African Wooden Bust
African Woman Bust Hand-Carved Ebony Wooden Sculpture
Located in Plainview, NY
An African woman bust sculpture, meticulously hand-carved from the lustrous depths of ebony wood
Category
20th Century African Tribal Busts
Materials
Wood, Ebony
Unusual, Hand Carved Wooden Sculpture, Woman’s Head
Located in Schagen, NL
Very unusual piece! This wooden hand carved Woman's head was carved from one piece of hardwood
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage African Pair of Wooden Hand Carved Busts Sculptures
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wood sculpture hand carved vintage tribal Folk Art bust of an African men and women sculptures
Category
Mid-20th Century African Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
African Wooden Sculpture / Bust of a Man Carved Out of Piece of Palissander, 70s
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
African sculpture / bust of a man with beard carved out of a beautiful piece of palissander.
Very
Category
Vintage 1970s African Brutalist Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Palisander
H 15.75 in W 10.24 in D 4.73 in
Central African Bust Wall Sculptures 'Male and Female'
Located in Pasadena, CA
One of a kind pair of beautifully-carved wooden wall sculptures of an African couple. Most probably
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Carved bust of a tribeswoman
Located in Cheshire, GB
Finely carved wooden bust of a striking tribeswoman figure carved from an exotic hardwood with a
Category
Early 20th Century North African Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
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Art Deco Style Sculpture Woman & Greyhound
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco style spelter sculpture raised on a polychrome marble base depicting a lady with greyhound on a leash, apparently unsigned. 15.5" H x 15" W x 5" D. Provenance: Property from...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Wood Female Torso Sculpture MDF
Located in DE MEERN, UT
Female torso made of mdf. All the layers are hand glued together and precisely cut out. This piece consists out of seventy-two layers of three millimetre thigh mdf.
Category
2010s Busts
Materials
Plywood
West African Organic Wooden Carved Sculpture/Drum, 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
An organic wooden hand carved sculpture / drum in solid wood from West Africa in the 1950-1960s.
A nice wabi sabi piece in good vintage condition with some signs from age and use.
T...
Category
20th Century African Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cowhide, Wood, Teak
Male and Female Torso Set Made with Compressed Marble Powder
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Height: 5.9'' / Weight: 800 gr (for each item)
The set concerns 1 female, 1 male torso. This is a work that symbolizes the depiction of the ideal male and female form.
-Produced fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
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H 6.3 in W 2.56 in D 2.56 in
Art Deco Woman Dancing Bookend Sculpture
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Woman Dancing Art Deco Sculpture Bookend, France
This charming solid cast metal bookend with that Art Deco flair displays stunningly from all angles. Certainly makes a gorgeous stat...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
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 Africa was most likely made to serve as a piece of trade currency. Many pre-coloniza...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Iron
Early African Cuica Drum, Tribal Sculpture, Hand Carved Wood
Located in Buffalo, NY
Drums are among the most important art forms in Africa, used both as a musical instrument and as a work of sculpture significant in many ceremonial functions, including dance, ritual...
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Musical Instruments
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Art Deco Period Green Patinated Spelter Sculpture Woman with Harp
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Elegant Art Deco sculpture a woman, playing harp. The statue is made of 'metal d'art', a special kind of spelter. The statue stands on a black Belgian marble plinth. The figurine is ...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Spelter
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H 11.82 in W 8.67 in D 3.94 in
Greek slingshot with bee
Located in EL CAMPELLO, ES
ITEM: Slingshot with bee
MATERIAL: Lead
CULTURE: Greek
PERIOD: 4th Century B.C
DIMENSIONS: 15 mm x 28 mm
CONDITION: Good condition
PROVENANCE: Ex English private collection, acquired...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antiquities
Materials
Lead
Nude Mountain - Black & White Photo, Nude Female Torso in Montana Mountain Scene
By Kirill Polevoy
Located in Chicago, IL
A nude female reclines on her side as photographer Kirill Polevoy captures her beauty juxtaposed against the rugged Montana mountains. This large format photograph is unframed. Ple...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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, signed "DMK" to base. 50" H x 13.5" W x 16" D.
Dealer: S138XX.
Category
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Contemporary Ebony Makonde African Wood Carving
Located in Houston, TX
A beautiful contemporary collector piece of Makonde ebony tree of life art carving with unbelievable detailed wood carving.
Category
Vintage 1950s Tanzanian Primitive Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ebony
Wood white Female Torso Sculpture MDF
Located in DE MEERN, UT
The design of the female torso must be meticulously planned, paying close attention to anatomical details. The layers of MDF should be cut and stacked to accurately resemble the curv...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plywood
Set of Six Early 20th Century Carved Wood Knobkerries, South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Six Knobkerries from South Africa
A group of six knobkerries from South Africa, mounted together on a wooden base. These were originally used as weapons during battle but have evolv...
Category
Early 20th Century South African Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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-carved from a single piece of Mango wood, this expressive figurine features notch c...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Malian Primitive Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ebony
Large African Wooden Baule Kple Kple Tribal Mask, Ivory Coast, Mid 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
This large African Baule Kple Kple tribal mask from the Ivory Coast, crafted in the mid-20th century, is a striking embodiment of traditional craftsmanship and cultural significance....
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 40.95 in W 24.81 in D 5.52 in
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Incredible Pair of Hand-Carved Wood Bust Sculptures of Tribal Shaman Figures
Located in Houston, TX
This pair of hand-carved wooden busts are truly a special find and a magnificent example of folk
Category
Mid-20th Century African Tribal Busts
Materials
Wood
Carved Wooden Bust
By Yaffe
Located in Woodstock, NY
Carved wooden bust, depicting an African American face in song or voice. Carved signature on verso
Category
Vintage 1930s American Sculptures
African American Boy Bust
Located in Summerland, CA
Circa 1920
Wood and original polychrome.
African American bust wearing yellow cap.
Sits on a
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Small Wooden Carved Easter Isle Bust on Black Steel Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Small wooden carved Easter Isle bust.
Category
20th Century South African Rustic Busts
Materials
Stone
Ethnic 1990s African Hand Carved Wooden 2-Tone Ceremonial Tribal Mask
Located in Marbella, ES
Ethnic 1990s African hand carved wooden 2-tone ceremonial tribal mask.
Category
Late 20th Century African Busts
Materials
Wood
Superb Wooden Sculpture of an African Lady by Karl Hagenauer, Art Deco, Austria
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Paris, FR
Very rare wooden sculpture (cherry tree wood) of an African lady by Karl Hagenauer (1898-1956). it
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Busts
Materials
Brass
H 12.01 in W 10.44 in D 4.14 in
1970s Pair of Hand Carved Wooden African Bust Figure Sculpture Table Lamps
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s pair of hand carved wooden African man and woman bust figure sculpture table lamps.
Category
Late 20th Century European Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
H 25.6 in W 10.63 in D 6.7 in
Hagenauer Bust of African Woman
Located in Montreal, QC
Art deco style carved and stained wooden bust of African woman, her curly incised hair stained
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Edouard Drouot French Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture of "Muse des Bois" c. 1900
By Edouard Drouot
Located in Shippensburg, PA
of wooden flutes, her dress tugged softly by the gentle wind as she looks off into the distance
Category
Early 20th Century French Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1829 Declaration of Independence Draft by Thomas Jefferson, Antique Engraving
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
steel-engraved draft of the Declaration of Independence, printed in 1828, with an engraved portico bust
Category
Antique 1820s American Prints
Materials
Paper
Small Wooden Carved Easter Isle Bust on Black Steel Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Small wooden carved Easter Isle bust.
Category
20th Century South African Rustic Busts
Materials
Stone
Large Antique Dug Out Carved Tribal African Sculpture
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
A large antique Tribal wooden sculpture from Africa. Dates from early 20th century.
This piece
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Mozambican Tribal Busts
Materials
Wood
Zulu Wooden Tribal Contemporary Sculpture of Black African Male Bust
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand-carved tribal wooden Zulu African head, very nicely carved with gold embellished jewelry and
Category
20th Century South African Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Zulu Wooden Tribal Contemporary Sculpture of Black African Queen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand carved tribal African Art wooden Zulu bust, very nicely carved black African lady bust with
Category
20th Century South African Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
American Carved Wooden Bust of Jamaican, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. Early 20th Century
Located in Hollywood, SC
American carved wooden bust of Jamaican, Marcus Garvey on circular plinth. Signed brass plaque
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures
H 14 in W 10 in D 6 in
Wooden Bust Carving of an Oba of Benin, Edo People, Nigeria, circa 1950s
By People from Benin
Located in Pau, FR
Carved wooden bust depicting an Oba of Benin, Edo People, Nigeria, circa 1940s
The numbers are the
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Busts
Materials
Wood
H 10.25 in W 5.25 in D 3.75 in
'a Loving Mother' Sculpture by Canaan Chikumbirike
By Canaan Chikumbirike
Located in Charlevoix, MI
A beautifully carved wooden sculpture by African artist Canaan Chikumbirike. Signed and dated '11-1
Category
Vintage 1970s Zimbabwean Busts
Materials
Wood
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- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023Traditional African wooden art is a term that describes pieces made by artists in Africa using techniques that have been passed down through generations. Examples include masks, figurines and sculptures depicting human and animal figures. Find a collection of traditional African art on 1stDibs.
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