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Folk Art Carved Walking Cane, Snakes and Fish
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Folk Art carved walking cane with hand, 2 snakes and fish. Cane measures 7" wide, 7" deep and 38.25
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Boxwood folk art stick depicting a man with snake and lizard, Italy 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art stick: single branch of naturally growing boxwood, punctuated by a series of carvings with
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
Folk art walking stick depicting thehead of a man with a snake, USA 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art walking stick: one piece of fruitwood depicting the head of a man with snake along the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Antiquities
Materials
Fruitwood
Swedish Folk Art Midcentury Hand Carved Wall Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Swedish mid-20th century Folk Art wall cabinet of carved pine, painted in “mahogany” red. The motif
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Folk Art Adam and Eve from Midwest Lodge
Located in Santa Monica, CA
apple from the snakes mouth. The Stand has a hand-carved snake that wraps around the base. Most likely
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Walking Stick, USA 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art walking stick. Painted wooden cane with snake curled at the shaft. America XIX century.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Walking Stick, Austria, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art walking stick: carved stag horn handle, depicting a man head with a snake and beard
Category
Antique 1880s Austrian Antiquities
Materials
Metal
5 Artisian Folk Art Southwestern Pueblo Painted Gourds Bird Snake 9"
Located in Dayton, OH
Lot of five late 20th century native Southwestern folk art hand painted gourds. Variety of colors
Category
Late 20th Century Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Organic Material
Mexican Ceramic Jug Vase Fishes 1994 Dolores Porras Folk Art Decorative Vessel
By Dolores Porras
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
, this vivid approach of decorating with lucid turtle figures, iguanas, snakes, fishes, flowers, mermaids
Category
1990s Mexican Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
H 31 in W 30 in D 41 in
Australian Aboriginal Art Janet Forrester Ngala Painting Snake & Milky Way Dream
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and quite engaging original painting titled "Snake And Milky Way Dreaming" by
Category
20th Century Australian Tribal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Paint
H 67 in W 53 in D 1.25 in
Pair Folk Art Paintings on Wood Panel, 1980s, by Moses Tolliver "MoseT"
Located in Southbury, CT
Fine Arts, and a folk art exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery, in Washington, D.C. Tolliver is known for
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
Hand Painted Wooden African Mask & Snake
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Hand Painted Wooden African Mask & Snake
Dimensions on the snake are as follows 25'' long by 6.25
Category
Vintage 1970s Ghanaian Mid-Century Modern Masks
Materials
Wood
Antique Vide Poche, France, 1920s, Snake Bite
Located in Greven, DE
Exceptional vide-poche with a snake as a holder.
Can be wonderfully used for storing small objects
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Brass
Pop Art Niki de Saint Phalle Inflatable Plastic Snake Collectibles, France 1999
By Niki de Saint Phalle
Located in Miami, FL
Pop art Niki de Saint Phalle double sided inflatable plastic Snake collectibles, France, 1999
Category
1990s French Modern Nautical Objects
Materials
Plastic
H 14 in W 44 in D 0.25 in
19th or Early 20th Century Tribal Copper Snake Currency Sculpture Zaire Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
19th or early 20th century copper snake currency sculpture Zaire Africa
Ngelima culture, Zaire
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Congolese Other Tribal Art
Materials
Copper
Bronze Arab boy snake charmer, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting 19th Century French Arab patinated bronzes boy snake charmer, circa 1880.
Batch 74
Category
Antique 19th Century French Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Australian Aboriginal Art Barbara Charles Napaltjarri Hunting Dreaming Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
indigenous desert animals - Snake, Witchetty Grub, and Perente Dreamings. (The Perente is a lizard that can
Category
Vintage 1980s Australian Tribal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Paint
H 30.5 in W 39.25 in D 1.25 in
Nepalese Sandalwood Buddha Tree, 20th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
branches, showcasing the artisan's attention to detail. The roots of the tree snake around the base of the
Category
20th Century Nepalese Folk Art Tribal Art
Materials
Sandalwood
Nepalese Sandalwood Buddha Tree, 20th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
branches, showcasing the artisan's attention to detail. The roots of the tree snake around the base of the
Category
20th Century Nepalese Folk Art Tribal Art
Materials
Sandalwood
Collection of Three Lobi Snake Currencies on Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
African ritual iron snakes effigies originate from the Lobi tribe of Burkina Faso. These serpent shaped
Category
Mid-20th Century Burkinabe Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
Santa Clara Pueblo Blackware Pottery Ananyu 'Snake' Vase/Jar
Located in Soquel, CA
their clan, Chavarria said."
(Source: Pasatiempo "You must remember hiss: The snake in Native art
Category
1990s American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Monumental African Baga Bansonyi Wood Serpent Snake Sculpture on Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A monumental, very tall, quite engaging African Bansonyi serpent snake sculpture/ headdress/ mask
Category
Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
The Snaked Altar Column Statue Compressed Marble Powder Sculpture Bergama Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Weight: 8 kg
The Snaked Altar, situated atop a marble column at the entrance square of the Ancient
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures and Car...
Materials
Statuary Marble
H 11.23 in W 5.71 in D 5.71 in
The Snaked Altar Column Statue Compressed Marble Powder Sculpture Bergama Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Weight: 8 kg
The Snaked Altar, situated atop a marble column at the entrance square of the Ancient
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures and Car...
Materials
Statuary Marble
H 11.23 in W 5.71 in D 5.71 in
Carved Polychrome Baga Bansonyi Snake Sculpture Headdress, Guinea 20th Century
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This is a Baga protective serpent, known in the literature under various names: Bansonyi, A-mantsho-na-tshol or Inap. In spite of of its aged look this particular carving is made for...
Category
Late 20th Century Guinean Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 47 in W 16 in D 16 in
Pair of Nuu-Chah-Nulth Model Totems
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This matched pair of Nuu-chah-nulth model poles each feature thunderbirds, wolves, lightning snakes
Category
Vintage 1920s Canadian Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
Mid-Century Swedish Outsiders Art "Eve and the Serpent" Sculpture in Wood
Located in Stockholm, SE
The Outsider Art Sculpture an ode to the timeless tale of Eve and the Serpent. This enigmatic piece
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Oak, Paint
H 42.92 in W 11.82 in D 7.09 in
Mexican Antique One of a Kind Flower Pot Clay Dolores Porras Ceramic Vase
By Dolores Porras
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
, this vivid approach of decorating with lucid turtle figures, iguanas, snakes, fishes, flowers, mermaids
Category
Vintage 1980s Mexican Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
H 8.67 in W 8.67 in D 11.82 in
Eduard Buk Ulreich Black Runner 1933
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Hudson, NY
desert background populated with cacti and snakes and other wild creatures.
In 1912 Ulreich made a
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
AR Denarius Gordian III (238-244)
Located in UTRECHT, UT
AVGVSTI, Salus feeding snake on her arm from patera
Gewicht: 3.41 g
Kwaliteit: Prachtig
Muntplaats: Rome
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Bronze Statue of a Juju Man, Benin, 1930s
By People from Benin
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
a snake in each hand and having a person on his shoulder whispering a message in his ear.
The
Category
Vintage 1930s Beninese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
A Kerala Hand-Carved Wood Boat Prow with Lovely Curved Fleur-de-Lis Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
ft long snake boats, or 'chundanvallams' as they are locally known. This midcentury Kerala boat prow
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
H 43.25 in W 58 in D 10 in
Spectacular Bamoun door, end of XIX°century from Sultan NJOYA Palace.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
door to the sultan's bedroom.
Very fine sculpting work with Royal attributes like the snakes, and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Cameroonian Other Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Two Glass Inlay Pairs
Located in London, GB
brows and eye line, translucent pink pupils, with translucent cobalt blie and opaque white snake scales
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Antiquities
Materials
Glass
Antique Benin Carved Coconut with Provenance, Early 20th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
, Education Nigeria. The coconut is relief carved with various figures, a bird and a snake with script. The
Category
Early 20th Century Beninese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Coconut
Set of Three Early Twentieth Century Nigerian Door Panels
Located in London, GB
stylised animals - from lizards, turtles and snakes to camels, beaked birds and rabbits - geometric shapes
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Early Twentieth-Century Figurative Flutes
Located in London, GB
'male' and 'female' figure. A strip of snake skin has been wrapped around the 'body' of the 'male
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Collection of Burkina Faso Currency
Located in Atlanta, GA
African ritual iron snakes effigies originate from the Lobi tribe of Burkina Faso. These serpent shaped
Category
Mid-20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Yoruba Beaded Sash, c. 1950
Located in Chicago, IL
depict densely-beaded turtles, snakes, and Yoruba faces - with vertical scarification on the cheeks
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Fabric, Beads
Antique 18th Century Dutch Delft Tile of a Mermaid & Serpent
By Delft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
a snake with her hands.
Simply a wonderful Dutch Delft tile!
Date:
18th Century
Overall
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Baroque Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Kerala Spiral Carved-Wood Boat Prow from Southern India
Located in Atlanta, GA
decorated the boats of the Kerala, including the 100 ft. long snake boats, or 'chundanvallams' as they are
Category
20th Century Indian Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Tribal Carved Wood High Back Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
with a dentated top border and two carved panels with birds. Panels with snakes frame the openwork back
Category
20th Century African Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early Yoruba Wood Circular Divination Board Face & Figures, Early 20th C round
Located in Point Richmond, CA
, couples, snakes, cowrie shells and other items around the edge of the board. Heavy wood, early 20th
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 16.5 in W 17.5 in D 1.25 in
Gelede Headdress, Yoruba People, Nigeria, circa 1920s
By Yoruba People
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
ensuring the well-being of the community.
Snakes symbolize the positive famine qualities of patience
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Bakhtiari Sumak Bagface, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
‘harshang,’ (or crab) border type, while a rendition of this, incorporating pinwheels and snake-like zigzag
Category
Antique 19th Century Persian Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
18th Century Apothecary Sign
Located in Napa, CA
medical symbol of a winged staff with two snakes intertwined.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Signs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pre-Columbian Ica Fringed Textile Panel, Ex Kate Kemper, Peru 800 to 1200 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
geometric pattern consisting of two scroll devices containing multiple stylized zoomorphs. Intertwined snake
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antiquities
Materials
Textile
18th Century Polynesian Ironwood Gata Waka or War Club from Fiji
Located in Amsterdam, NL
the recognizable form. However, they are designed after a snake, gata in Fijian language. The Ula
Category
Antique 18th Century Fijian Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
18th Century Polynesian Hardwood Ula Tavatava or Throwing War Club from Fiji
Located in Amsterdam, NL
, they are designed after a snake, gata in Fijian language. The Ula throwing clubs come in many different
Category
Antique 18th Century Fijian Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
H 16.54 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
Pre-Columbian Multi-Color Chancay Textile, Cubist Animals, Peru 1100-1400 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
motifs. Women wore head cloths, with complex patterns of snakes and interlocked birds.
Many Chancay
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antiquities
Materials
Textile
Yupik Yup'ik Native American Alaska Polychrome Wood Anthropomorphic Spirit Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
protruding snake or eel-like creatures only help to reinforce this.
The mask is from a French collection
Category
20th Century American Masks
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 12 in W 9.75 in D 2 in
Yupik Yup'ik Native American Alaska Polychrome Wood Anthropomorphic Spirit Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
sharp-toothed spirit creature or snake/eel emerging from the darkened center of the mask.
The mask is
Category
20th Century American Masks
Materials
Natural Fiber, Wood, Paint
H 16.5 in W 12.5 in D 8 in
Larger Than Life Extravagant Folk Art Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Outrageous larger than life piece of Folk Art painstakingly composed of found objects such as sea
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Other Medium
Antique carved drinking horn from the 19th century
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique carved drinking horn, from the 19th century, with engraved snake and eagle, good orginal
Category
Antique Early 1900s Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Horn
Large Hand Carved Signed Wood Jungle Wildlife Animal Scene Totem Sculpture Pole
Located in Studio City, CA
of wild jungle animals - birds, snakes, wild boar, frogs, monkeys, lions, reptiles, etc. We have not
Category
1990s North American Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
H 73 in W 12 in D 5 in
Pacific Northwest Coast Carved Cedar Killer Whale Rattle
Located in Nantucket, MA
accomplished at making silver and gold jewelry, and teaches this art at the employment center.
Stan has been
Category
2010s American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
13' Vancouver Island TOTEM by Don Colp 158"H
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
time. Inspired by watching Henry Stettlebauer carve works of art in a matter of minutes on a television
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
American Folk Art Limestone Carving Snake, Shield and Stump
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Detailed American Folk Art limestone carving of a rattle snake wrapped around a tree stump and
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Native American Scrapbook
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Native American handmade scrap book is made from trees, paper, leafs and snake skin or lizard
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Leather
Patriotic Scherenschnitte In the Style Often Attributed to Isaac Stiehly
Located in York County, PA
book "Stars & Stripes: Patriotic Motifs in American Folk Art" (2002, Rizzoili, New York) on pages 240
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
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