African Loincloth
Colonial West African Baule Baoule Figure Sculpture Woman wearing loincloth
Located in Norwich, GB
An elegant African sculpture from the West African Baoulé or Baule people, depicting a young woman
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 17.33 in W 2.76 in D 3.55 in
Covered Vase with Atlantes, attr. to A. Giroux, France, circa 1880
By Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in PARIS, FR
landscapes, and cherry tree branches.
The whole, topped with a flamed seed, is supported by three African
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
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Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
after Henri MATISSE (1869-1954)
Lithograph after a drawing of 1941
Printed signature and date
Book plate from Aragon. Henri Matisse: Dessins, Thèmes et Variations : précédés d...
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 9.45 in W 12.6 in D 0.04 in
19th Century Animal Bronze L'accolade
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze sculpture with brown patina L'accolade featuring two hugging horses and a dog on a naturalist base highlighted with flowers. The dog is barking at the horses. The group rests ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Animal Sculptures
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins
One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Baroque Western European Rugs
Materials
Silk, Wool
W 80.71 in L 124.02 in
Mid Century Hertel Jacob German Porcelain Ginger Jar, Signed Fuchs-Nadler
Located in Soquel, CA
A lovely mid-century Bavarian porcelain ginger jar with gold trim and gilt details by Hertel-Jacob Porzellan (German, 1906-1979). This large ginger jar is ornately decorated with a h...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Biedermeier Jars
Materials
Gold Plate
Yoruba Ibeji triplets master sculptor.Abegunde of Ede tribal African Art Nigeria
Located in Norwich, GB
An extraordinary group of Ibeji "triplets" sculpted by the same master sculptor.
Ibeji is name of a very specific type of carved wooden figure from Yoruba in Nigeria.
Ibejis repre...
Category
1930s Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 10.63 in W 3.15 in D 2.76 in
Senufo Female Fertility Statue in Carved Wood, Late 19th Century
By Senufo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A female fertility statue of West African Senufo (Mali, or Ivory Coast) origin in solid wood. Hand-carved from a single piece of Mango wood, this expressive figurine features notch c...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Malian Primitive Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ebony
Bed King Tester 4 Poster Oak RenaissanceStyle Carved Adam Eve Armorials Tapestry
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
Category
Vintage 1950s English Renaissance Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Oak
H 88.98 in W 70.87 in D 94.89 in
African Helmet Mask 'Gelede' from Yoruba Nigeria
Located in San Francisco, CA
Blacked wood helmet mask (Gelede), large human head surmounted by a dog eating a snake which curves around the head. No perforation for attachment to costume from Yoruba, Nigeria. Pu...
Category
20th Century Nigerian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Fertility" African Wood Sculpture by the Lobi People
Located in Pasadena, CA
Carved wood figure by West African Lobi People.
"The Lobi People live in a vast geographical area that stretches from Burkina Fasso, to the Ivory Coast and into Ghana. Lobi bateba f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
MUMUYE FIGURE
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Within Nigeria's Benue River Valley region, such representations have been associated with a range of functions, including reinforcement of the status of male elders and used by heal...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
African art tribal maternity figure, Lobi peoples Ghana - Ivory Coast
Located in Norwich, GB
A delightful African maternity figure from the Lobi peoples of the Ivory Coast/Ghana. With a serene yet feisty expression, the mother is carrying the baby on her hip. According to Da...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 7.88 in W 2.76 in D 2.37 in
Bulls Fighting /// Antique Victorian Animal Landscape Etching Landscape Horse
By James Ward
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Title: "Bulls Fighting"
Portfolio: The Portfolio
*Signed by Wise in pencil lower right. It is also signed in the plate (printed signat...
Category
1850s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Laid Paper, Etching
African Tribal Yoruba, Nigeria Rider Figure Offering Bowl Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Yoruba offering bowl in the from of a male figure with a beard riding on horse back surrounded by four small attendants, finely carved with nice patina from native use. Probabl...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Mid Century African Women Wood Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional African wood carving ,mounted on custom-made steel base of women graciously looking forward, beautiful facial expression, and very nice and intricate hairdo.
Great objec...
Category
Vintage 1960s Tribal Art
Materials
Steel
Baule Female Figure African Sculpture
By Baule Tribe
Located in Sharon, CT
A fine old Baule carving, with a rich golden brown surface patina.
Category
Antique Early 1900s Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Horse Study; Legs and Rumps, 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Study
"Legs and Rumps, 1838"
Wouterus Verschuur l (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Pencil on paper
Signed and Dated "W Verschuur 1838"
10 x 6 1/2 (17 1/2 x 14 frame) inches
In his ...
Category
1830s Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
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Karl Hagenauer Carved Wood and Brass African Tribesman, circa 1950
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Karl Hagenauer
Located in New York, NY
A Hagenauer Werkstatte carved wood and brass sculpture of an African tribesman holding a shield
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
'Rega' fetish
Located in Brussels, BE
African carved wood and monkey scull fetish.
The figure is clad in a loincloth with bag, necklace
Category
Antique 19th Century Congolese Sculptures
Africanist Ceramic Statuette from the 1950s, Gmundner, Austria
Located in Tours, FR
enthusiasm of Europe for Africa during this period. Beautiful fineness of the features. Tam-tam with
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Other Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Gilt Bronze Candlesticks France 1800 Attributed to Jean Simon Deverberie
By Jean-Simon Deverberie
Located in EL Waalre, NL
young African girl with glass eyes wearing a beaded necklace and a tassel-hung loincloth, her
Category
Antique 18th Century French Empire Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
H 12.6 in W 5.12 in D 5.12 in
Rare Pendulum Clock "Africa" Engraved Gilded Bronze, Early 19th Century, Paris
Located in Sofia, BG
Pendulum "Africa" early 19th century, Directoire-Consulat period
"Africa" exceptional pendulum
Category
Antique 1860s French Directoire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
H 18.12 in W 14.57 in L 18.12 in
BrJacques Darbaud, “Young lady with a gourd”, bronze sculpture
By Jacques Darbaud
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
calebasse”) representing a black woman holding a gourd, only wearing a loincloth and jewels at the ankles
Category
1990s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Paint by Numbers, 'African Drummer'
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Unsigned and painted circa 1955.
A colorful, stylized illustration of a West African man playing
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
20th Century Ntwane Tribal Fertility Doll, South Africa
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Ntwane initiation doll, circa 1970s, from South Africa.
The Ntwane people are of
Category
Vintage 1970s South African Tribal Tribal Art
Lifesize Sculpture of an African Archer / Hunter
By Herbert Ward
Located in Antwerp, BE
Attributed to Herbert Ward (1863-1929).
Dressed only in a loincloth, outstretched and in full
Category
Vintage 1920s French British Colonial Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Large Modernist Stylized African Warrior Sculpture by Hagenauer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
is carved warm walnut with a bronze base, loincloth, shield and spear. There is great detailing in
Category
20th Century Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Modernist Stylized African Warrior Sculpture by Hagenauer
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Los Angeles, CA
is carved warm walnut with a bronze base, loincloth, shield and spear. There is great detailing in
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Zulus of Africa, Toy Soldiers by Britains Ltd., Set #147
By Britains, Ltd.
Located in Quechee, VT
overhead.
The warriors wear loincloths in blue, red, yellow, or green, and stand on notched
Category
Vintage 1930s European British Colonial Toys and Dolls
Materials
Lead
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