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Antique Tribal Jardiniere, African Ironwood, Decorative Bowl, Planter, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique tribal jardiniere. An African, ironwood and cast iron bound decorative bowl
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Late 19th Century North African Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Iron

African Pottery Bowl with Geometric Pattern Early 20th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Early 20th century African pottery bowl In good vintage condition for its age.   
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Early 20th Century African Primitive Antique African Bowl

Materials

Pottery

Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Stool, Side Table or Bowl
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful hand carved African teak stool, side table or bowl with lovely patina and added tin
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Early 20th Century African Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Teak

Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Stool, Side Table or Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful hand carved African stool, side table or bowl with lovely patina. The entire piece is
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Early 1900s Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Tray Side Table or Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful patina on this African small tray side table hand carved from a single block of wood
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Early 1900s Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

18th Century Spanish or North African Faience Deep Bowl
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A stunning Spanish or North African faience deep bowl. 18th century. Well cared for with various
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18th Century Antique African Bowl

Materials

Ceramic

African Black Stone Palette Dish Bowl Ashtray Relief Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Native carved blackened stone artifact, weighs 2 lbs 12 oz. Age is unknown, estate purchase.
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15th Century and Earlier Puerto Rican Pre-Columbian Antique African Bowl

Materials

Cast Stone

Yoruba Tribal Maternity Offering Bowl Figure Chicken, Nigeria Africa weathered
Located in Point Richmond, CA
offering bowl in the form of a chicken with a removable top. Great Yoruba mother's face with scarifications
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

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
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wool

An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Located in London, GB
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem Wood, metal Old inscription and dated: ‘1892
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19th Century South African Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

19th Century Green Painted Trencher Bowl
Located in Long Island City, NY
19th century green painted trencher bowl that has been hand carved and painted. This bowl is an
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19th Century African Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Archaic African Mortar Made from Ironwood
Located in Vienna, AT
made in the 19th century on the African continent, possibly in Ghana. The bowl's surface is rough and
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19th Century Ghanaian Archaistic Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Antique Berber Terracotta Bowl on a central foot
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Elegant , Antique terracotta Bowl on a central foot, Morocco from around 1920, the Red Terracotta
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Early 20th Century African Antique African Bowl

Materials

Terracotta

African Luba Mboko Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
mboko and then releasing the items from within into a sacred bowl to see which objects presented
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Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Ceramic

Large African ‘Dogon’ Stool, Mali Early 20th Century
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Original hand-carved African 'Dogon' stool, Mali early 20th century. Very nice and large stool
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Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Antique Primitive Rustic Large Mortar table or Stool African
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
other way and used as a plant holder or as a large bowl to house various items. In wonderful original
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Early 20th Century Senegalese Rustic Antique African Bowl

Materials

Hardwood

2 African Gurage Three-Legged carved solid wooden Stools, Ethiopia
Located in Den Haag, NL
wood showing a hand carved texture, with three curved legs supporting a convex bowl-form seat with a
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Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Antique Primitive Rustic Large Mortar wooden chunky table or Stool African
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
other way and used as a plant holder or as a large bowl to house various items. In wonderful original
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Early 20th Century Senegalese Rustic Antique African Bowl

Materials

Hardwood

"Tray of Oranges", Rare Art Deco Perfume Warmer w/ North African Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
For a French woman in the 1920s, this figure of a turbaned North African woman, resplendent in a
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1920s French Art Deco Antique African Bowl

Materials

Ceramic

Muller Freres French Art Deco Elephant Bowl, 1920s
By Simonet Et Dieupart
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco center bowl by MULLER FRERES (Luneville), France, 1920s. Two African hunters
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1920s French Art Deco Antique African Bowl

Materials

Glass

Opon Igede Ifa - Divination Bowl, Yoruba People, Nigeria, Early 20th Century
By Yoruba People
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Hand-carved Opon Igede Ifa or divination bowl, Yoruba People, Nigeria, early 20th Century. A
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Antique Sterling Silver Punch Bowl Walker & Hall 1893 19th C
By Walker & Hall
Located in London, GB
This is a large gorgeous antique Victorian sterling silver punch bowl bearing the makers mark of
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1890s English Victorian Antique African Bowl

Materials

Sterling Silver

Mahatma Gandhi's Vintage 1940s Metal Prison Bowl and Wooden Fork and Spoons
Located in Jersey, GB
- Historically important metal food bowl, two wooden spoons and a wooden fork owned by Mahatma
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1910s Antique African Bowl

Materials

Other

"At Balcony's Edge, " Masterful Art Deco-Cubist Bowl by Claude Levy for Primavera
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A masterpiece of Art Deco design showing the strong influence of French Cubism, this bowl depicts
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1920s French Art Deco Antique African Bowl

Materials

Ceramic

A silver Royal Navy racing cup presented by H.M.S. Curaçao
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A silver Royal Navy racing cup presented by H.M.S. Curaçao, the spherical bowl with two square
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Early 20th Century English Antique African Bowl

Materials

Silver

Big Meershaum Pipe Depicting a Man’s Head with a Hat, Vienna 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Carved meershaum pipe, with amber mouthpiece. In the large bowl of the pipe, the head of an African
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1880s Austrian Antique African Bowl

Materials

Stone

Big Meershaum Pipe Depicting a Woman’s Head with a Hat, Vienna 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Carved meershaum pipe, with amber mouthpiece and nielloed silver band. In the large bowl of the
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1880s Austrian Antique African Bowl

Materials

Stone, Silver

Woman Carrying Baby in a Papoose, Kola Nut Holder from Abeokuta, Nigeria, 1950s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Carved wooden kola nut holder, depicting a woman carrying a baby in a papoose and holding a bowl
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Small Longquan Celadon 'Twin Fish' Dish, Southern Song Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
area's Southern Song kiln sites, for example, the bowl discovered at Jincun, which is depicted in
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique African Bowl

Materials

Celadon

Historical genre oil painting of a gentleman & his dogs
By Frank Dadd
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
, dressed in clergyman’s robes, is depicted standing by a window holding a bowl of food out for his dogs
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Early 20th Century Victorian Antique African Bowl

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cornwall Iron Banks Original Oil Painting
Located in Annville, PA
from Kenya Province, S. Africa.” In 1953, Pfoutz was installed as President of the Lancaster County
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Early 20th Century North American Antique African Bowl

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Lancaster Covered Bridge Original Oil Painting
Located in Annville, PA
from Kenya Province, S. Africa.” In 1953, Pfoutz was installed as President of the Lancaster County
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Early 20th Century North American Antique African Bowl

Materials

Canvas, Paint

5 George Sakier Art Deco Vases, 1930s
By George Sakier
Located in Westport, CT
provided the African mask featured in Man Ray's iconic photographic Noire et blanche.[5] Bowl, circa
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique African Bowl

Materials

Blown Glass, Reeded Glass

Kerr Sterling Silver Baby Set Rich in Turn-of-the-Century Assumptions
By William B. Kerr & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Newark. This set comprises cup, bowl, and plate. Cup has acid-etched frieze depicting sailor-suited
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Antique African Bowl

Materials

Sterling Silver

31 Brazilian Silver Amulets
Located in New York, NY
the final efflorescence of this African nation’s metalworking skills, which had reached an apogee with
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Mid-19th Century Brazilian Folk Art Antique African Bowl

Materials

Silver

Antique Zambian Food Bowl with Lid Africa, circa 1900
Located in Houston, TX
An antique African oval Zambian food bowl hand-carved and decorated from native timber with a
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1890s Zambian Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Yoruba Maternity Offering Bowl Figure with Chicken, Africa, Nigeria
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Yoruba maternity offering bowl with a chicken as the lid, Nigeria, Africa, early 20th century. A
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Tuareg Nomadic People, Bowl Stand
Located in Brooklyn, NY
bowl for the nomadic Tuareg people of North Africa. intricately carved with traditional designs, and in
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19th Century North African Folk Art Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Early Zulu Wood Smoking Pipe on Custom Stand, South Africa Smooth Finish
Located in Santa Fe, NM
metal stand, from South Africa. Long well carved stem with flaring mouth end, metal insert to protect
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Early 20th Century South African Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Indian Colonial Presentation Bowl
Located in Singapore, SG
A late 19th century Indian silver punch bowl made for the British Raj - which makes the ultimate
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Mid-19th Century Indian British Colonial Antique African Bowl

Materials

Silver

Refined Dinka Wood Spoon, South Sudan, Africa, Early 20th Century
Located in Santa Fe, NM
, South Sudan, Africa, created in the early 20th century, Simple abstract stem-like handle with small
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Early 20th Century South Sudanese Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Stylized Human Dan Ritual Wood Serving Spoon, Ivory Coast, Africa
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Large, stylized human wood serving spoon from the Dan People, Ivory Coast, Africa. Standing human
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Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Store closing. Last chance clearance sale Published Treasure Vessel African Art
Located in Santa Fe, NM
, early 20th century. Rising from the shoulder of the bowl are two males with beards and one female
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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Hand-Crafted Bowl with Pointed Legs, DR Congo
Located in New York, NY
Identifying the ethnic origin of traditional household artifacts from Africa can be difficult. The
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Early 20th Century Congolese Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

An American Sterling Bowl with Tusk Feet, made in 1901
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Houston, TX
an African hunting trip. There is a very finely engraved monogram, 'EW', in the center of the bowl.
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Early 20th Century American Antique African Bowl

Materials

Sterling Silver

Sheffield triptych consisting of 'Walker & Hall' teapot, sugar bowl and milk jug
By John Edward Bingham (Walker and Hall)
Located in Catania, CT
Sheffield triptych consisting of 'Walker & Hall' teapot, sugar bowl and milk jug. As you can see in
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1660s British Antique African Bowl

Materials

Sheffield Plate

Luba Koro Figure
By Tribal Art
Located in New York, NY
been in the same renowned New York African art collection for over 50 years. Wooden figure with a
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Late 19th Century Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Luba Koro Figure
H 22 in W 9 in D 7 in
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973), Sculptor with His Model, His Sculpture, 1956
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Littlehampton, West Sussex
Sculptor with His Model, His Sculpture, and a Bowl of Anemones (Sculpteur avec son modèle, sa
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19th Century Antique African Bowl

Dutch Cast Bronze Mortar, Dated 1625
Located in Woodbridge, CT
“Henric Van Kersot”, measures: 5.5″ H x 6″ W. Pharmacist's grinding bowl has long history. Mortar and
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17th Century Dutch Antique African Bowl

Materials

Bronze

Phoenician Votive Figure
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
integral base, which bears an offerings bowl (partly obscured by calcareous concretions), her right hand
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15th Century and Earlier Lebanese Antique African Bowl

Materials

Terracotta

Phoenician Votive Figure
Phoenician Votive Figure
H 15 in W 4 in D 2.5 in
Elegant early 20th century African Black tripod footed bowl
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An early African black clay hand made tripod footed bowl. This was out of a lot that we purchased
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Early 20th Century African Antique African Bowl

Materials

Terracotta

Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Mahogany Wood Sculptural Side Table or Bowl
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Hand carved from a single piece of mahogany wood, an African mahogany side table or bowl. Great for
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Early 20th Century African Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Mahogany

Late 17th Century Italian Maiolica Armorial Dish, 1700 circa
By Siro Antonio Africa
Located in Milano, IT
Antonio Africa or Siro Domenico Africa at the Rampini manufactory in Pavia, 1693-1704. It measures 2.08 in
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1690s Italian Baroque Antique African Bowl

Materials

Maiolica

Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Mahogany Wood Sculptural Side Table or Bowl
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Impressive antique African mahogany side table or bowl, hand carved from a single piece of mahogany
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Early 20th Century African Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Metal

Yoruba Tribal Maternity Offering Bowl Figure Chicken, Nigeria Africa Timeless
Located in Point Richmond, CA
offering bowl in the form of a chicken with a removable top. Great Yoruba mother's face with scarifications
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Moroccan Serving Bowl
Located in South Salem, NY
A beautiful handpainted Fes ceramic platter or bowl with brown, blue, and turquoise colors. This
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Late 19th Century African Antique African Bowl

Materials

Ceramic

Moroccan Serving Bowl
Moroccan Serving Bowl
H 3.5 in Dm 13.75 in
Baga Wood Offering Bowl, Tribal Altar Piece with Head and Snake, Africa, Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Offered by Scott McCue Baga wood offering bowl. Tribal altar piece with head and snake, Africa
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Early 20th Century Guinean Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Antique Wooden African Head Rest
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
time, weather, and loving use have left behind. Can also be used as a bowl. This head rest was
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Early 20th Century African Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood, Reclaimed Wood

Early 20th Century Tuareg Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Tuareg bowl carved of a single piece of wood with an incised line pattern
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Early 20th Century African Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Tuareg Bowl
Early 20th Century Tuareg Bowl
H 6 in W 12 in D 12 in
Early 20th Century Tuareg Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Tuareg bowl carved on a single piece of wood incised with a geometric pattern
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Early 20th Century African Tribal Antique African Bowl

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Tuareg Bowl
Early 20th Century Tuareg Bowl
H 5 in W 9.5 in D 9.5 in
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Antique African Bowl For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique African bowl you’re looking for. An antique African bowl — often made from wood, reclaimed wood and mahogany — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without an antique African bowl — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique African bowl is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique African bowl over the years, but those crafted by Andrianna Shamaris are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Antique African Bowl?

Prices for an antique African bowl start at $350 and top out at $1,290 with the average selling for $890.
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