Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay/Inca, ca. 1000 to 1200 CE. Three carved wooden staff heads: a plain post with incised figure, a long face with heavy brows, and a figure in openwork.

The Chancay culture of the central Peruvian coast made many carved wooden staffs, posts and figures, often placed in tombs. From the estate collection of Helena and Ladislas Segy, NYC, acquired 1950s–1980s.