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Large Carved Wood 'Man & Woman' Figural African Folk Sculpture
Located in Glendale, CA
of colonization, African carvers began to produce work for European customers which emphasized more
Category
20th Century African Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
African Landscapes, 20th Century British Artwork
Located in London, GB
were created during these travels. By 1914 European Imperial powers had fully colonized the African
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Scarce Antique Tuareg Mauritania North Africa Mixed Metal Mounted Wood Chest
Located in Forney, TX
Mauritania, in the early 20th century Mauritania was fully colonized by France as part of French West Africa
Category
Early 20th Century Mauritanian Tribal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper, Iron
H 11 in W 24 in D 14 in
"Cow Head - Bidjogo Tribe Portuguese Guinea, " Painted Wood from Africa
Located in Milwaukee, WI
. In the late 19th century the archipelago was colonized as part part of Portuguese Guinea.
Category
20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Wood, Paint
H 19 in W 17 in D 18 in
Antique Map of the Dutch Gold Coast in Africa by Van den Bosch '1818'
Located in Langweer, NL
contemporary Ghana that was gradually colonized by the Dutch, beginning in 1598. The colony became the most
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
H 18.12 in W 22.84 in D 0.02 in
Kuba Currency Spear, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Africa was most likely made to serve as a piece of trade currency. Many pre-colonization African
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Iron
18/19 C. Italian Grand Tour Fine Antique Mixed Marble and Scagliola Obelisk
Located in New York, NY
distinct stylistic revival in the late 1700's and early 1800's due to European expansion and colonization
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Obelisks
Materials
Marble
H 24 in W 8.5 in D 8.5 in
Antique Decorative Coloured Map Marocco, Algeria and Tunis, 1882
Located in Langweer, NL
. **Historical Context**: During the 1880s, European powers were heavily involved in the colonization of Africa
Category
Antique 1880s Maps
Materials
Paper
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H 14.97 in W 22.45 in D 0 in
Original Colonial Poster-Dormoy-Algeria 1830 1930-Farmland, 1930
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
centenary of the colonization of Algeria between 1830 and 1930. We see a Settler and a local in front of
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Posters
Materials
Paper
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H 40.95 in W 28.35 in D 0.4 in
Beflowered III
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Africans would have evolved and grown if they had not been colonized,” he said. Recently, he began to dive
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Beflowered I
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Africans would have evolved and grown if they had not been colonized,” he said. Recently, he began to dive
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Beflowered II
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Africans would have evolved and grown if they had not been colonized,” he said. Recently, he began to dive
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Copper Engraved Grenada Map by John Thompson Published in 1810
Located in Langweer, NL
history weaves a tapestry of indigenous roots, European colonization, and struggles for independence
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
Ancient Cartography of the Indian Subcontinent, Published in 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
regions under control of various dynasties and states before European colonization.
3. **Inset Maps
Category
Antique 1880s Maps
Materials
Paper
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H 15.56 in W 18.51 in D 0 in
Ninho Floor Lamp by Mameluca
Located in Geneve, CH
Ninho floor lamp by Mameluca
Material: maçaranduba, african mahogany, faya
Dimensions: D 220x W
Category
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Original vintage opsaaal Mozambique poster 1969
Located in Brønshøj, DK
, organized by the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, serves as a
Category
Vintage 1960s Posters
Materials
Paper
Justice Before Peace
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
equal rights and justice.
It’s a must-have.
Slavery then, advanced colonization now
Injustice and
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21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Linen, Canvas, Ink, Linocut
"King with Two Tribesmen Nigeria- Benin Tribe, " a Bronze Relief Sculpture
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"
The Benin Kingdom in Africa existed until 1897 when it was annexed by the British Empire. This piece
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 14 in W 12.5 in D 3 in
Original Steel Engraved Map of French Colonies in America, 1854
Located in Langweer, NL
its lucrative sugar plantations worked by enslaved Africans. It became the site of the only successful
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
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H 13.12 in W 18.71 in D 0.02 in
Taíno Bracelet, Handmade Wild Tamarind Seedwork
Located in Oxford, MD
keep their lands safe from colonization. The blood they shed does not go unnoticed.
Botaniqué
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Antiguan Artisan Beaded Bracelets
Carved and Painted Wood Paddle Surinam Maroon Ndyuka
Located in Wiscasset, ME
and painted, show strong influences of their African heritage.
The Ndyuka Maroons culture
Category
Vintage 1950s Surinamer Folk Art Tribal Art
St. Christophe 'St. Kitts' Island: An 18th Century Hand-colored Map by Bellin
By Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Located in Alamo, CA
. Eustatius is to the north-west. It was originally colonized by France and England, and to a lesser extent
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Maps
Materials
Paper
H 10 in W 14.25 in D 0.07 in
St. Christophe (St. Kitts): Bellin 18th Century Hand Colored Map
Located in Alamo, CA
. Eustatius is to the north-west. It was originally colonized by France and England, and to a lesser extent
Category
1740s Other Art Style Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
I.D. Bracelet
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
element in the continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Purple Heart
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year conflict which has
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
The Disremembered II
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year conflict which has
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
The Harvest
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
element in the continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Glass, Ink, Handmade Paper
The Gift II
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
element in the continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Glass, Ink, Handmade Paper
Tunisia
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
element in the continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Clay, Glass, Thread, Mixed Media
La Calavera
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
element in the continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Glass, Ink, Handmade Paper
The Giving Hand
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
element in the continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Glass, Ink, Handmade Paper
The Gift
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
element in the continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Glass, Ink, Handmade Paper
Corazón Plateado/ Silver Heart
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
element in the continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Puño Azul/ Blue Fist
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
element in the continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glass
Inside the Arcadia Old-age home, Observatory
By Pieter Hugo
Located in New York, NY
Created over the past eight years, "Kin" confronts issues of colonization, racial diversity and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Theresa Makwenya, Carltonville
By Pieter Hugo
Located in New York, NY
Created over the past eight years, "Kin" confronts issues of colonization, racial diversity and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Primrose Mines, Main Reef Road, Germiston
By Pieter Hugo
Located in New York, NY
confronts complex issues of colonization, racial diversity and economic disparity in his homeland of South
Category
2010s Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Free South Africa - signed lithograph, Pop art, 20th century, by Keith Haring
By Keith Haring
Located in Stockholm, SE
Keith Haring
Untitled 2 (Free South Africa), 1985
80 x 100.5 cm
Signed in pencil and numbered 38
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Mounted Touareg on a Dromedary Sculpture in Matte Porcelain
By Jean-Paul Gourdon
Located in London, GB
migrating from the northern Sahara following colonization of coastal North Africa by the Phoenicians, Greeks
Category
2010s French Modern Sculptures
Materials
Faience
Set of Four Franz Hagenauer Musicians
By Franz Hagenauer
Located in New York, NY
and 1930s, and in particular in Paris. French colonization in West and North Africa had contributed to
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cochin Rex elephante vextus [...].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
) colonization. The work consists of 3 parts; the first focused on Goa, the Portugese hub in India and related
Category
1630s Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
![Cochin Rex elephante vextus [...].](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/a_5923/1518095382092/ab8109_master.jpg?width=240 "Jan Huygen van Linschoten - Cochin Rex elephante vextus [...].")
Virginis Lusitane in India […].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Asia. This opened the way for Dutch (Indonesia) and English (India) colonization. The work consists of
Category
1630s Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
![Virginis Lusitane in India […].](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/a_5923/1518094186350/ab8097_master.jpg?width=240 "Jan Huygen van Linschoten - Virginis Lusitane in India […].")
Indorum casae, villae, et vici circa Goam [...].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
English (India) colonization. The work consists of 3 parts; the first focused on Goa, the Portugese hub in
Category
1630s Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
![Indorum casae, villae, et vici circa Goam [...].](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/a_5923/1518093364360/ab8092_master.jpg?width=240 "Jan Huygen van Linschoten - Indorum casae, villae, et vici circa Goam [...].")
H 11.93 in W 13.98 in
Naves celoces seu biremes […].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
(Indonesia) and English (India) colonization. The work consists of 3 parts; the first focused on Goa, the
Category
1630s Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
![Naves celoces seu biremes […].](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/a_5923/1518093923930/ab8096_master.jpg?width=240 "linschoten")
Left: Naute Arabes [...] - Arabischer scheepluyden [...].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Asia. This opened the way for Dutch (Indonesia) and English (India) colonization. The work consists of
Category
1630s Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
![Left: Naute Arabes [...] - Arabischer scheepluyden [...].](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/a_5923/1518095118073/ab8107_master.jpg?width=240 "arabischer hut")
Horrendae Idolorum effigies [...].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
) colonization. The work consists of 3 parts; the first focused on Goa, the Portugese hub in India and related
Category
1630s Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
![Horrendae Idolorum effigies [...].](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/a_5923/1518095637965/ab8112_master.jpg?width=240 "Jan Huygen van Linschoten - Horrendae Idolorum effigies [...].")
Scaphe piscatorie Goensium et Cochinensium [...].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
) colonization. The work consists of 3 parts; the first focused on Goa, the Portugese hub in India and related
Category
1630s Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
![Scaphe piscatorie Goensium et Cochinensium [...].](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/a_5923/1518094660171/ab8106_master.jpg?width=240 "Jan Huygen van Linschoten - Scaphe piscatorie Goensium et Cochinensium [...].")
H 11.93 in W 13.98 in
Brazilian Woman, contemporary, photography, selfportraiture, green, purple, red
Located in Santa Monica, CA
fabric of most Brazilians today. “Brazilian Woman” embody an African diaspora and assimilation with
Category
2010s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
El Palacio Cristal #3 madrid, diazo print
By Penelope Stewart
Located in Toronto, Ontario
. The accelerated expansion of European colonization in the late eighteenth century included the
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
El Palacio Cristal Madrid #2, diazo print
By Penelope Stewart
Located in Toronto, Ontario
. The accelerated expansion of European colonization in the late eighteenth century included the
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
El Palacio Cristal Madrid #1
By Penelope Stewart
Located in Toronto, Ontario
. The accelerated expansion of European colonization in the late eighteenth century included the
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Africa Cameroon 1950 Tikar People Tribal Bronze Wedding Necklace And Currency
By Tikar people
Located in Miami, FL
of art, created during the first half of the 20th century (circa 1950) in Cameroon, the west Africa
Category
Vintage 1950s Cameroonian Tribal Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze
Kirdi Bird Crest Currency
Located in Chicago, IL
For hundreds of years before colonization, African tribes elevated everyday objects to create multi
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Nigerian Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Dahomey Framed Applique
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
A bright and vibrant West African Dahomey Applique on a primary blue background with orange trim. A
Category
Vintage 1960s Beninese Folk Art Tapestries
Vintage Illuminating Globe of the World by Cram's circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
the near total colonization of Africa. Trade and shipping routes are indicated by red lines travesing
Category
20th Century American Globes
Materials
Steel
Portuguese Toothpick Holder in Silver with Native American Figure
Located in Paris, FR
the influence of African and American imports. The publication of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe in
Category
Antique 19th Century Portuguese Tableware
Materials
Silver
Xica da Silva
By Mark Steven Greenfield
Located in Santa Monica, CA
descendants of Southern Europeans, Amerindians and West Africans. Her fortunes changed when her master was
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Figurine de Dignataire, A Male Luba-Hemba Figure, Congo
Located in Cotignac, FR
.
There are examples of this type of statue in all the major Tribal, Ethnic and African collections
Category
20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Very Old Engraving of Casablanca (Anfa), Azemmour (Azamor) and Diu, 1574
Located in Langweer, NL
officially incorporated into the empire by Caligula. Following the Vandal conquest of northern Africa in the
Category
Antique 16th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
Caged Rage
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
element in the continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glass, Wood
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