Ashanti Linguist's Staff Depicting Horned Lion with Figure

One calm man stands by a strange antlered seat, offering no explanation.

This linguist’s staff depicting horned lion with figure is Ashanti, from Ghana, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is carved & painted wood. Without a written language of their own, the Ashanti handed history and sayings down by word of mouth, and the article counts over 3,600 proverbs covering nearly every human situation. One slim standing figure in shorts, arms at his sides and face bare of detail, next to a boxy, toothy-looking seat topped with branching horns. Both stand on a round disc, with a soft weathered grey finish. It is 5 inches wide, 6 deep and 62.5 high.

Mysterious in the best way, and completely unbothered.