Tribal Aboriginal Australian Ritual Sculpture
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A rare example of a Churinga with the ritual painting not having been removed.
Category
Early 20th Century Australian Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Aboriginal Sculpture
Australian Aboriginal Yawkyawk Fiber Sculpture
By Allison Guwanjguwanj
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fiber art by contemporary aboriginal artist Allison Guwanjguwanj. It depicts a dreamtime creature called "Yawkyawk" which is the ancestor of the clan. It is a mermaid-like creature ...
Category
Early 2000s Australian Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Natural Fiber
Pair of Australian Aboriginal Wood Sculpture Echidna
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of echidna sculpture carved from wood with found branches made by Australian Aboriginal artist Bob Burruwal (Born 1952-).
Category
Early 2000s Australian Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Women Sculpture Ceramic with Paint Aboriginal, Italy, 1970
$1,000Sale Price|25% Off
Women Sculpture Ceramic with Paint Aboriginal, Italy, 1970
Located in La xara, VC
This ceramics representing an Aboriginal with their jewelry. The model is large and very refined.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Australian Aboriginal Wood Sculpture with Ochre Echidna Bob Burruwal
Located in Atlanta, GA
An echidna sculpture carved from wood, supplemented with found branches and splash painted with ocher pigment by Australian Aboriginal artist Bob Burruwal (Born 1952-).
Category
Early 2000s Australian Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Men Sculpture Ceramic with Original Paint Aboriginal, Italy, 1970
$948Sale Price|25% Off
Men Sculpture Ceramic with Original Paint Aboriginal, Italy, 1970
Located in La xara, VC
This ceramics representing an Aboriginal men with their jewelry. The model is large and very refined.
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Monkey Mask" Carved Wood & Vegetable Pigment created by Aboriginal Australians
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This mask was made by an unknown aboriginal Australian artist. It is made from carved wood and vegetable pigment. The artist used natural colors and geometric designs to create this ...
Category
1940s Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Vintage Sculpture of a White Ceramic Aboriginal Woman Bust, Italy 1970
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Very nice and large white ceramic bust representing an aborigine. This bust was designed and produced in Italy in the 70s. Wooden base, golden metal piercing. A rare decorative objec...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Australian Aboriginal Painting on Hollow Log
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lorrkon hollow log. Artist: Bronwyn Kelly. Year of birth: 1974. Nationality: Australian. Region: West Central Arnhem Land. Language group: Kuninjku. Medium: Wood and ochre pain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Australian Aboriginal Carved Ancestor Figure with Ochre Paint
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hand-carved wood ancestor figure with surface pictorial carving showing kangaroo hunting and decorated with black and red paint and white and yellow ocher pigment. The figure slightl...
Category
Early 2000s Australian Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Australian Aboriginal Ironwood Bima Figure Carving Tiwi Island
By Myra Ann Tipiloura
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collected in Tiwi Island off the coast of Northern Australia, this Bima Figure Carving was carved and painted by Myra Ann Tipiloura out of Iron wood. It was painted in the clan patte...
Category
20th Century Australian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Australian Aboriginal Painted Totem Pole from Elcho Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
A hollow log painted with Ocher with a clan-based design. Title: Djirrididi Log Artist: James Patrick Lamuta DOB: 01/04/1984 Medium: Ocher pigment on wood Provenance: COA from E...
Category
Early 2000s Australian Folk Art Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Set of 2 Vintage Australian Aboriginal Art Wood Carving Animal Figurines
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Australian Aboriginal Art Wood Carving Animal Figurines, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979. Additional information: Materials: Wood Color: Brown Count...
Category
20th Century Australian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Aboriginal Painted Coolamon Bowl Australia Tribal Art Decor Interior Design
Located in London, GB
Aboriginal Carved & Painted Coolamon A hand-carved wooden Aboriginal coolamon ( bowl ), decorated with traditional ochre pigments in earthy yellow, red, and black. The surfac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Australian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
Darbyshire Pottery Family of Aboriginal Indigenous Figurines, 1950s, Set of 3
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A very rare and collectable group or family of slip pottery figurines from West Australian Darbyshire. The set of 3 consists of a squatting elder Gentleman, a mother breast-feeding h...
Category
Vintage 1950s Australian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Australian Aboriginal Carved and Painted Spear from Melville Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
Title: A ceremonial spear with clan design paint Artist: John Martin Tipungwuti DOB: 18/01/1969 Medium: Ocher paint on wood carvin DOC: 2006 Provenance: COA from Jilamara Arts a...
Category
Early 2000s Australian Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Australian Aboriginal Carved and Painted Spear from Melville Island
By Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri
Located in Atlanta, GA
Title: A ceremonial spear with clan design paint Artist: Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri DOB: 19/04/1973 Medium: Ocher paint on ironwood carving DOC: 2006 Provenance: COA from Jila...
Category
Early 2000s Australian Folk Art Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Australian Aboriginal Art Carved Wood Log Bone Totem Coffin with Skull Design
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite engaging hand carved wood with hand painted ochres on a hollow wooden log coffin with skull and bone designs. This piece is from the famed Kelton Collection...
Category
20th Century Australian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Australian Aboriginal Yawkyawk Fiber Sculpture
By Allison Guwanjguwanj
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fiber art by contemporary aboriginal artist Allison Guwanjguwanj. It depicts a dreamtime creature called "Yawkyawk" which is the ancestor of the clan. It is a mermaid-like creature ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Tribal Outsider and Self Taught...
Materials
Natural Fiber
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'Mokuy Spirit' Australian Aboriginal Sculpture by Nawurapu Wununmurra
Unavailable
H 50.01 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
'Mokuy Spirit' Australian Aboriginal Sculpture by Nawurapu Wununmurra
By Nawurapu Wununmurra
Located in London, GB
Nawurapu Wununmurra - "Mokuy" - Carving Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art Mokuy statues are a traditional type of work, being sacred objects for the Yolnu, which...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
'Makani' Australian Aboriginal Fish Sculpture
By Nawurapu Wununmurra
Located in London, GB
Nawurapu Wununmurra "Makani" Natural Ochres on Kapok Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art Nawurapu Wununmurra is a senior artist at Buku-Larrngay Mulka and has been...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Australian Aboriginal Abstract Sculpture, circa 1950s
Located in Melbourne, AU
Very unique early Australian abstract sculpture made from composite, stylised organic form depicting aboriginal hunter, circa 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Australian Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Composition
'Baypinga Ga Garkman' Australian Aboriginal Fish Sculpture
Unavailable
H 27.56 in W 49.61 in D 7.88 in
'Baypinga Ga Garkman' Australian Aboriginal Fish Sculpture
By Yumutijin Wununmurra
Located in London, GB
Yumutijin Wununmurra - Carving Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art Gangan is where the Dhalwanu have established their homeland centre, inland from the mid-coast of Blue Mud Bay...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
'Nyapililngu', Australian Aboriginal Wood Carving
By Galuma Maymuru 1
Located in London, GB
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art. This carving represents Nyapilingu as described in the story below.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
'Nyapililngu', Australian Aboriginal Wood Carving
By Galuma Maymuru 1
Located in London, GB
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art. This carving represents Nyapilingu as described in the story below.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ironwood Woman Ancestor statue Australian Aboriginal
By Tess Tipungwuti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Tiwi Woman Figure From Tiwi Island off the Northern coast of Australia. The statue was carved from the dense iron wood and decorated with clan specific patterns and coconut fibers. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Tribal Sculptures
Australian Aboriginal Painting on Hollow Log Lanug Yunupinu
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gumatj Larrakitj Hollow Log by Lanug Yunupinu (Australian Aboriginal, c.1965-) Region: Biranybirany Community: Yirritja Clan: Gumatj, Rrakpala
Category
20th Century Australian Sculptures
Massive Pair of Aboriginal Totem Poles
Located in North Miami, FL
Great & Sculptural, they can be used in interiors or exteriors, like garden totems or interior columns or wall sculptures. They are Fabulous! Sold as a pair only.
Category
20th Century American Wall-mounted Sculptures
Australian Aboriginal Shield with an Integral Handle
Located in Leuven , BE
This Aboriginal Shield displays an integral handle with hand-carved emu and kangaroo.
Category
20th Century Australian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Antique Hand Carved Aboriginal Wooden Boomerangs
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Pair of antique Aboriginal boomerangs. Made from Mulga wood and carved using a stone. Good patination, signs of use and wear throughout. They date from the late 19th century.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Australian Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Australian Aboriginal Primordial Ancestor Couple Statues from Tiwi Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of large carved statues that depict an ancestor couple from Tiwi Island, off the northern coast of Northern Territory. They were carved out of ironwood, a very dense wood nati...
Category
Early 2000s Australian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Natural Fiber, Wood
Group Aboriginal Mimih Spirit Sculpture from Northern Australia
Located in Atlanta, GA
Aboriginal Art: Three Mimih Spirits. Artist: Jimmy Djarrbbarali. Year of birth: 1952. Nationality: Australian. Region: West Central Arnhem Land. Language Group: Kuninjku. Mediu...
Category
Early 2000s Australian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Japiru Bird Pole Australian Aboriginal sculpture
By Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri
Located in Atlanta, GA
Made by artist Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri from Aboriginal art community on Tiwi islands, off the northern coast of Australia, this bird pole represents Japiru. It was carved from a...
Category
20th Century Australian Folk Art Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Australian Aboriginal painting on Hollow Log Yalpi Yunupinu
By Yalpi Yunupinu
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gumatj Larrakitj Hollow Log by Yalpi Yunupinu (Australian Aboriginal) Community: Biranybirany Clan: Gumatjl, Rrakpala group
Category
20th Century Australian Sculptures
Australian Aboriginal Painted TOTEM Pole from Elcho Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
Title: A TOTEM pole painted with clan design Artist: Christine Wankuwuy Burarrwanga DOB: 31/05/1977 Clan: Gumatj Medium: Acrylic on wood Provenance: COA from Elco Island Art Cen...
Category
Early 2000s Australian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Set of Australian Aboriginal Items with Spear Thrower, Shield and Boomerang
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H 76 in W 6 in D 1 in
Set of Australian Aboriginal Items with Spear Thrower, Shield and Boomerang
Located in Leuven , BE
Set of Australian Aboriginal items with spear thrower, shield and boomerang.
Category
20th Century Australian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Luke Djalagarrarra "Bird with Butterfly Design" Aboriginal Wood Sculpture by Luke Djalagarrarra
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H 33.08 in W 2.76 in D 1.97 in
"Bird with Butterfly Design" Aboriginal Wood Sculpture by Luke Djalagarrarra
Located in London, GB
Luke grew up watching his father work who was a sculpture and painter on Goulburn Island. He also was taught by his his uncles on Elcho Island, also great carvers and painters.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
21st Century Australian Aboriginal Painted Branches
By Paul Nabulumo Namarinjmak
Located in London, GB
An exquisite pair of finely painted 'mimih spirits' from Australia, which include metal stands. Aboriginal people in the rocky environments of western and south-western Arnhem L...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
21st Century Australian Aboriginal Painted Branches
By Seymour Wulida, Belinda Kuriniya
Located in London, GB
An exquisite trio of finely painted 'mimih spirits' from Australia, which include metal stands. Smaller piece is 177cm. Aboriginal people in the rocky environments of western a...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Wood
Tall Aboriginal Tribal Parrying Shield, New Zealand
Located in Houston, TX
Receive our new selections direct from 1stdibs by email each week. Please click Follow Dealer below and see them first! The dramatic tribal design of this hand-carved and painted ...
Category
2010s New Zealand Tribal Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
Aboriginal crocodile drum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aboriginal drum, wooden carved sculpture of a crocodile eating a native.
Category
Vintage 1950s Australian Patio and Garden Furniture
Materials
Wood
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Aboriginal Sculpture For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic piece of aboriginal sculpture available at 1stDibs. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, natural fiber and acrylic. Your living room may not be complete without an item from our selection of aboriginal sculpture — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right choice in our collection of aboriginal sculpture, those designed in Folk Art styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one object in our assortment of aboriginal sculpture that is appealing in its simplicity, but Allison Guwanjguwanj, Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri and Tess Tipungwuti produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Aboriginal Sculpture?
The average selling price for a piece of aboriginal sculpture at 1stDibs is $3,233, while they’re typically $501 on the low end and $4,800 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Sculptures for You
Styling your home with vintage, new and antique sculptures means adding a touch that can meaningfully transform the space. By introducing a sculptural work as a decorative finish to any interior, you’re making a statement, whether you tend toward the dramatic or prefer to keep things casual with modest, understated art.
A single, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining room wall is a guaranteed conversation piece, while a trio of abstract works arranged on your living room bookshelves can add spontaneity to the collection of first-edition novels or artist monographs you’re displaying as well as draw attention to them. Figurative sculptures are representational works that portray a specific person, animal or object. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t exactly topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back. According to designer Timothy Corrigan, “They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give.” Abstract sculptures, on the other hand, are not meant to show something specific. Instead, they invoke a mood or scene without directly stating what they are portraying.
Busts made of stone or metal may not seem like a good fit for your existing decor. Fortunately, there are many ways for a seemingly incongruous piece to fit in with the rest of your room’s theme. You can embrace a dramatic piece by making it the focal point of the room, or you can choose to incorporate several elements made out of the same material to create harmony in your space. If an antique or more dramatic piece doesn’t feel like you, why not opt for works comprising plastic, fiberglass or other more modern materials?
When incorporating sculpture into the design of your home — be it the playful work of auction hero and multimedia visionary KAWS, contemporary fiber art from Connecticut dealer browngrotta arts or still-life sculpture on a budget — consider proper lighting, which can bring out the distinctive aspects of your piece that deserve attention. And make sure you know how the size and form of the sculpture will affect your space in whole. If you choose a sculpture with dramatic design elements, such as sharp angles or bright colors, for example, try to better integrate this new addition by echoing those elements in the rest of your room’s design.
Get started on decorating with sculpture now — find figurative sculptures, animal sculptures and more on 1stDibs today.
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