Antique African Swords
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
Category
Late 19th Century Antique African Swords
Materials
Wrought Iron
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
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Antique African Swords
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
Category
19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Iron
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
Category
19th Century Congolese Antique African Swords
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
Category
19th Century African Tribal Antique African Swords
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
Category
19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Iron
Akan Ceremonial Brass Bronze Lidded Container with Figures Ghana Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Africa, 20th century. Images include human figures, sandals, swords, and animals. These images relate to
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Brass
African Tribal Yoruba, Nigeria Rider Figure Offering Bowl Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
sword in hand, the top is now missing. Measures: 10 1/2 inches high.
Color is more accurate in the still
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Wool
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
Category
19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Iron
Set of 3 Antique Fish Prints, Sword Fish, John Dory, Haddock
Located in Langweer, NL
126, and African pompano, Alectis ciliaris 127.
These prints originate from 'Unterhaltungen aus
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique African Swords
Materials
Paper
La Danse pyrrhique (Pyrrhic Dance)
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
Located in New Orleans, LA
costumed dancers armed with swords who completed a series of movements set to music pantomiming combat
Category
19th Century Academic Antique African Swords
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Meissen King Vulture standing on a tree trunk, around 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
swords.
19th century.
Height: 71cm.
The King Vulture (Sarcorhamphus papa) is almost 75 cm tall and is
Category
1880s German Antique African Swords
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture of a Female Warrior by E. Drouot
By Edouard Drouot
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th century bronze sculpture of a female warrior with sword
Signed E Drouot
Edouard
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique African Swords
Materials
Bronze
18th or 19th Century Follower of Rubens. Judith and the Head of Holofernes. Oil
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
he was overcome with drink and then approached his bed, seized her sword and slayed him. She took
Category
19th Century Old Masters Antique African Swords
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 39.18 in W 31.89 in D 2.76 in
Antique rare amusing Russian silver model of a bear, St Petersburg, circa 1890
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
include two brown bears.
The Republic of Marii El's coat of arms is a red bear with a sword and shield
Category
1890s Russian Antique African Swords
Materials
Onyx, Silver
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Fine Presentation Sword Given to Lieutenant Charles Peake
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine presentation sword given to Lieutenant Charles Peake as a token of gratitude by the Men of His Ship when recommissioned for Foreign Service in 1821, the citation reading, the ...
Category
1820s English Antique African Swords
Materials
Metal
Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...
Category
15th Century and Earlier German Antique African Swords
Materials
Other
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...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Malaysian Malayer Antique African Swords
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Large 18th Century French Boiserie Overdoor Paintings
Located in Dallas, TX
Once installed architecturally in a chateau in Normandy, France, this large pair of overdoors was painted in the 1700s and executed in a technique known as verdaille. Verdaille utili...
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique African Swords
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Kuba Currency Spear, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
While shield and spear were central to African combat, this example by the Kuba People of Central Africa was most likely made to serve as a piece of trade currency. Many pre-coloniza...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Iron
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Congolese Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Wood
Dunhill Brass Tinder Pistol Table Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This Dunhill Tinder Pistol is a fine example of an extraordinary table lighter which is in the shape of a flintlock tinder (gun) pistol from the XVIII century.
It is made of brass a...
Category
1920s American Antique African Swords
Materials
Copper
French Sevres Biscuit Porcelain Figure of a Nude "Le Repos" After Alfred Boucher
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Sevres biscuit (Bisc) porcelain figure of a recumbent nude lady titled "Le Repos" after a model by Alfred Boucher (French, 1850-1934) Sensually depicting a young w...
Category
1910s French Rococo Antique African Swords
Materials
Porcelain
H 11.5 in W 33.13 in D 13 in
Midcentury Masai Shield, Kenya/Tanzania
Located in Schagen, NL
Masai Shield hand painted with pigments on (Cow)hide. This stunning elliptical graphic shield was probably owned by a warrior herder as younger warriors were only permitted to have b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kenyan Folk Art Antique African Swords
Materials
Wood, Hide
Tokoyuni III Kunisada Japanese Woodblock Print of Nude Geisha Woman At Vanity
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and richly colored Japanese woodblock print featuring a semi-undressed nude woman, likely a Geisha, fixing her hair while sitting before her vanity. A somewha...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Antique African Swords
Materials
Paper
H 15 in W 11.5 in D 0.15 in
Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese Woodblock Print Edo Semi-Nude Woman Smoking Opium Pipe
By Kitagawa Utamaro 1
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and richly colored Japanese woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro featuring a semi-undressed kimono-opened nude woman, perhaps a Geisha or courtesan, enjoying a ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Antique African Swords
Materials
Paper
H 15 in W 11.5 in D 0.15 in
Tall Franz Bergman Erotic Bronze
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Dallas, TX
Franz Bergman Erotic Patinated Bronze Of A Woman Putting On Her Robe. Wearing a shear (almost) see through lingerie under garment; the lady is going through the motions to put on her...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique African Swords
Materials
Bronze
Yam Ancestor Figure TOTEM Pole Papua New Guinea with Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A yam ancestor TOTEM pole from the mid-Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea. Carved out of a solid wood by the Abelam people, who cultivated yams as their main crop, the pole featu...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century African Antique Wood Comb with Human Head
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century African Antique Wood Comb with Human Head
From the Chokwe Culture of Angola. A fine, old, much used comb with a glossy, glasslike patina. Of traditional form with...
Category
Early 20th Century Angolan Other Antique African Swords
Materials
Wood
Yoruba Egungun Headdress Mask
By Yoruba People
Located in Chicago, IL
Attributed to the Yoruba people of western Nigeria, this wooden headdress was worn during a masquerade known as egungun. A widespread Yoruba ritual, egungun performances honor a comm...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Wood
African Spear Currency on Stands
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a pair of vintage African spear currencies from the Mbole peoples, Democratic Republic of Congo which are nicely presented upon custom metal stands. These African currencies ...
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Metal, Iron
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Store closing. Last chance clearance sale Published Treasure Vessel African Art
Located in Santa Fe, NM
bowl. Between them are traditional Akan symbols of royalty: a ceremonial sword, a centipede, a turtle
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
H 13.5 in W 11.5 in D 12 in
Portrait of Captain Weber
By Herman Gustave Herkomer
Located in New Orleans, LA
.
Captain Weber wears a Wilkinson 1853 light cavalry sword in its dress scabbard which has full-dress gold
Category
Early 1900s Antique African Swords
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil
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
Category
19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Iron
Topoke Sword Currency
Located in London, GB
. These African sword currencies date range from the 1700-1900's.
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Antique African Swords
Materials
Iron
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
Category
19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique African Swords
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
Category
19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique African Swords
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
Category
19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Metal, Iron
H 56.25 in W 8 in D 8 in
Pair Bronze African Equestrian Warrior Sculptures
Located in Chicago, IL
Two bronze warriors astride rearing steeds, and armed with swords, believed to be depicting members
Category
Early 20th Century African Antique African Swords
Large Meissen Group 'Allegory Of Africa' for Elisabeth I of Russia, c. 1850
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Friedrich Eberlein, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Personification of the continent of Africa as a dark-skinned woman who sits on a lion lying on the
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique African Swords
Materials
Porcelain
H 12.21 in W 9.45 in D 5.71 in
Animal Group, Two Fennec Foxes, by Otto Pilz, Meissen Germany, ca 1907
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
smallest of all wild dogs and native to the sandy deserts of North Africa.
On a white, flat rectangular
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique African Swords
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Figurine Group Lady and Black Boy by Paul Scheurich made c.1920-21
Located in Vienna, AT
jacket) - communicates with a lovely black boy standing beside her / the boy is clad in typical African
Category
1920s German Art Deco Antique African Swords
Materials
Porcelain
H 11.41 in W 10.03 in D 11.02 in
Three Coloured Ixia
By Miss Smith
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
number of cormous plants native to South Africa from the subfamily Ixioideae of the family Iridaceae
Category
1810s Victorian Antique African Swords
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Aquatint
Antique Painting Bedouin War Party by Giuseppe Raggio 1883 19th Century
Located in London, GB
historically inhabited the desert regions in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and the Levant. The
Category
1880s Italian Antique African Swords
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
H 25.99 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
Congolese Sword Sculpture, Africa, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
1920s African Congolese sword sculpture.
Wooden handle. Base measures 12" x 2".
Category
1920s Congolese Antique African Swords
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".
Category
1920s Congolese Antique African Swords
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".
Category
1920s Congolese Antique African Swords
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
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Antique African Swords
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
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Iron
Pair Bronze African Dogon Equestrian Warrior Sculptures
Located in Chicago, IL
Two bronze warriors astride rearing steeds, and armed with swords, believed to be depicting members
Category
19th Century African Antique African Swords
Komárno
By Franz Hogenberg
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
area. Due to the convergence of the two rivers from both sides, it was built like the tip of a sword
Category
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Antique African Swords
Materials
Copper
Two Women Chattering, headpiece for Le Sourire (The Smile)
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Fairlawn, OH
a sword, not a razor. They concluded that the artists had agreed to give the self-mutilation version
Category
Early 1900s French School Antique African Swords
Materials
Woodcut
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
Category
Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique African Swords
Materials
Porcelain
A Rare 17th-Century Depiction of a Garden
Located in New York, NY
also depicted in a robe of white and orange edged in gold, holding a sword in the air. At his feet is a
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique African Swords
African Azande Kpinga Forged Metal Throwing Knife
Located in Antwerp, BE
the African Congo. The blade closest to the handle is in the shape of a man’s genitals and represented
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Antique African Swords
Last chance clearance sale. Ethiopia Shield African Art Wall Sculpture
Located in Santa Fe, NM
, these African shields even have an Asian feeling, like the Japanese Mingei art movement and the
Category
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Animal Skin, Paint
Oromo Ethiopia Hide Shield for War or Hunting African Tribal Art Wall Sculpture
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Crossing over from tribal into a contemporary design sensibility, these African shields even have
Category
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Antique African Swords
Materials
Animal Skin, Paint
H 28 in W 27 in D 5 in
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Antique African Swords For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of antique African swords for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique African swords was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, iron and ceramic. Antique African swords have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique African swords bearing Art Nouveau or neoclassical hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Meissen Porcelain and Edouard Drouot each produced beautiful antique African swords that are worth considering.
How Much are Antique African Swords?
Antique African swords can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,399, while the lowest priced sells for $536 and the highest can go for as much as $20,773.
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