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African Sword

Ceremonial African Sword
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceremonial African sword hand hammered.
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Vintage 1940s Central African Arts and Crafts Natural Specimens

Materials

Bronze

Ceremonial African Sword
Ceremonial African Sword
$1,000
H 30 in W 5.5 in D 4 in
North African Sword (Nimcha), Morocco, Early 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
North African Sword (Nimcha), Morocco, Early 19th Century This North African sword, known as a
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Antique Late 19th Century Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Wrought Iron

North African Sword (Nimcha), Morocco, Early 19th Century
North African Sword (Nimcha), Morocco, Early 19th Century
$1,122 Sale Price
20% Off
H 85 in W 7 in D 3 in
Poto African Iron Sword, Congo Africa on Stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Poto African sword, Congo Africa on stand. A forged iron sword with fine incised design, inlaid
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Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wrought Iron

African Topoke Sword Currency on Custom Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
An African iron currency blade or sword currency from the Nkutshu, Topoke & Songo Meno peoples
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Antique 19th Century Congolese Tribal Mounted Objects

Materials

Iron

African Topoke Sword Currency on Custom Stand
African Topoke Sword Currency on Custom Stand
$1,680
H 63.75 in W 12 in D 6 in
Pair of African Iron Sword Currencies on Custom Stands
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a pair of African iron currency blade or sword currency from the Nkutshu, Topoke & Songo
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Antique 19th Century Congolese Mounted Objects

Materials

Metal, Iron

Three African Topoke Sword Currency On Custom Stands
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Three African iron currency blades or swords currency from the Topoke peoples from the Democratic
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Antique 19th Century African Tribal Arms, Armor and Weapons

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Iron

Three African Topoke Sword Currency On Custom Stands
Three African Topoke Sword Currency On Custom Stands
$2,758 / set
H 69.3 in W 15.36 in D 5.91 in
Seated Female Figure on Stool Holding a Sword Ewe Ghana, West Africa ex Willis
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Seated female figure on classic Akan stool holding a sword. From the Ewe people of Ghana, West
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Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Topoke Iron Currency Blade, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
While shield and spear were central to African combat, this iron sword blade was most likely made
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Early 20th Century Congolese Minimalist Mounted Objects

Materials

Iron

African Tribal Weapon in Animal Skin Holder
Located in Miami, FL
African ceremonial sword from the democratic Republic of Congo, circa 1920s. Iron and wood, in a
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20th Century Congolese Tribal Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Metal

African Tribal Weapon in Animal Skin Holder
African Tribal Weapon in Animal Skin Holder
$1,425 Sale Price
25% Off
H 27.75 in W 16.5 in D 1.25 in
An Unusually Large 19th Century Topoke Tribe Currency Sword
Located in Hudson, NY
This currency sword, like most African trade currency items, was used as a way to transfer wealth
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Antique 19th Century Congolese Tribal Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

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AFRICAN SWORD SCULPTURE
Located in California, LA
METAL IRON SCULPTURE . SWORD OR SPEAR .ON SOLID METAL BASE
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Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Ancient Fang Sword Ntsakh Ou Fa Fang People Gabon African Art Congo 19th Century
Located in Leuven, BE
Very old and exceptional Fang short sword People: Fang Gabon - Cameroon - Equitorial Guinea Period
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Antique Late 19th Century Gabonese Tribal Art

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Iron

Exceptional Short Sword From The Tetela Tribe Dr Congo Africa Ca 1880-1900 Kasai
Located in Leuven, BE
Superb and very Rare Short Sword From The Tetela Kasai Tribe Dr Congo Ca1880-1900 Tribe : Tetela
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Antique 1880s Congolese Tribal Art

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Iron

African Sword on a Contemporary Stand, 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
African currency Sword used in the Congo for important transactions such as dowry or land purchases
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Antique 19th Century Congolese Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Iron

Topoke Sword Currency
Located in London, GB
. These African sword currencies date range from the 1700-1900's.
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Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Art

Materials

Iron

Topoke Sword Currency
Topoke Sword Currency
H 78.35 in W 15.36 in D 9.26 in
African Currency Sword on Contemporary Stand, 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
African Currency Sword mounted on a contemporary iron Stand. These were used in the Congo for
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Antique 19th Century Congolese Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Iron

African Currency Sword on a Contemporary Stand, 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
African currency sword that was used in the Congo for important transactions such as dowry or land
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Antique 19th Century Congolese Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Iron

African Currency Sword on a Contemporary Stand, 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
African currency Sword used in the Congo for important transactions such as dowry or land purchases
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Antique 19th Century Congolese Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Iron

Beautifully Patinated African Tribal Sword Currencies of Iron on Custom Stands
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a pair of African iron currency blade or sword currency from the Nkutshu, Topoke & Songo
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Antique 19th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Metal, Iron

Pair of African Topoke Currency Blades, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
While shield and spear were central to African combat, these iron sword blades were most likely
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Early 20th Century Congolese Minimalist Mounted Objects

Materials

Iron

Congolese Sword Sculpture, Africa, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
1920s African Congolese sword sculpture. Wooden handle. Base measures 12" x 2".  
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Vintage 1920s Congolese Mounted Objects

Materials

Iron

Congolese Sword Sculpture, Africa, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
1920s African Congolese sword sculpture on metal stand. Base measures 10" x 2".  
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Vintage 1920s Congolese Mounted Objects

Materials

Iron

Congolese Sword Sculpture, Africa, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
1920s African Congolese sword sculpture on metal stand. Wooden handle. Base measures 8" x 2".  
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Vintage 1920s Congolese Mounted Objects

Materials

Iron

Igbo Tribal Seated Ikenga Figure with Sword and Head Africa, Nigeria
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Igbo tribal seated Ikenga figure with sword and head Africa, Nigeria Classic Ikenga Shrine figure
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century African Ngulu Ceremonial Status Sword, D.R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century African Ngulu Ceremonial status sword, D.R. Congo Ngombe Culture, D.R. Congo
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Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Iron

Trio of African "Money Swords"
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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African Furniture

Trio of African "Money Swords"
H 74 in W 15 in D 6 in
Fine Pair of Old Paris Porcelain Vases
Located in St. Louis, MO
party in the foreground with guns and swords, an African party in the background silhouetted against the
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Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Fine Pair of Old Paris Porcelain Vases
Fine Pair of Old Paris Porcelain Vases
H 14 in W 4.25 in D 4.25 in

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Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier African Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone

Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
$17,388 Sale Price
50% Off
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Antique Japanese Koto Wakizashi Sword
Located in Dallas, TX
Japanese Koto Wakizashi Sword Japan Ca. 1400-1600s Length: 24.25” Blade Total Length: 27.25 Nagasa: 18.5” Koto wakizashi, with wild midare (Soshu?) hamon, including wild boshi. Ha...
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Antique 16th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities

Materials

Steel

Antique Japanese Koto Wakizashi Sword
Antique Japanese Koto Wakizashi Sword
$3,300
H 3 in W 2 in D 27.25 in
18th century allegorical painting of The Triumph of Beauty
Located in London, GB
Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1800, no. 93 What was happening in British history painting in around 1800? In recent discussions of the emergence of a British School of history ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Turkana Tribal Wood Headrest, Stylized Human Form, African Beaded Attachments
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Turkana or Pokot people's tribal carved wood headrest, stylized human form, early 20th century, Kenya, African. Headrest from Kenya with attached leather, beads, buttons and a metal...
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Early 20th Century Kenyan Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Tribal Style Songye Kifwebe Mask, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This graphic Songye Kifwebe mask has fine carved lines curved over the eyes and diagonal lines radiating from the nose and mouth in classic Kifwebe form. Mid-20th century mask from t...
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Late 20th Century Congolese Tribal Masks

Materials

Wood

19th Century Steel and Sterling Silver Malaysian Dagger
Located in Miami, FL
19th century sterling silver Malaysian Dagger. Original carved mahogany wood handle. Sterting silver carved crown. Damascene steel. The kris is an asymmetrical dagger with distincti...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Malaysian Malayer Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Mahogany

Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Located in London, GB
A pair of monumental limestone sphinxes of Pharaoh Nectanebo I, from the processional avenue of the Serapeum of Memphis, 30th Dynasty, circa 379 - 360 BC. The sphinxes of the Serape...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
$875,000
H 26.78 in W 14.97 in D 41.34 in
Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret bears signature (lower left) oil on canvas 17 15/16 x 14 3/4 in (45.5 x 37.4 cm) Painted between 1862-1863 Footn...
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1860s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tiffany Studios Glass Decorating New York Monumental Interior Entry
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Tiffany Studios monumental interior entrance as you can see by the pictures The side lights, how beautiful Tiffany furnace drapery glass with shallow mottel background The archw...
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Antique 1890s Windows

Materials

Glass

Japanese sword, Tachi. 19th c
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Japanese sword, army-mounted from the 19th c. The blade with signature.Fuchi Kashira of gilt copper and the handle with skin of ray under the twisted brown threads.
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Iron

Japanese sword, Tachi. 19th c
Japanese sword, Tachi. 19th c
$1,858
H 3.15 in W 39.38 in D 3.15 in
Continental Austrian Bronze Lion Head Sword with Scabbard
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Austrian-style (19th Century) bronze sword with lion head and pearl handle with double eagle head coat of arms. Condition: Good; Minor losses
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Antique 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Bronze

Jean-Gabriel Domergue's French Academician Sword
By Odette Domergue
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important and unique sword was presented to the famed French painter Jean-Gabriel Domergue to commemorate the painter's election to the illustrious Académie des Beaux-Arts in 19...
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20th Century Neoclassical Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Steel

Jean-Gabriel Domergue's French Academician Sword
Jean-Gabriel Domergue's French Academician Sword
$74,500
H 1.88 in W 4.25 in D 36 in
Very Important “Nwantantay” African Dance Mask
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very important “Nwantamtay” dance African mask, consisting of three sections: The upper in plain rectangular shape surmounted by a crescent shape moon, the middle with beautiful geom...
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Early 20th Century Burkinabe Primitive Masks

Materials

Wood

Very Important “Nwantantay” African Dance Mask
Very Important “Nwantantay” African Dance Mask
$56,250
H 97.5 in W 15.5 in D 12 in
Steinway & Sons Concert Grand Piano
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This extraordinary concert grand piano with 88 keys was made by the prestigious firm Steinway & Sons around 1894. The case's decoration was entrusted to the company Cuel & Cie and mo...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Musical Instruments

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Steinway & Sons Concert Grand Piano
Steinway & Sons Concert Grand Piano
$1,462,998
H 42.92 in W 108.27 in D 61.03 in
Napoléon before the Battle of Moscow
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emperor Napoléon I was and remains one of the most legendary military and political figures in history, having held, for a brief period, the fate of the Western world in his hands. C...
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Early 19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Midshipman Proctor’s Sword for Valour at the Battle of Copenhagen
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This curved sword has a blued steel German blade with an ivory cross-hatched grip bearing silver and gilt mounts in the form of a lion’s head and mane. The grip is mounted with an ov...
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Antique Early 1800s English Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Silver, Steel

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African Sword For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the African sword you’re looking for. Frequently made of metal, iron and wood, every African sword was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect African sword — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An African sword, designed in the style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.

How Much is an African Sword?

The average selling price for an African sword at 1stDibs is $975, while they’re typically $98 on the low end and $3,075 for the highest priced.