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Place of Origin: Sub-Saharan African
Ceramic Sculpture
By Astrid Dahl
Located in ROSE BAY, AU
Hand MadeCeramic Sculpture Using clay Astrid creates the base from which to coil. From there, coiling and shaping of the piece begins and it grows, the layer of coil upon layer. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Earthenware, Ceramic

Large Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar (14.4 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 14.4 lb AAA quality Large Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar features an exposed area lined with dazzling druzy quartz crystals, as well as a polished back side, providin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Polished Petrified Wood Freeform from Madagascar (19.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful hand polished petrified wood free-form from Madagascar. It has an amazing pattern with vibrant hues of brown, yellow, and orange. Perfect for use in any room around the home. Fossilized Petrified Wood, which is also known as Agatized Wood...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Petrified Wood

Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon. Private collection Brussels The raffia splint is covered with cloth and colou...
Category

Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Beads

1990s Wood and Beaded Sculpture Of Woman - NAMJI Fertility Doll
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1990s Wood and Beaded Sculpture Of Woman - NAMJI Fertility Doll Cowrie Shells On wood base
Category

1990s Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Beads

African Wooden Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This headrest comes from 20th century Kenya, hand-carved from one piece of indigenous wood. Headrests held great value to North Western nomadic pastoral tribes of Kenya as they have ...
Category

20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Leather, Wood

Genuine Natural Bulls Eye Malachite 10.35 lbs
Located in New York, NY
AAA-quality solid freeform of bulls eye Malachite from The Democratic Republic of Congo. This specimen has well defined banded concentric patterns. The piece is made of solid materia...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Malachite

African Benin Bronze Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
African Benin Bronze Sculpture, Africa, circa mid 20th Century. Beautiful casting with wonderful attention to detail. Solid, heavyweight...
Category

20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Matched Pair Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Matched Pair Split Ammonite fossil mineral specimens Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old Measures: 5 x 4.25 x 0.5 in. / 13 x 10 x 1.5 cm Height on custom d...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Other Antique Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Stone

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 Tribal Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Wood

African Wooden Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This headrest comes from 20th century Kenya, hand-carved from one piece of indigenous wood. Headrests held great value to North Western nomadic pastoral tribes of Kenya as they have ...
Category

20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Leather, Wood

Selection of 2 Polished Tridacna or Giant Clam
Located in Leuven , BE
Selection of 2 Natural Tridacna or Giant Clam Provenance: Private collection Brussels 6 x 19,5 x 13 / 14 x 13,9 x 12 cm
Category

20th Century Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Organic Material

Yoruba-Egba couple of Ere Ibeji Twin Figures signed by Akinyode, Yoruba People
Located in Leuven , BE
Yoruba Egba, couple of Ere Ibeji Twin Figures signed by Akinyode ,Yoruba People, Nigeria Abeokuta Provenance Monique Lancée (Maastricht '80)
Category

Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Genuine Calcified Ammonite on Matrix Opalized (4 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, fossilized and calcified ammonite shell with an iridescent, opalized shimmer, displaying hints of vibrant red and yellow tones. This specimen displays multiple complete ammonites in a clustered form, each having a dendritic crystal pattern. This piece has been hand polished. *You will receive the exact object as in these photos. The fossilized shells...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Other

A beautiful large Rose quartz polished sphere from Madagascar on acrylic stand
Located in London, GB
A beautiful large Rose quartz polished sphere from Madagascar on acrylic stand. This was originally purchased from Venusrox in Notting Hill, London and comes with original Venusrox ...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Rose Quartz

Bronze Figural Group Of African Royal Family On Carrier And Attendants, C. 1920s
Located in Germantown, MD
An Early 20th century Bamoun Bronze sculpture. The art of bronze in african art at the service of the King. The king, a bearded figure, a symbol of wisdom, sits in his carrier chair,...
Category

Early 20th Century Brutalist Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Genuine Polished Petrified Wood Slice with Metal Display Stand (20 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful hand polished petrified wood slice is sourced from Madagascar and comes with an elegant metal display stand. It has an amazing pattern with vibrant hues of brown, yellow, and orange. Fossilized Petrified Wood, which is also known as Agatized Wood...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Petrified Wood

African Wooden Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This headrest comes from 20th century Kenya, hand-carved from one piece of indigenous wood. Headrests held great value to North Western nomadic pastoral tribes of Kenya as they have ...
Category

20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Leather, Wood

Polished Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar (10 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 10 lb AAA quality Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar features an exposed area lined with dazzling druzy quartz crystals, as well as a polished back side, providing a high...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Pink, Rose, & Green Watermelon Tourmaline Slice—Erongo Region, Namibia
Located in Edison, NJ
Tourmaline is loved in both the worlds of jewelry and mineral collecting for its expression of color, as well as its propensity for translucency and luster. It’s classified as a semi...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Tourmaline

Ashanti Headrest Stool Carved Wood Tribal Art Ghana Africa
Located in Leuven , BE
Ashanti Headrest Stool Carved Wood Tribal Art Ghana Africa Carved from a single piece of wood, the African Ashanti head rest, Ghana, has a curved top raised on a pedestals depicti...
Category

Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Wood

African Tribal Yoruba Beaded Ceremonial Crown Altar Headdress
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce large vintage African tribal beaded ceremonial crown altar headdress, the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa, Mid-20th Century, featuring intricate sculptural form decorated in polychrome beads and nassa sea shells, depicting central warrior figure mounted on figural horse or donkey animal, flanked by four standing figures, atop cylindrical crown, adorned with lizards and mask. Many people refer to this type of altar item...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Shell, Beads

Genuine Sericho Pallasite Meteorite Slab (2.45 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
In 2016, large masses of the Sericho pallasite meteorite were acquired from villagers in Isiolo County, Kenya, marking its formal discovery. The olivine crystals range in colour from...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Other, Iron

Coco De Mer Shell circa 1900s Seychelles, Perfect for Your Wunderkammer
Located in London, GB
This is a particularly fine and large symmetrical example of a rare 19th century Coco de Mer Shell. A complete coco de mer the perfect object to place in your Wunderkammer or cabinet...
Category

19th Century Other Antique Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Coconut

Polished Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar (8.7 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 8.7 lb AAA quality Large Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar features an exposed area lined with dazzling druzy quartz crystals, as well as a polished back side, providing...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Natural size pair of african sculptures in noble wood representing giraffes
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible and huge sculptures representing a couple of giraffes polychromed. Fantastic.
Category

1950s International Style Vintage Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Large Genuine Polished Petrified Wood Sphere from Madagascar (6.75", 15.4 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Top quality, center-of-a-choice petrified wood sphere from Madagascar. This incredible specimen is shaped from a solid piece of petrified wood. Hand-polished to a mirrored finish. It has an amazing pattern with vibrant hues of brown, red, and orange. Fossilized Petrified Wood, which is also known as Agatized Wood...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Petrified Wood

Genuine Sericho Pallasite Meteorite Slab (394.3 grams)
Located in New York, NY
In 2016, large masses of the Sericho pallasite meteorite were acquired from villagers in Isiolo County, Kenya, marking its formal discovery. The olivine crystals range in colour from...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Other, Iron

Unusual Antique Hand Carved African Fertility Primate / Baboon, Gorilla
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Antique Hand Carved African Fertility Primate / Baboon, Gorilla,, Extremely well executed,, all hand carved,, remnants of original hair, bone eyes and teeth detail.
Category

1910s Folk Art Vintage Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Bone, Wood

Cornetite From L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Located in New York, NY
From Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) Colorful specimen of lustrous translucent blue cornetite crystals with translucent green malachite crystals coverin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal

Antica scultura - bronzo - africana - Benin - XIX secolo -sculpture - African
Located in Milano, MI
Antica scultura - bronzo - africana - Benin - XIX secolo Descrizione Antica Scultura in bronzo africana di una raffigurazione del Re Coronato Ife Malu, originaria del Benin del XIX ...
Category

19th Century Antique Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Large Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar (16 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 16 lb AAA quality Large Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar features an exposed area lined with dazzling druzy quartz crystals, as well as a polished back side, providing ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Polished Polychrome Freeform from Madagascar (6.3 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
AAA-quality Polychrome Jasper freeform. This beautiful specimen has multi-colored veins of Chalcedony from Madagascar. Beautiful multi-colored rock that usually exhibits a circular, ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Genuine Hand Carved Malachite Fish // 272 Grams
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous 272 gram malachite fish has been hand carved and hand-polished out of excellent quality malachite from the DRC. Malachite is a lusciously hued, bright and dark green ba...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Malachite

Polished Septarian Druzy Geode Freeform from Madagascar (6 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 6 lb AAA quality Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar features an exposed area lined with dazzling druzy quartz crystals, as well as a polished back side, providing a high ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Polished Labradorite Freeform from Madagascar (10.3 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Handmade polished Labradorite freeform with beautiful iridescent play of colors of blue, yellow and red which is caused by internal fractures in the mineral that reflect light back a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Genuine Polished Petrified Wood Stump (66 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This large and beautiful hand-polished petrified wood stump is sourced from Madagascar and polished to a mirrored finish. It has an amazing pattern with vibrant hues of brown, yellow, and orange. Fossilized Petrified Wood, which is also known as Agatized Wood...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Petrified Wood

Polished Ocean Jasper Flame Freeform from Madagascar (6.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Top quality, beautiful polished cross-section of Ocean Jasper from Madagascar. It often includes vugs lined with white or green druzy quartz crystals. It is found in only one place i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

A beautiful large Star Rose quartz polished sphere from Madagascar
Located in London, GB
A beautiful large Star Rose quartz polished sphere from Madagascar on acrylic stand. This was originally purchased from Venusrox in Notting Hill and comes with original Venusrox label which details the energy properties of Star Rose Quartz: The Star Rose quartz is a Super-Charged Rose Quartz, and is the stone of love. Love for oneself, family, friends, the planet and the universe. It releases stress and anxiety and dissolves anger and fear and brings hope and love. It encourages compassion and kindness. We have another smaller sphere and very large Amethyst...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Rose Quartz

Hematite from Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa
Located in New York, NY
From Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South AfricaLarge crystals of dark-metallic hematite with mirror-like luster on most crystal faces and fine stria...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Blue Celestite Cluster From Sankoany, Ketsepy Mahajanga, Madagascar (26 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Lustrous large gem transparent crystals of blue Celestite. Has a few large crystals with prism faces and chisel-shaped terminations. This specimen h...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Genuine Calcified Ammonite on Matrix Opalized (4.2 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, fossilized and calcified ammonite shell with an iridescent, opalized shimmer, displaying hints of vibrant red and yellow tones. This specimen displays multiple complete ammonites in a clustered form, each having a dendritic crystal pattern. This piece has been hand polished. *You will receive the exact object as in these photos. The fossilized shells...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Other

Vintage Makonde Blackwood Sculpture From Tanzania
Located in New York, NY
Sculpted by an artist of the highest skill, this Makonde carving from Tanzania is a brilliant and graceful image of two figures. Made out of heavy and dense African blackwood, this is an example of the very best Makonde sculpture...
Category

20th Century Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Blue Celestite Cluster Geode From Sankoany, Ketsepy Mahajanga, Madagascar (14 lb
Located in New York, NY
Lustrous large gem transparent crystals of blue Celestite. Has a few large crystals with prism faces and chisel-shaped terminations. This specimen h...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Polished Petrified Wood Sphere from Madagascar (8.5", 31.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Top quality, center-of-a-choice petrified wood sphere from Madagascar. This incredible specimen is shaped from a solid piece of petrified wood. Hand-polished to a mirrored finish. It has an amazing pattern with vibrant hues of brown, red, and orange. Fossilized Petrified Wood, which is also known as Agatized Wood...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Petrified Wood

Genuine Polished Petrified Wood Slice with Acrylic Display Stand (6 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful hand polished petrified wood slice is sourced from Madagascar and comes with an acrylic display stand. It has an amazing pattern with vibrant hues of brown, yellow, and orange. Fossilized Petrified Wood, which is also known as Agatized Wood...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Petrified Wood

Large Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar (19.4 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 19.4 lb AAA quality Large Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar features an exposed area lined with dazzling druzy quartz crystals, as well as a polished back side, providin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Polished Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar (44.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 44.5 lb AAA quality Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar features an exposed area lined with dazzling druzy quartz crystals, as well as a polished back side, providing a hi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Polished Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar (43.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 43.5 lb AAA quality Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar features an exposed area lined with dazzling druzy quartz crystals, as well as a polished back side, providing a hi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Botryoidal Malachite From Shaba Copper Belt, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Located in New York, NY
From Shaba Copper Belt, Katanga (Shaba) Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) A sculptural botryoidal formation of solid velvety green malachite from the famous copper m...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Polished Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar (34 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 34 lb AAA quality Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar features an exposed area lined with dazzling druzy quartz crystals, as well as a polished back side, providing a high...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Sculpture, African Mask, Ivory Coast, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
" Sculpture, African Mask, Ivory Coast, 20th Century " African mask from the Ivory Coast, early 20th century. h: 55cm, l:24cm, p: 21cm
Category

20th Century Primitive Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Genuine Polished Red Jasper Flame Freeform (6.3 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This top quality, hand polished Red Jasper flame freeform from Madagascar features a deep red coloring ranging from bright to brownish-red. Red Jasper is renowned for its ability to ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Large Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar (13.6 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 13.6 lb AAA quality Large Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar features an exposed area lined with dazzling druzy quartz crystals, as well as a polished back side, providin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Decorative African Bronze Fish from the Tribal People of Benin
By People from Benin
Located in Miami, FL
A unique intricately detailed hand-hammered bronze of a fish. Bursting with character, this marine life mythical decorative object would enhance any shelf or tabletop. This object form is one of the best-known examples of Benin art, created from the thirteenth century onwards, by the Edo people, which also included other sculptures in brass, including some famous portrait heads and smaller pieces of art. Tribal African Art...
Category

20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Dioptase from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Located in New York, NY
From Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia Lustrous transparent deep-green dioptase crystals lining a shallow cavity in brown matrix. The dioptase crystals look be...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal

Large Polished Imperial Rhodonite Sphere from Madagascar (5.25'', 11.4 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This top-quality hand-polished natural Imperial Rhodonite Sphere from Madagascar exhibits an exquisite pattern with vivid hues of pink and red. When used, the Rhodonite stone activat...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

Polished Ocean Jasper Flame Freeform from Madagascar (6.3 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Top quality, beautiful polished cross-section of Ocean Jasper from Madagascar. It often includes vugs lined with white or green druzy quartz crystals. It is found in only one place i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Other

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