Ceremonial pole/search and enquiry

Search terms

 * Pole (palo -spanish)/Stick/stake/sceptre/staff/Carved wooden effigies with ancient tradition/free standing ancient wooden pillar/column not used in construction/stapole
 * Possiblly Regla de Palo or Palo Monte or Palo Mayombe
 * "stake holes" archeology, "post holes" archeology
 * ritual/worship/ceremonial/festival/consecrated
 * respect/reverence/veneration/adoration/devotion
 * history, archeology, evolution, anthropology