northern Upper Egypt, Deir el-Ballas New Kingdom

Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunter spearing a lion before dei...

Finial of a Buddhist Monk’s Staff (Shakujō)

Staff, Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 2040 – 1640 BC

Staff of Amenhotep, New Kingdom, Egypt, 1550 -1070 BC

Staff, Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 2040 – 1640 BC

Fragment of a ceremonial palette illustrating a man and a type of staf...

Staff, Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 2040 – 1640 BC

From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, East of Pabasa, Radim, MMA excavations, 1918–19 Middle Kingdom

Staff, Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 2040 – 1640 BC

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Augustus

Staff of Amenhotep, New Kingdom, Egypt, 1550 -1070 BC

Forked Staff of Harmose, New Kingdom, Egypt, 1550 -1070 BC

From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below, burial of Singer Harmose, at left side of coffin, MMA excavations, 1935–36 New Kingdom

Bronze finial of a kerykeion (herald's staff)

A pair of intertwined snakes typically surmounts the staff carried by Hermes, the messenger of the gods. Here they are set on top of a Doric column. The heads of the snakes are articulated with particularly fin... More

Staff, arts of africa oceania and the americas

Staff, 7th century, Moche culture, Northern Peru

Peru

Staff with Herakles knots, bronze

Iran Sasanian

Staff with Cross, Egypt, 6th Century CE (AD)

From Egypt

Staff with Cross, Egypt, 6th Century CE (AD)

Staff Head, arts of africa oceania and the americas

Staff Head, arts of africa oceania and the americas

Ceramic Staff with Profile Figure

Ceramic Staff with Profile Figure

Ecuador

Chinese Ritual Staff (Khatvanga), Ming dynasty

Turkish Banner Staff Head

Staff Finial with Bell Ring and Bird

Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunter spearing a lion before dei...

Fitting for a Staff with Tumpal Motif

Central Javanese period

Cast Bronze Staff Finial, arts of africa oceania and the americas

Hunchback Leaning on Staff, arts of africa oceania and the americas

Hunchback Leaning on Staff

Wooden Staff with Birds, arts of africa oceania and the americas

St. Aegidius (Giles) holding a book and a staff

St. Bertin of Artois holding a staff and a book, with a kneeling donor

St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, holding a staff

St. Judoc of Ponthieu as a pilgrim holding a staff and a book

St. Martial, Bishop of Limoges, holding a staff

Forked Wooden Staff, arts of africa oceania and the americas

St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, holding a staff

St. Winnoc of Bergues holding a book and a staff

Dwarf hitting Lancelot with a staff from BL Add 10293, f. 332v

Miniature of a dwarf hitting Lancelot over the head with a staff in a pavilion. Image taken from f. 332v of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French.

St. Nigasius, Bishop of Rouen, holding a staff

St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, holding a staff

St. James the Great holding a book and a staff

St. Catherine of Alexandria holding a sword and a palm, a wheel at her...

St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, holding a staff and a book and St. Gre...

St. Roch of Montpellier holding a pilgrim's staff, showing the plague-...

St. James the Great holding an open book and a staff

An apostle holding a book and a staff(?)

St. Antony Abbot of Egypt holding a staff and a book, with a pig

St. Antony Abbot of Egypt at prayer, holding a T-shaped staff, with a ...

St. James the Great holding a book and a staff

St. Antony Abbot of Egypt holding a staff and a bell

St. James the Great holding a staff

St. James the Great holding a book and a staff

St. Clare of Assisi holding a monstrance and a pastoral staff

St. Pachomius maltreated by two devils; his staff is broken

St. Leonard of Noblac holding a staff and a book and St. Aegidius (Gil...

St. James the Great holding a staff and a book

St. Martin, Bishop of Tours, holding a staff and a book and St. Nichol...

St. Antony Abbot of Egypt holding a rosary and a staff

Madonna: Mary holding the Christ-child, St. Antony Abbot of Egypt hold...

St. James the Great holding a staff with a shell

St. James the Great holding a staff

Flowering of Aaron's staff from BL YT 31, f. 127v

Miniature of the flowering of Aaron's staff, with an illuminated initial 'E' in red, blue, white and gold, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 127v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan ... More

St. Gertrude of Nivelles holding a pastoral staff and a book; mice

St. Gertrude of Nivelles holding a book and a pastoral staff, with mic...

Man holding a staff in one hand and pointing upward with the other

St. Lambert, Bishop of Maastricht, holding a staff and a book and St. ...

St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, holding a staff and with two children

St. Roch of Montpellier holding a book and a staff, with a wound on hi...

St. Antony Abbot of Egypt holding a rosary and a staff, with a pig

St. Antony Abbot of Egypt holding a staff with a pig

St. Antony Abbot of Egypt holding a staff, with bell

St. Aegidius (Giles) holding a staff, with an arrow in his breast, a h...

St. Dominic of Calerueja holding a book and a staff, a dog at his feet...

St. Andrew holding the X-shaped cross, and St. James the Great holding...

St. Antony Abbot of Egypt holding a staff and a book, with a pig

St. James the Great holding a book and a staff and St. Philip holding ...

St. Gregory, with a staff(?)

St. Roch of Montpellier holding a staff, with a dog with a loaf in its...

St. Francis of Assisi showing his stigmata, and St. Antony Abbot of Eg...

St. James the Great holding a book and a staff

St. Antony Abbot of Egypt holding a book and a staff

A staff(?), symbolizing St. Scholastica

St. Antony Abbot of Egypt holding a staff, with two bells

St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, holding a book and a staff; Johannes d...

Staff Weapon, 14th century

Baculus pastoralis (Pastoral staff) from BL Royal 6 E VI, f. 178v

Detail of a historiated initial 'B'(aculo) of a bishop with a crozier. Image taken from f. 178v of Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio). Written in Latin.

Staff Weapon, 14th century

Funerary Staff, 14th century

Peru

明早期 象牙天杖首|Finial for a Buddhist staff (khatvanga)

Staff Weapon, 14th century

Finial for a Buddhist staff (khatvanga), Ming dynasty

Funerary Staff, 14th century

Peru, Rio Ica

Funerary Staff, 14th century

Peru

Funerary Staff, 14th century

Peru, Rio Ica region

Staff Weapon, 14th century