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Material: Bone
19th Century Bone Shoe Horn with Button Hook
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English bone shoe horn and button hook most likely for high button shoes in the Victorian period. There is a monogram which appears to be the letters S H. Wonderful de...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Black Forest Cabin Decor Antler Candelabra, circa 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Black Forest Cabin Decor Antler Candelabra, circa 1900
A very rare and great cabin decor style five-armed candelabra with five candle spouts. Made of original deer and virginia deer...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rustic Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Antler
Set of 9 Different Pieces 19th Century Hand Carved Spoons
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A set of 9 Swedish hand carved spoons from 19th century. In both cow horn and wood, some painted and dated.
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Horn, Wood
Stylish Cabin Decor Antler Candlestick, Germany, circa 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Stylish Cabin Decor Antler Candlestick, Germany, circa 1900
A fashionable rustic candle holder, made of antlers from the deer. The spout is made of turned antler pieces. Executed in...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rustic Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Antler
Pair of Arts & Crafts Drinking Horns, Late 19th Century
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Pair of Arts & Crafts drinking horns, late 19th century.
Decorative horns with riveted copper bands and tips.
Measures: H 22, D 3 cm, W 3 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Horn
Single Yua Wenga Currency from the Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A single Yua Wenga currency from the early 20th century on custom iron stand. This antique tribal currency piece from Papua New Guinea has been carved ...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Bone Folk Art
Materials
Bone
Rare Cabin Decor Antler Humidor, circa 1890-1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Rare Cabin Decor Antler Humidor, circa 1890-1900
An antique turned wooden box with lid, venered with several fine antler slices from the deer and decorated with tips of roe deer antlers. (woodcrack at the lid - see pictures). On top of the lid with hollow turned antler box for matches...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Black Forest Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Antler
Painted Ski Montana History Scapula
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Painted in the old style vintage steer or buffalo scapula painted by Gordon R. (Buzz) Adolfson, February 26, 1977. One side showing a big horn ram with signature and date, the other ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Bone Folk Art
Materials
Bone
Andrianna Shamaris Tribal Bracelet on Stand
Located in New York, NY
Hand cut bone antique bracelet from Sumatra with 31 finely cut bracelets sewn together and set on a stand. Rare.
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Category
Early 1900s Primitive Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Eight Horn Sculptures
Located in Houston, TX
Eight horn sculptures, African Watusi (Bos taurus) horns mounted on turned ebonized stands. Measure: Height range between 20.5 inches to 27 inches and base diameters are 7.5 inches. ...
Category
2010s Belgian Primitive Bone Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Horn
Antique Walking Stick with Horn Handle Adorned with Elephant Scrimshaw
Located in San Diego, CA
Fabulous antique walking stick with horn handle decorated with elephant scrimshaw, circa 1900. The handle is a curved horn with a pack of el...
Category
Early 20th Century American Bone Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood, Horn
Early 19th Century Swedish Turned "Dummy" Keg
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unusual Swedish 19th Century turned burl birch "dummy" keg, having turned rings imitating willow bands, bone inlaid roundel and stopper and brass carrying rings, the whole turned fro...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Brass
19th Century Horse Hoof Gentleman's Cane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Gentleman's cane with horse leg or hoof carved of horn.
Period: 19th century
Origin: United States
Size: Handle 5", overall 38".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Horn
Large Wacky Bull Bone Throne Chair, circa 1930
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Wacky Bull Bone Throne Chair, circa 1930
A great piece of fantasy furniture - a large throne chair made of original bones from the male cattle (Bos taurus). All parts are made...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Bone Folk Art
Materials
Bone
Ute Sheep Horn Spoon, circa 1870
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Ute sheep horn spoon with old tag “Ute, Pine River, Battle, Ex. Cottchall Collection. Collected 1870.” Brain tanned with blue and white beading on top.
Per...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Horn
Hermes Riding Crop
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Hermes riding crop with deer antler handle. The shaft is covered in a beautifully braided leather and finished at the bottom with twine. The...
Category
1960s English Vintage Bone Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Large Vintage Cow Bone Throne Armchair, Germany, circa 1930
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great piece of fantasy furniture - a throne chair made of original bones from the female cattle (Bos taurus). All parts are made of real cattle bones sticked together with iron rod...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Bone Folk Art
Materials
Bone
A delicate tortoiseshell 'armband' from the Lower Sepik River Province
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Sepik River Province, Papua New Guinea, probably late 19th century
Tortoiseshell bracelets are frequently more than just ornaments in Sepik River civilizations; they are representat...
Category
Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Tribal Snuff Container, Tibet
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century tribal snuff container, Tibet
A graceful horn, bone and silver snuff container from Tibet, in excellent condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tribal Bone Folk Art
Materials
Horn
System walking stick with lighter function, France 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget System stick: stick with lighter function. Ebony wood barrel, ivory knob with silver monogram in relief carved with letters N and H, metal ferrule. By unscrewing the knob a li...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Silver
Antique Stainless Steel and Horn 12 Pieces Tableware Set, Germany 1930s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Stainless Steel and Horn 12 Pieces Tableware Set, Germany 1930s
A rustic tabelware set consisting of six knives and six forks. The handles are made of genuine deer horn. The...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Black Forest Bone Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Folk Art Bird Carved Horn Signed Justa
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-458 Beautifully carved animal horn of a feathered bird signed Justa.
Category
1960s Vintage Bone Folk Art
Materials
Horn, Hardwood
Antique Black Forest Mirror with Rustic Antler Decorations ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Black Forest Mirror with Rustic Antler Decorations ca. 1900
Item e7339
A large and impressive antler mirror with a wood-carved frame decorated with large carved and turned ho...
Category
19th Century German Black Forest Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Glass, Wood
Late 19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Dominos
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century Napoleonic prisoner of war dominos 31
A good example of a late 19th Century Napoleonic prisoner of war (POW) hand carved set of 31 dominos, in a sliding painted ...
Category
1850s French Folk Art Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Bone
Antique Set of Rustic Hunters Knives with Chamois Horn Handles
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Set of Rustic hunters knives with Chamois Horn handles
A rare antique set of six knives. The handles are made of genuine chamois horn and feature a decorated silver knob on ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Lovely Antique Black Forest Deer Head ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Lovely Antique Black Forest Deer Head ca. 1900s
Item e6950
A lovely wooden Black Forest deer head made of plaster and wood. Handmade in folk art style around 1900. It features a real...
Category
Early 20th Century German Black Forest Bone Folk Art
Materials
Horn, Plaster, Wood
Antique Antler Candle Holder with Deer Horns, Germany Around 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Antler candle holder with deer horns, Germany around 1900
A rustic candle holder, made of horns from the deer. The spout features a turn...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rustic Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Antler
Folk art walking stick depicting the grottesque head of a man, France 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art walking stick: single cork wood branch. The handle of the stick, a carved corozo nut representing the head of a grotesque man with an oblong face with an open mouth and glas...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage Candle Stick With Real Chamois Horn
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Candle Stick With Real Chamois Horn
Item e6989
A vintage candle holder, made of a genuine chamois horn. The spout and base are made of turned and ebonized wood. Spout with br...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Rustic Bone Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Horn
Pair of 1950s Carved Horns with Dragon Motif on Wood Base
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1950s carved horns with dragon motif on wood base.
They are a definite statement piece.
Category
1950s Vintage Bone Folk Art
Materials
Horn, Wood
Victorian "9-Spot" Dominoe Game 55 Piece Set in Jointed Hardwood Box, 19th C.
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare and original '9 Spot' Dominoe game of 55 individual dominoes, coming complete with its jointed wooden box or case.
Dominoe sets are normally six-spot sets giving a to...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Wood
Antique Set of Rustic Hunters Cutlery with Chamois Horn Handles
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique set of rustic hunters cutlery with Chamois Horn Handles
A rare antique set of knife and fork. The handles are made of genuine chamois horn. Tines and blade are made of galva...
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Metal
English Edwardian Riding Crop, Circa 1900
Located in High Point, NC
English Edwardian riding crop made from hickory. The handle is made from bone and is cross hatched in design for easier gripping to the rider. The horn is attached to the handle wi...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Leather, Hickory
Circa 1920's English Riding Crop
Located in High Point, NC
Circa 1920's hickory riding crop from England. The handle is made from bone, which has been artfully cross-hatched for added design interest. The handle is attached to the crop by ...
Category
1920s English Edwardian Vintage Bone Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Leather, Hickory
19th Century English Walnut & Antler Walking Stick
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb 19th-Century English walking stick with a walnut shaft, antler horn handle, and sterling silver detail. This fine cane has a lovely patina and is perfect for display or as a...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Ivory handle walking stick depicting a Japonise woman jneeling, Europe 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: carved ivory knob, Japanese handle for the European market, depicting a kneeling Japanese woman with a fan in her hand and a bouquet of flowers. band in 925/1000 silve...
Category
Early 20th Century European Bone Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Silver
Damascene Moorish Bone Inlaid Mirrors With Floral Motif 52" H. A Pair
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moorish Syrian style Damascene bone Inlaid Mirrors with floral motif 52" H. A pair.
Large 52" height gorgeous floral motif Syrian mirrors with intricate bone inlay.
Vintage Middle Eastern mid 20th century handcrafted Syrian style shell inlaid wood framed mirrors.
Gorgeous handcrafted pair of Moorish mirrors featuring an intricate hand-carved and reticulated solid walnut wood with remarkable and elegant floral inlay and carving in a geometric pattern inlaid metal embellishments in silver color.
Two Levantine wall mirrors with intricately carved wood inlaid with geometric ornate Moorish design pattern and floral designs in very detailed shell and intricate bone inlaid on walnut wood.
Great Islamic Art craftsmanship finished with a detailed crown, the crown and sides are very finely handcrafted in floral and geometric Moorish design.
The mirrors are offered as a pair.
They are in good condition with no loss of inlaid and ready to adorn your walls with a taste of the exotic.
Some shell has been replaced and restored, new mirror.
DIMENSIONS: 52ʺH x 27ʺW × 1ʺD.
These stunning mirrors are a stellar example of the intricacy and superb craftsmanship of this Centuries old traditional Middle Eastern Syrian style craftsmanship.
Will looks great in living room on top of a matching mother-of-pearl chest, in a bathroom or as an entryway statement definitely a conversation piece.
Inspired by the Byzantine Ottoman era made of walnut wood and inlaid with natural shell and bone.
Moroccan Moorish style handcrafted bone and shell inlaid wood wall mirror frame, Syrian Islamic design furniture, Arabic wooden frame, Middle Eastern wall decor, Levantine mirrors.
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Islamic Bone Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Walnut, Shell
Art Nouveau silver and ivory jewel walking stick. Belgium 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Art Nouveau walking stick. The silver knob depicts the face of a girl, made of carved ivory, with long hair wrapped along the ebony wood barrel. The girl's hairstyle features stones,...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Bone Folk Art
Materials
Silver
An engraved Sepik cassowary bone dagger
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Papua New Guinea, Sepik Region, Abelam people, early 20th century
Bone daggers in the Sepik region are traditionally crafted from the thigh bone of the ca...
Category
Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Bone
Tortoiseshell jewel walking stick depicting the head of a child, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: sculpted tortoiseshell knob depicting the head of a child with silver chain around the neck with a four-leaf clover-shaped pendant in silver and green enamel. Silver b...
Category
Early 20th Century French Bone Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Jewel walking stick with Charlotte monogram, Belgium 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: Art Nouveau jeweled walking stick, gold and silver milord knob with intertwined CHARLOTTE monogram. Fruitwood shaft. Light bovine horn ferrule. Signed Philippe Wolfers...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Bone Folk Art
Materials
Gold, Silver
An Asmat ceremonial trophy necklace
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Asmat People, South Papua, Indonesia, probably late 19th century
The Asmat people of Papua are known for creating "trophy necklaces," intricate pieces often made from human bones an...
Category
Late 19th Century Indonesian Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Natural Fiber
English Edwardian Riding Crop, Circa 1900
Located in High Point, NC
Edwardian riding crop from England with a handle made from bone and a leather whip. The bone handle is attached with a silver collar to the crop, giving it a lovely dimensional look...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Leather, Hickory
Lion ivory head’s handle walking stick, France 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: carved ivory knob depicting a lion's head. Golden metal band. Bamboo wood cane. Iron ferrule. France circa 1890. (SHIPPING TO THE EU ONLY)
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
Great Carved Black Forest Horn Lithophany, Germany ca. 1840
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Great Carved Black Forest Horn Lithophany, Germany ca. 1840
Museal rustic lithophany depicting finely carved chamoise in a mountain landscape. The f...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Black Forest Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Antler
Ivory handle walking stick depicting a dog’s head, England 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: carved ivory knob depicting a dog's head with an open mouth. Eyes in glass paste. Brass ring. Bamboo wood shaft. Brass ferrule. England circa 1890.
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Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Vintage Stag Horn Carving Set Solingen, Germany
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Stag Horn Carving Set Solingen, Germany
A rustic carving set consisting of fork and knife. The handles are made of genuine stag horn and feature ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Black Forest Bone Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Ethnic Artifact Sepik River Cassowary Bone from Papua New Guinea
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Ethnic Artifact Sepik River Cassowary Bone from Papua New Guinea
For many groups in Papua New Guinea, bone was an important medium for making tools of all types. This artifact is made from leg bone of a cassowary, a large, flightless, and extremely dangerous, bird.
Cassowaries also play an important role in the mythology of groups in the Sepik River area.
Though no longer used these bone artifacts are still used ceremonially. They often play important roles in male initiation and other rituals. They are also worn as personal adornment by tucking them into a band of braided fibers worn around the upper arm.
Antique Ethnic Bone Cassowary Artifact with minimal carving and incised design confined to the joint end.
A small hole has been drilled through from both sides of the top and presumably for the threading of a cord.
The bone has been partially divided near the top and to form two prongs that project down the back of the dagger possibly allowing the user to wear is tuck into a waist band or belt.
Origin Papua New Guinea Maprik Dist Area
From the Art Collection of Marian and John Scott, acquired in 1962.
Similar items are in display in the Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology.
Purchased from the amazing private collection of Mark Lissauer who spent his life collecting niche ethnographic pieces.
About Mark Lissauer:
Mark Lissauer spent forty years travelling abroad for months at a time collecting ethnographic artefacts primarily from New Guinea and the islands of the West Pacific, and from Asia and Himalayan countries. Fluent in five languages and having in the course of business travelled to more than forty countries, Mark is well-known to museums and art-collectors around the world for his long career and his interesting and diverse collection of rare ethnographic material.
Mark knows the origin and symbolism of each piece. Through extensive research and more than ninety trips around the globe, Mark familiarised himself with the traditions of the various cultures he visited in order to understand the meaning of each object to its region and tribe. His home has a specialist library and several rooms are filled with tribal carvings, textiles and ethnographica.
He acquired his first tribal piece in 1948 during a business trip to Milne Bay, New Guinea, and has since documented the acquisition of some 35,000 items. Several thousands of these have been sold to important private collections and museums worldwide, including the Rockefeller Museum, the British Museum and the Musée National des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie, now incorporated into the Louvre Museum.
Estimator certificate of authenticity by Wayne Heathcote Tribal Art Dealer and Expert.
Heathcote has a flash gallery in Brussels, where much of the tribal art business is centred, and is an expert at Sotheby's tribal art sale...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Bone Folk Art
Materials
Bone
Vintage Stag Horn Carving Set Solingen, Germany
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Stag Horn Carving Set Solingen, Germany
A rustic carving set consisting of fork and knife. The handles are made of genuine stag horn and feature ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Black Forest Bone Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Great Antique Black Forest Plaster Deer Head ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Great Antique Black Forest Plaster Deer Head ca. 1900s
Item e6952
A lovely wooden Black Forest deer head made of plaster and wood. Handmade in folk a...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rustic Bone Folk Art
Materials
Horn, Wood, Plaster
Ivory handle walking stick depicts a rifle, hunting bag and dog, Austria 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: ivory carved handle. The handle depicts a rifle, a dog head and an hunting bag. Ebony wood shaft. Silver ring. Ivory ferrule. England circa 1880.
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Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Stylish Cabin Decor Antler Candle Holder with Deer Carving, Germany ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Stylish cabin decor antler candle holder with deer carving, Germany ca. 1900
A fashionable rustic candle holder, made of antlers from the deer. The spout is made of turned antler pi...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rustic Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
Antique Candle Stick With Real Chamois Horn, 19th Century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Candle Stick With Real Chamois Horn, 19th century
A Victorian candle holder, made of horns from the chamois and the deer. The spout and b...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rustic Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
Antique Set of Rustic Serving Cutlery with Carved Horn Handles, 19th Century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique set of rustic serving cutlery with carved horn handles 19th century.
A rare antique set of knife and fork as serving cutlery. The handles are made of deer horn with handcarv...
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Horn Salt and Pepper Shakers
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Set of two salt and pepper shakers showcasing the natural beauty of water buffalo horn. Using sustainable and traditional practices, handcrafted by skilled artisans in India.
These natural horn Salt and Pepper...
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Bone Folk Art
Materials
Horn
System walking stick with a brass plomb line, France 1910.
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget-System stick: stick with the function of determining the vertical direction with respect to a specific point. Ebony barrel, ivory knob. Inside the knob there is a plumb line. ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Bone Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Iron
System walking stick, matches candle holder, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
System walking stick with black cow horn tip. The barrel is made of light malacca. The handle is made of gilded brass, with an hexagonal section e...
Category
Early 20th Century French Bone Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Wooden Carved Lusterweibchen of a Medieval Noble Lady ca. 1890
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Wooden Carved Lusterweibchen of a Medieval Noble Lady ca. 1890
Item e7356
An antique female chandelier with a hand-carved and painted statue of a medieval lady holding a coat of arms...
Category
Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Bone Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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