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Place of Origin: Tanzanian
Early Twentieth-Century African Madonna
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century African Madonna figurative sculpture from the Makonde culture in southern Tanzania, close to the border of Mozambique, exhibits a wonderful sense of move...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage African Wood Trough, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Tanzanian wooden trough, circa 1940.
Hand-carved out of blonde wood. Contains a metal patch.
Can be used as an indoor decorative object, as a cachepot for a mini-garden,...
Category
1940s Tribal Vintage Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Prestige Basket, Tanzania
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Prestige open top basket
Sukuma People (?) Tanzania
Circa 1900
Coiled and woven basketry, natural fibers and dye
8 x 6 1/2 inches (21 x 16.5 cm)
Provenance: ex private collection U...
Category
Early 1900s Tribal Antique Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Natural Fiber
Tsavorite Garnet, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Tanzania
Located in New York, NY
TSAVORITE GARNET
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
2.55 cm tall x 3.2 cm wide
A variety of grossular g...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Other
Tanzanite // 51.13 Grams
Located in New York, NY
Sourced in just one location on earth – Merelani Hills, Tanzania, near Mt. Kilimanjaro – blue-on its front face and violet from its side angles and most importantly red on the c- ...
Category
2010s Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Chrome Diopside
Located in New York, NY
From Merelani Hills in Tanzania, this gemmy, verdant chrome diopside features a beautiful natural termination and incredible pigmentation. This excellent gem crystal specimen will ad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Antique decorative small Zanzibar brass and copper mounted chest or strongbox
Located in Central England, GB
This remarkable and small beautifully proportioned Zanzibar chest is a highly decorative piece made from a mixture of teak and other various woods. This sturdy little chest or stron...
Category
Early 20th Century Early Victorian Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Copper
Wood-Carved Sculpture of a Tanzanian Woman Signed and Dated 1922
Located in Marbella, ES
Wood-Carved Sculpture of a Tanzanian Woman Signed and Dated 1922
Category
Early 20th Century Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Natural Tsavorite Garnet from Tanzania // 55.98 Grams
Located in New York, NY
This huge 55.98-gram prime example of the rarest species of garnet is from Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania. This perfectly-hued, incredibly gemmy and lustrous specimen of th...
Category
2010s Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Finely Carved Tanzanian Chieftain's Stool
Located in London, GB
This beautifully carved title stool, from the Gogo culture in Tanzania, features a wonderful looped and adjoining structure. Dating back to the mid-twentieth century, this fine examp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Makonde Mask Helmet, Africa, Early 20th Century
By Studio Art Deco
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Makonde helmet mask , Tanzania, Africa, early 20th century. Woman's face with a lip plug. The young woman represented wears earrings. Her hairstyle shows three large braids which are sculpted by hand. Carved wood. Width : 11.4"(29cm), Depth : 12.8"(32.5cm), Height: 8.3" (21cm). A shock made during the ceremonies above the right ear caused a crack. Remains of black patina. See photos. The mask is in good age and used condition. Early 20th century. Delivered without seat.
Makonda tribes live in southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique. The most famous Makonde masks are helmet masks, called Lipico, which are used to mark a boy's initiation into adulthood. They also used masks with female faces such as this one.
Brought from Africa to France in the 1920s, this helmet mask shows traces of use. It has been worn which places it at the beginning of the 20th century at least. The pigments darkening the skin (not the hairstyle) have faded or gone. Some small gaps on some protruding parts. A shock to the top of the skull, apparently due to a pointed weapon, generated star-shaped cracks. This impact is not running...
Category
Early 20th Century Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Salum Mussa, African Tingatinga School Composition, Oil on Board, 1970s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Salum Mussa, Tanzania, 1970s
Oil painting on board
Work signed by the artist
Work dimensions 61/61
Unframed work
Salum Mussa Mzee Lumumba (1926-1999) was one of Edward Saidi Ting Ti...
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Paint
Contemporary African Art Sculpture from the Makonde Tribe of Tanzania
By Makonde People
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning African Art Sculpture of a Tribal Woman by the Makonde Tribe of Tanzania.
A fine figurative sculpture is made of ebony. This decorative piece of African art is truly eye-ca...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Ebony
Saidi Nakoko, African Tingatinga School Painting, Oil on Canvas, 1970s, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Saidi Nakoko, Tingatinga, Tanzania, 1970s
Oil on canvas
Work signed by the artist
Working dimensions 44/33
Framed work
Tinga Tinga is an art style originating from East Africa. It w...
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Canvas
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 Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Saidi Nakoko, African Tingatinga School Painting, Oil on Canvas, 1970s, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Saidi Nakoko, Tingatinga, Tanzania, 1970s
Oil on canvas
Work signed by the artist
Working dimensions 44/33
Framed work
Tinga Tinga is an art style originating from East Africa. It w...
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Spessartine Garnet Crystal from Loliondo, Arusha, Tanzania
Located in New York, NY
From Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, Arusha, Tanzania Large trapezohedral crystal of transparent orange spessartine garnet with no matrix attached. Has lustrous faces with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Other
Zanzibar 19th Century Dowry Chest
Located in Nantwich, GB
A rare mid 19th century Zanzibar chest out fitted with bronze sheet and brass studs in a stunning design on the front, sides and top. Dowry chests have a w...
Category
Mid-19th Century Other Antique Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Spessartine Garnet Crystal from Loliondo, Arusha, Tanzania
Located in New York, NY
This genuine and rare spessartine garnet crystal was collected on Nani Hill, Loliondo in the Ngorongoro district of Arusha, Tanzania. It features a large trapezohedral crystal of tra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Other
Mid-Twentieth Century Black Madonna
Located in London, GB
This mid-twentieth century African Madonna comes from the Makonde culture, in the Matwara region of southern Tanzania.
The Madonna figure exhibits a graceful, serene facial express...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Spessartine Garnet Crystal from Loliondo, Arusha, Tanzania
Located in New York, NY
From Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, Arusha, Tanzania
Large trapezohedral crystal of transparent orange spessartine garnet with no matrix attached. Has lustrous faces with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Other
Spessartine Garnet Crystal from Loliondo, Arusha, Tanzania
Located in New York, NY
From Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, Arusha, Tanzania
Large trapezohedral crystal of transparent orange spessartine garnet with no matrix attached. Has lustrous faces with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Other
Spessartine Garnet Crystal from Loliondo, Arusha, Tanzania
Located in New York, NY
From Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, Arusha, Tanzania Large trapezohedral crystal of transparent orange spessartine garnet with no matrix attached. Has lustrous faces with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Other
Pyrite From Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Ta
Located in New York, NY
From Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
Extremely rare specimen of a large metallic luster pyrite crystal. It has a super high reflective mirror...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Pyrite
Early Twentieth-Century Tanzanian Village Stool
Located in London, GB
The form of this finely carved early twentieth-century village stool, from the Hehe culture in Tanzania, consists of four short, upright legs supporting a dish-shaped seat. A small d...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Fine Mid-Twentieth Century Mother and Child Figure
Located in London, GB
This beautiful mid-twentieth century figurative sculpture depicts a mother, crowned with a sweeping double-parted coiffure, holding her child at her side. Multiple strands of glass b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Hardwood, Beads
Mid-Twentieth Century Tall Female Figure With Bead Decoration
Located in London, GB
This mid-twentieth century figurative sculpture, which comes from the Kwere culture in Tanzania, depicts a female standing in an upright stance, with her hands placed by her sides.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Makonde Carved Figure
Located in London, GB
A fascinating large hand carved Shetani figure from the Makonde people of Tanzania. Named 'Daudi' which roughly translates to 'beloved'. The Shetani carved figures represent good spi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Primitive Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-Twentieth Century Tanzanian Maternity Figure
Located in London, GB
This finely carved mid-twentieth century figurative sculpture, from the Pare culture in Tanzania, depicts a female with large, prominent ears. Standing in a proud, upright stance, sh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Nyamezi Mask from Tanzania
Located in Long Island City, NY
Nyamezi mask from Tanzania.
Category
20th Century Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Steel
19th Century Zanzibar Wood & Brass Studded Coffee Cocktail Table Trunk Chest
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lovely rare Zanzibar trunk, 19th century. Brass studded decorations all-over with brass clad panels. Three bottom drawers and top opens for storage as w...
Category
1920s Islamic Vintage Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Brass
Anthropomorphic Modernist 'Makonde' Sculpture 1950s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Anthropomorphic Modernist 'Makonde' sculpture 1950s
This is a wonderful piece of modernist African art. It is a so called 'Makonde' sculpture. These unique pieces are crafted by t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Wood, Ebony
19th Century Zanzibar Chest
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very good example of a 19th century Zanzibar storage chest. The chest was created in the mid-19th century. The teak case is adorned with cut and open work brass strapping i...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tribal Antique Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Brass
Tanzanite
Located in New York, NY
Tanzanite
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
Measures: 12 cm tall x 6.1 cm wide
Tanzanite has only been found in one place on e...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Other
Zanzibar 19th Century Dowry Chest
Located in Nantwich, GB
A rare mid 19th century Zanzibar chest out fitted with bronze sheet and brass studs in a stunning design on the front, sides and top. Dowry chests have a well documented history as i...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Andrianna Shamaris Tanzanian Antique Sculptural Side Table or Stool
Located in New York, NY
Impressive antique African mahogany side table hand carved from a single piece of mahogany wood with a four inch bevelled top. A beautiful versatile item that is both sculptural and ...
Category
1950s Tribal Vintage Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Reclaimed Wood
Brutalist Bar Cabinet 1960' Tansania
Located in Rome, IT
Rare and unique brutalist bar cabinet decorated with hand carved bear. Koncz Vilmos (1932 – 2006). He started painting at the age of 30, using the following techniques: charcoal, pastel, oil. He has had solo exhibitions eight times in Budapest, and his works have been featured in seventeen group exhibitions worldwide. He was an experimental creator. Its more than 420 works include glass mosaics, terracotta, copper embossing and furniture carving. After his death, most of his oeuvre was “lost”. A decade and a half passed from painting to the first carvings. Middle Eastern and African culture had a major impact on his further artistic work. Traveled and created in Baghdad, Kuwait, Beirut and Tanzania. He became acquainted with the ancient folk art of the Makonde tribe, with carvings of ebony and ivory, which changed his creative career. When he made an authentic bracelet out of ivory, decorated with African motifs, the members of the tribe welcomed him among themselves. He became the tribe’s "Mister Vili." An exhibition of his painted paintings was held at the Kilimanjaro Hotel. He learned the machining of copper from the Arabs and the making of glass mosaics, and the tricks of jewelry making from the Hindus. He had forty large sculptures erected in various settlements of Hungary, mostly multi-field, made with a circular carving technique. Everything from ornaments on the table to the three-meter-high monument was found in his oeuvre. The Tiszakürt Arboretum also houses two wooden sculptures made of circular carvings: Tasso and the Tanzanian family tree. Donated works of his hometown: the 1956 headboard, the “Jászok” and “Kunok” (Old Hungarian Tribes), the “Flute”, the “Kolompolás” (Ringing the Bell) and the “Winged Altar”. In the 1980s, he also made carvings for the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden. His Ars Poetic was: “I do what I love, which drives from within, because I want to leave marks behind that I once existed and perhaps not uselessly” (2002). The term "Brutalist" originated from Le Corbusier’s Cité...
Category
1960s Brutalist Vintage Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of African Chairs, King's Seat
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Chairs in wood
year: 1940
The quality of the chairs and the exotic wood used they make them unique. It is an icon of distinction.
Hehe
Carving elegant legged stool, are considered e...
Category
1940s Tribal Vintage Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Zanzibar Chest in Teak Wood with Brass Overlay and Studs
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Rare early 20th century handcrafted Zanzibar blanket chest with brass metal overlay and brass studs throughout. The antique trunk is comprised of solid carved teak wood and features ornate brass interior hinges. The interior is also fitted with a candle box on the upper left corner. The chest is adorned with ornate brass metal corner plates and brass studs throughout, creating a series of geometric symbols and Moorish inspired patterns. The patterns on the top of the trunk are said to symbolize the Fountain of Youth. The chest features a hand-carved ebonized wood base and brass carrying handles. Exquisitely detailed with magnificent craftsmanship. Originally used for travels and often for the exports of good. Makes a great coffee table or accent piece or entryway chest.
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Brass
Striking Makonde Animal Helmet Mask, Dog or Hyena, Tanzania, Early 20th C.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Striking Makonde animal helmet mask, dog or hyena, Tanzania. Early 20th century with dark patina from traditional tribal use, wear inside from being used. Finely carved features, wit...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Powerful Scarified Makonde Portrait Helmet Mask Tanzania, Early 20th C Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Powerful Scarified Makonde portrait helmet mask from Tanzania. Early 20th century with heavy dark patina from traditional tribal use, wear inside from being used. Finely carved featu...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Zanzibar Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
Zanzibar chest, with brass stud decoration, interior fitted with a lift out tray and multiple compartments, three of the compartments have lids, two ext...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Ebony Hand Carved Mermaid Sculpture
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful sculpture is entirely carved out of one piece of ebony wood in the 1960s in Tansania The perfectly natural and organic shape makes this handcrafted sculpture extra special ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
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
1950s Primitive Vintage Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Ebony
Tribal Stool-Chair West Africa
Located in New York, NY
A hand-carved wooden stool from Tanzania with a native repair made from hand-hammered brass. This piece is very cool with a tribal vibe.
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Powerful Makonde Portrait Helmet Mask Lip Plug Tanzania Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Powerful portrait of a Makonde man with a traditional lip plug in his upper lip, high carved cheek bones in the form of a finely carved helmet mask, with attached hair on top from Ta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Organic Modern Biomorphic Black Stone Sculpture on Stainless Steel Custom Stand
Located in North Miami, FL
This fantastic and gorgeous biomorphic shaped polished stone is an organic modern sculpture. It is different from all angles and rests on a custom triangle shaped stainless steel sta...
Category
1960s Organic Modern Vintage Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Stone, Stainless Steel
Antique Early 20th Century Tribal Hehe Stool, Tanzania
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a graphic Hehe stool with three ridged legs and old patina.
The Hehe people lived in isolation on a highland in southwestern Tanzania, northe...
Category
Early 20th Century Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Wood, Beads
Four African Tingatinga School Paintings of Animals, Priced Individually
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Here we have a set of four paintings on Masonite. One of a leopard and cub with birds and trees, indistinctly signed in the lower right, one of an elephant and two birds, indistinctl...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tanzanian Furniture
Materials
Paint
Early 20th Century Anya Wood African Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century Anya wood African sculpture.
Category
Early 20th Century Tanzanian Furniture
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