African Wood Carving Statue
Hand Carved Male and Female African Statues from Cameroon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large impressive hand carved African statues of a man and woman from the Bangwa Tribe that inhabits
Category
Vintage 1920s Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Wood Lion Toy Figure in Orange and Black, Africa, 1970s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A whimsical hand carved lion statue from Africa. Hand carved by local artisans in East Africa in
Category
Vintage 1970s North African Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Large Antique East African Carved Wood & Bronze Antelope Deer Folk Art Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A large, rare, and most impressive antique hand carved and painted wood and metal stylized antelope
Category
Antique Late 19th Century African Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
H 35 in W 34.5 in D 11 in
Senufo Female Fertility Statue in Carved Wood, Late 19th Century
By Senufo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A female fertility statue of West African Senufo (Mali, or Ivory Coast) origin in solid wood. Hand
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Malian Primitive Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ebony
Kuba African Anthropomorphic Double Head Palm Wine Cup
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and exceptionally carved Central African tribal anthropomorphic wooden double head palm
Category
20th Century North African Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Large Antique African Hardwood Cape Buffalo Sculpture, circa 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
in Africa. Carvings included a variety of Africa's famous animals and were produced in a variety of
Category
Antique Early 1900s African Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
African Tutsi Rwanda Wooden Sculpture Madonna and Baby by Ndatite Ilo
Located in Atlanta, GA
An impressive African wooden statue figurine sculpture by Tutsti tribe artist Ndatite Ilo from
Category
20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 24.75 in W 4.75 in D 4.32 in
Large African Makonde Tree of Life Sculpture, circa 1962
Located in Germantown, MD
single piece of wood which still has it's bark intact in the back of the sculpture. The carving depicts a
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Wooden Sculpture African Madonna and Baby by Tutsi Rwanda Artist Ndatite Ilo
By Ndatite Ilo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Tutsi tribe artist Ndatite Ilo from Rwanda hand-carved this unique Africanist wooden statue
Category
20th Century Rwandan Primitive Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Velvet, Wood
H 24.75 in W 4.75 in D 4.32 in
Codina Corona BOTAS Boots original wood sculpture 1990
By Josep Maria Codina Corona
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Magnificent sculpture on wood by Spanish artist CODINA CORONA.
Sculpture of one piece of wood .
The
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 13.78 in W 13.78 in D 5.91 in
21st Century Lorsky Tea Table, Wood Inlay, Carved Base, Deco Style Made in Italy
By Hebanon Fratelli Basile, Hebanon Studio
Located in Nocera Superiore, Campania
in mother-of-pearl, African ebony and bleached ash. Base in black lacquered wood. Top and base in
Category
2010s Italian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
H 29.53 in Dm 27.56 in
Large George Aarons Terracotta Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
large bronze and marble figures and wood carvings in the Streamline Moderne style. He produced several
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Terracotta
Plaster Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist Peace Swords to Ploughshares
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
large bronze and marble figures and wood carvings. He produced several projects for the Works Progress
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Black Jack
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
truncheon, and a sap, all employed historically by the police, and a statue of an African American male's
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
People Also Browsed
18th Century, Giltwood Pair of Italian Louis XV Candle Wall Sconce with Mirror
Located in IT
Pair of Piedmontese Italian candle wall sconce in carved and gilded wood with mirror.
Turin (Italy), Louis XV period, mid-18th century
The precious pair of sconce, made around th...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
H 20.87 in W 13 in D 1.19 in
Lelapa Hand Carved and Cast Solid Brass Decorative TOTEM Sculpture Set
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
All our TOTEM sculptures are hand carved in Southern Africa from sustainable alien timber by a group of Zimbabwean artists who set their own prices, thus making them fair trade. We t...
Category
2010s African Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Brass
H 30.71 in W 19.69 in D 5.52 in
1950's Style Curved Velvet Sofa in Custom Velvet Colors
Located in New York, NY
The Sofa inspires itself nature where green is the predominant element and where valleys and hills prevail. The item’s details allow it to be the perfect statement piece for any cont...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofas
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Other
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s English Victorian Tea Table
By Sister Parish, Albert Hadley
Located in St. Louis, MO
President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s
English Victorian tea table
Quite possibly the most important tea table in American History
The famed, English Victorian tea ta...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Lacquer
H 19 in W 33.5 in D 27.25 in
Knole Settee, Cowdray Park, English, Lengyon & Co, olive velvet, tapestry
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- EXCEPTIONALLY, RARE, MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE, THE COWDRAY PARK KNOLE SETTEE, INVENTORY NUMBER D2029
- Supplied by Lengyon & Co, the pre-eminent maker, to Viscount Cowdray, Cowdray Pa...
Category
Early 20th Century English Charles II Settees
Materials
Tapestry, Velvet
H 43.71 in W 69.3 in D 27.17 in
Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Head of a Jazzman, Patinated Bronze Sculpture, American, ca. 1940s
Located in New York, NY
About sculpture
This remarkable portrait bust is in all likelihood a privately commissioned sculpture from around 1940s. Despite the fact that the sculpture is not signed, it is cer...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Streamlined Moderne Busts
Materials
Bronze
Fine Taxidermy 5 Meter Nile Crocodile by Sinke & Van Tongeren
By Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
KING OF THE MUSEUM
Since we started, we always wanted to make a very large crocodile. Wishful thinking, we thought it was. But now we were able to do so. We were lucky we could obta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Animal Skin
Decorative Hand-Carved African Sculpture of Kneeling Tribal Man Dark Wood
Located in Draper, UT
Hand-Carved African Sculpture of Kneeling Male made of Dark Wood. Hand-carved in Kenya. This carving is gorgeously detailed with a smooth sculpted face, hair tied back and ears ador...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kenyan Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 11.25 in W 2.25 in D 2.5 in
20th Century African Ebony Male Bust
Located in Pasadena, CA
Beautifully detailed African carved male bust in solid ebony. The figure has been expertly modeled by a master craftsman. The figures is expressive and nearly photographic. Ebony is ...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Busts
Materials
Ebony
Natural Lapis Lazuli Dragon Multi-Dimensional Hand Carved
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful, substantial statue of Lapis Lazuli, hand carved by a master artisan on both sides. The sculpture depicts a dragon flying in the clouds above mountains while spraying wat...
Category
2010s Afghan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Baule Female Carved Wood Figure, African Sculpture Sotheby's Provenance
By Baule Tribe
Located in Sharon, CT
A fine Baule female figure. Provenance: The Alexander S. Honig collection of African Art, May 18, 1993, Lot: 78, Sotheby's New York.
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 19.25 in W 3.75 in D 4.5 in
Ashanti Maternal Fertility Figure
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is an Ashanti female fertility figure from Ghana, West Africa, circa Mid-20th century. Carved from a single block of wood, the statue depicts a female with typical coiffure ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
AFRICAN SENUFO FIGURE
Located in Three Oaks, MI
This is a wooden sculpture of a man by the African Senufo tribe in Africa.
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Customizable Tacchini Julep Sofa by Jonas Wagell
By Jonas Wagell Design & Architecture, Tacchini
Located in New York, NY
Soft, enveloping shapes characterize this family of upholstered pieces. Julep is influenced by the 1950s Avant-Garde movement, drawing upon its simplicity and grandeur, refined by a ...
Category
2010s Italian Sofas
Materials
Fabric
Recent Sales
Antique African Mother and Child Carved Statue, Ethiopia
Located in Studio City, CA
Antique African carved figures of mother and child. Likely Ethiopian.
Dimensions: 33.5" High, 7.5
Category
Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Laughing African Carved Bust
Located in Studio City, CA
Significant and impressive in scale, this African statue adds a little joy to any decor
Category
Mid-20th Century Gambian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
19th Century Tribal Hand Carved Wood Ancestral Figure
Located in Baambrugge, NL
A 19th century tribal handcarved wood Ancestral figure.
Asian African Art, this sculpture is
Category
Antique 19th Century East Asian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Teak
Rare African Statue of Man on Horse
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Extremely rare African carving of man on horse. Made of wood and mounted on a wooden Stand
Category
Vintage 1940s African Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century African Tribal Calabash with Female Motif Hemba / Luba, 1950s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Mid-Century African Tribal Calabash with Female Motif Hemba / Luba, 1950s
These bankishi (sing
Category
Vintage 1950s Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Feathers
Samuel Pepys 1666 Oak Library Bookcases Pair High Provenance Carved by Forsyth
Located in GB
, and the presses are reminiscent of ship’s furniture, for example the deep carving patterns in the wood
Category
20th Century English Charles II Bookcases
Materials
Oak
H 89.77 in W 51.97 in D 20.08 in
Arman - Rare Signed Violin Sculpture
By Arman
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Arman
Untitled
Edition: 8
Bronze and Wood
Dimensions: 76.5 x 35 x 20 cm
Arman is a painter who
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
African Carved Hornbill Statue from the Ivory Coast
Located in Highland, IN
The hornbill is the mythological founder of the Senufo people of Africa's Ivory Coast. Mating for
Category
Vintage 1970s African Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
African Wood Carved Dogon Fertility Figure Sculpture Statue with Custom Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A very engaging and beautifully weathered fertility sculpture/ statue by the Dogon people of inland
Category
Antique 19th Century Malian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
H 20.5 in W 4.5 in D 5 in
Hand Carved Wooden African Lion Figurine Kenya, 1970s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage hand carved wooden lion sculpture, hand carved statue, wood carving, African animal
Category
Mid-20th Century Kenyan Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Carved African Dogon Marriage Stool Altar Bench Tribal Seat
Located in Dayton, OH
"Carved wood marriage bench or stool featuring a rectangular footed base with pierced sides bearing
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
George Aarons Plaster Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist Ruth & Naomi
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
large bronze and marble figures and wood carvings. He produced several projects for the Works Progress
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Plaster Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist Family w Baby Mother, Father
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
large bronze and marble figures and wood carvings. He produced several projects for the Works Progress
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Plaster Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist Lovers Embrace, Dancers
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
large bronze and marble figures and wood carvings. He produced several projects for the Works Progress
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Cubist Russian French Etching Entwined Figures Bold Black & White Lithograph
By Ossip Zadkine
Located in Surfside, FL
with Léger, Chagall and Lipchitz. He first practised direct carving in wood and stone, later made
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Plaster Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist Lovers Embrace, Rose
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
marble figures and wood carvings. He produced several projects for the Works Progress Administration
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "African Wood Carving Statue", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.
African Wood Carving Statue For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal African wood carving statue for your home. An African wood carving statue — often made from wood, hardwood and bronze — can elevate any home. Find 9 options for an antique or vintage African wood carving statue now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without an African wood carving statue — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. An African wood carving statue is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in folk art styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one African wood carving statue that is appealing in its simplicity, but Hebanon Fratelli Basile, Hebanon Studio and Ndatite Ilo produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is an African Wood Carving Statue?
Prices for an African wood carving statue can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $350 and can go as high as $12,800, while the average can fetch as much as $3,000.
Questions About African Wood Carving Statue
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 31, 2023What wood is used for African wood carvings varies. Iroko, mahogany and ebony are frequently chosen materials, but artisans may choose to work with whatever wood is available in their local areas. Shop a variety of African wood art from some of the world's top galleries on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Carved African wood figurines were typically spiritual in nature and were primarily in human form. The wood figurines were carved using ebony, teak, mahogany and iron wood. On 1stDibs, find a collection of authentic African wood figurines from some of the world’s top sellers.