African Spears
African Spear Currency on Stands
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a pair of vintage African spear currencies from the Mbole peoples, Democratic Republic of
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
Pair of African Spear Currencies on Stands
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a pair of vintage African spear currencies from the Mbole peoples, Democratic Republic of
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
African Zulu Cowhide Shield with Spear and Mallet
Located in Norton, MA
Rare artwork by the tribe of Zulu in Africa, the native weapon to attack the enemy and animal, and
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Cowhide
Vintage Figurine of an African Warrior with Spear and Shield
By Leopold Anzengruber
Located in Bochum, NRW
A very beautiful sculpture, displaying an African Warrior with shield and brass spear. Executed in
Category
Vintage 1950s European Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
African Iron Spear-Form Currency Mounted On A Custom Steel Base
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful spear form currency with spiral loops below the spear head festooned with three 'bells
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
Iron Spear Currency, Topoke, DR Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Topoke, DR Congo, Africa
Iron
Early 20th century
36 x 6 in. / 91 x 15 cm.
Height on custom
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Other Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Makonde Tanzanian Carved Warrior Female Spear
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Warrior woman hunting spear of the African Makonde tribe.
Traditionally, Makonde wood carving has
Category
Vintage 1950s Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Carved Ebony Lamp
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Rare African sculpture mounted as a table lamp.
Ebony base, linen lampshade.
Handmade sculpture in
Category
Mid-20th Century African Tribal Table Lamps
Materials
Wood, Ebony
Bronze Sculpture, African Warrior, End of the 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture in bronze figuring a stylized African warrior composed by wheelworks, bolts and nuts. He
Category
1990s African Folk Art Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Carved Ebony Bookends as African Warriors
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of carved ebony bookends modelled as African warriors, resting on their haunches, with glass
Category
20th Century African Bookends
Materials
Iron
African carved hardwood figure of a Maasai warrior, signed, circa 1930
Located in Central England, GB
This superb beautifully carved hardwood sculpture is of a native African Maasai warrior sitting in
Category
Mid-20th Century African Primitive Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
H 19.69 in W 14.57 in D 10.63 in
African / Oceanic Warrior Metal Sculpture Signed
Located in New York, NY
Brutalist African or Oceanic metal sculpture depicting a standing warrior with shield and spear
Category
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pair of Mid Century Spear Teak Lounge Chairs by Ib Kofod-Larsen for Selig, c1960
By Selig, Ib Kofod-Larsen
Located in Chino Hills, CA
Danish designer Ib Kofod Larsen, designed for the esteemed Selig brand in the 1960s. These spear chairs
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Cane, Teak
H 28 in W 28.5 in D 25.5 in
Huge African Watusi Warrior Sculpture by Leopold Anzengruber, Vienna 1950s
By Leopold Anzengruber
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and decorative sculpture figurine, displaying an African Watusi Warrior with shield and
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
African Tribal Bronze Sculpture, Female Warrior on a Horse
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This large African bronze sculpture features a female rider on a horse. It’s an expressive and
Category
Vintage 1960s Beninese Brutalist Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
West Africa Senufo Cast Bronze Mask Kpelie, Circa 1950s
Located in Torquay, GB
Ancestral Senufo cast bronze face mask (Kpelie) from Côte d'Ivoire West Africa.
Made using the lost
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Masks
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Original Vintage Poster Africa Fly Interflug German Democratic Republic Airlines
Located in London, GB
Original vintage aviation advertising poster for Interflug Africa - Fly Interflug German Democratic
Category
Vintage 1960s German Posters
Materials
Paper
H 39.38 in W 24.81 in D 0.04 in
Early 1800s Wrought Iron Mbili African Currenzy on Metal Stand
Located in New York, NY
spear point form is made in iron. It was used as a marriage contract payment. The thin folded wings on
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Original Vintage Poster French West Africa Map Afrique Occidentale Francaise Art
By alain cornic
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster featuring an illustrated map of French West Africa / Afrique Occidentale
Category
Vintage 1950s French Posters
Materials
Paper
H 31.5 in W 47.25 in D 0.04 in
A Set of Four Venetian Etched Clear and Blue Glass Girandole Wall Mirrors
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
allegorical figures representing the four continents:
Asia, in loose robes, holding a spear, a snake and a
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Girandoles
Materials
Mirror
H 52.37 in W 29.93 in D 2.37 in
Circa 1950s Pair of Andre Carli Sconces
By André Carli
Located in Miami, FL
Superb pair of Signed Andre Carli Sconces figuring à African warrior holding à spear.
US rewired
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
1970s Hammered Copper Wall Art Panel Sculpture of a Dancing Warrior
By Kalumba Tshung Manu Gabriel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare and beautiful life-size hammered copper panel of a dancing African warrior with spear and
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Terracotta Sculptures Massai Woman & Massai Warrior by H. Dullo 'Kenya' Tribal
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
traditional clothing.
Sitting warrior with a spear and a standing woman holding a vessel in her right hand
Category
Vintage 1970s Kenyan Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Terracotta
H 8.38 in W 2.5 in D 2 in
Accolay Museal Hunting Scene Stoneware Vase, 1950s
By André Baud
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Museal and large French mid-century stoneware vase by Accolay, France, 1950s. African hunting scene
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Modernist Mahogany Chest on Chest by Wesley Griffin for Gibbard
By Gibbard Furniture, Wesley T. Griffin
Located in Hanover, MA
furniture from 1956. Known as the Viscount, only 50 were made. Made from mahogany and finished in African
Category
Vintage 1950s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Pair of 19th Century French Figurative Bronzes by Eugène Piat
By Frédéric - Eugène Piat 1
Located in London, GB
An African couple by Frédérick Eugène Piat (1827-1903)
Modelled in a now well patinated bronze
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Original Vintage WWII Recruitment Poster Airborne Forces British Army Troops
By Abram Games
Located in London, GB
1942; this airborne division took part in numerous operations in Europe and North Africa during the war
Category
Vintage 1940s British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 20.08 in W 29.93 in D 0.04 in
Set of Four Pig Sticking Prints, Lithographs
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
subject 'Pig Sticking'. The rare pictures are after Albert Dubus, The Meet, The Burst, The Spear and The
Category
Antique 1850s European Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Signed Snaffles Pig Sticking Print - Got Yer You Old Badmash!
By Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
titled 'Got Yer You Old Badmash!'. This picture depicts a rider spearing a pig from horse back. Another
Category
Vintage 1930s British Sporting Art Prints
Materials
Paper
An Unusually Large 19th Century Topoke Tribe Currency Sword
Located in Hudson, NY
This currency sword, like most African trade currency items, was used as a way to transfer wealth
Category
Antique 19th Century Congolese Tribal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Rosenthal Vase 1950s Inca Africans with Spear
By Rosenthal
Located in Zurich, CH
relief
Decorative, stylized Africans with shield and spear in brick red and gold.
Measures: Height
Category
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
AFRICAN SWORD SCULPTURE
Located in California, LA
METAL IRON SCULPTURE . SWORD OR SPEAR .ON SOLID METAL BASE
Category
Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Shilluk Tribal Crocodile shield and Oryx Horn Spears, Southern Sudan c.1880
Located in London, GB
An extremely rare Crocodile Shield, offered with a pair of Oryx Horn spears.
These Tribal
Category
Antique 1880s South Sudanese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Crocodile, Horn
H 78.75 in W 1.97 in D 2.37 in
21st Century Hand Sculpted "Laathlela" Tree by Atang Tshikare
By Atang Tshikare
Located in Cape Town, WC
party because it was light and flew far without a lot of effort”. Designing the leaves as spears
Category
2010s South African Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone, Bronze
Mali Moir Hypotype - Cape Warthog Charcoal on Cotton Canvas - The Red List 201
Located in Malvern, Victoria
Africa, this subspecies became extinct around 1871. Cape warthog specimens held in museums lack locality
Category
2010s Australian Contemporary Art
H 48.04 in W 74.81 in D 1.97 in
African Tribal Art Fine Pair of Ethiopian Spear Heads, Decorative Weapons
Located in London, GB
African tribal art fine pair of Masai spear heads
A impressive pair of Ethiopian spear heads
Category
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
H 15.75 in W 1.58 in D 0.4 in
African 1960's Masai Lion Spear Pair
Located in Wilton, CT
Vintage 1960's pair of African spears. Right of passage Masai Tribe lion spears, possibly made for
Category
Vintage 1960s Central African Tribal Tribal Art
African Ceremonial Iron and Wood Spears
Located in Skokie, IL
African Ceremonial Iron and Wood Spears
A set of five tribal spears from Central Africa. The
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster Lloyd Triestino Europa Italy South Africa
Located in London, GB
highlighting Italy and the eastern coastline of Africa hanging from a traditional style African spear with a
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Posters
Materials
Paper
H 26.78 in W 18.9 in D 0.04 in
Decorative African Tribal Sheild And Spear
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Here We Have An African Shield And Spear Which Is Ideal For Decorative Purposes. Skin Shield With
Category
20th Century Central African More Furniture and Collectibles
Three Elegant African Forged Steel and Exotic Hardwood Spears
Located in San Francisco, CA
Three elegant African forged steel and exotic hardwood spears.
Three different spear heads hand
Category
Vintage 1910s Congolese Primitive Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel
Ib Kofod-Larsen “Spear” Lounge Chair for Selig
By Selig, Ib Kofod-Larsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
: 1950s
Dimensions: 28 H x 29.5 W x 32 D
Seat height 15.5
Materials: African teak, sculpted foam
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Foam, Teak
African Hunter by Karl Hagenauer, Austrian, Circa 1950
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A carved hardwood sculpture of an African tribal hunter designed by Karl Hagenauer for Werkstätte
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Andre Carli Pair French Vintage Sconces Wall Lamp France Plaster Ceramic
By André Carli
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Pair of 1950 French signed Andre Carli sconces figuring à African couple holding à spear.
This
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Pair of Large Austrian Cold Painted Orientalist Men by the Bergmann Foundry
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Petaluma, CA
true depictions of North African men.
We listed the measurement of the man without the spear. If you
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Moorish Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 9.75 in W 3.5 in D 3.5 in
"Fishermen in Morocco" Large Art Deco Painting, 1936
By Jean Reschofsky
Located in Philadelphia, PA
himself -- approaching with a fish hook and spear. Under the brilliant blue sky, and brightly lit by the
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings
Pair of 1960s Ib Kofod Larsen G Plan "Danish Range" Afrormosia Lounge Chairs
By Ebenezer Gomme, G-Plan, Ib Kofod-Larsen
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
impossibly thin spear-shaped arm rests, with curved side stretchers and backrest stretcher. With an open back
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Teak
H 28.94 in W 29.53 in D 33.47 in
Tapestry, Real Fábrica De Tapices De Santa Bárbara, Madrid, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
horsemen and infantry soldiers, armed with spears and carrying shields and shields, carrying banners and
Category
20th Century Spanish Other Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry
H 155.91 in W 133.08 in D 1.58 in
Karl Hagenauer 15.5" Bronze Spear Carrier 1930's
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Sharon, CT
A very large ( 15 1/2" to top of spear ) and rare Deco Period Hagenauer Bronze of an African Spear
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of African Tribal Spears
Located in Sheffield, MA
Pair of 2 spears or lances: African Kuba spear and possibly Barana Piercing spears.
Category
Antique 19th Century African Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Four Wooden and Iron Hunting Spears from Africa
Located in London, GB
Four wooden and iron hunting spears from Africa
African, early 20th century
Measures: Largest
Category
Early 20th Century African Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Hagenauer African with Spear, Vienna Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Hagenauer African Warrior with Spear, Vienna Austria
Category
Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of East African Throwing Short Spears
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a very rare vintage mid-20th century pair of East African Throwing Short Spears.
Made
Category
Mid-20th Century Sudanese Country Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Zebra hide trophy rug Tanzania 1950
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
with patina as you can see but that is the charm of this old piece. You can still see where the spear
Category
Vintage 1950s Tanzanian Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Zebra Hide
Antique Moroccan, Boucherouitte Rug 4'0" x 6'3"
Located in New York, NY
. Further, Tobias is dressed as a hunter with spear and
bow, but lacks quiver and arrows. His dog is a
Category
Vintage 1940s Moroccan Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Set of Four Forged African Barbed Harpoon Spears from Kongo
Located in Leuven , BE
These spear blades were used and were traded over a large area along the Ubangi River. The Ngbandi
Category
Vintage 1930s Congolese Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Metal
Topoke, Lokele, or Turumbu Large African Currency Spear, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressive 19th century African currency spear—properly referred to as a “liganda”—from the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
1950s Austrian Signed Franz Hagenauer Bronze & Brass African Figurine with Spear
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Karl Hagenauer
Located in London, GB
1950s, midcentury, black-patinated, bronze and brass figurine sculpture, of an African native
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
H 5.91 in W 2.76 in D 1.58 in
Collection of Fijian, Tongan, New Guinea and African War Clubs and Spears
Located in San Francisco, CA
Amazing collection of various war clubs and spears. Collection includes war clubs from Fijian and
Category
Early 20th Century Fijian Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Iron
Kuba Currency Spear, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
While shield and spear were central to African combat, this example by the Kuba People of Central
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Iron
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African Spears For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of African spears available for sale. Each of these unique African spears was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, iron and wood. African spears have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. African spears are generally popular furniture pieces, but Folk Art style is often sought at 1stDibs. African spears have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Dogon Tribe are consistently popular.
How Much are African Spears?
Prices for African spears can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, African spears begin at $250 and can go as high as $7,296, while the average can fetch as much as $1,650.
Questions About African Spears
- What is a Maasai spear called?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A Maasai spear is called an assegai or assagai. It usually consists of a wooden handle and an elongated iron tip. The Maasai people mostly use the spears to protect livestock from predators, but they can also be used as weapons of war. On 1stDibs, find a selection of antique spears and spear heads.
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