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Bark Cloth Paintings

20th Century Bark Cloth Painting, Mbuti 'Efe' People, D.R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th Century bark cloth painting, Mbuti (Efe) people, Ituri Forest, D. R. Congo A painted
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Vintage 1970s Congolese Tribal Drawings

Materials

Natural Fiber

Framed African Bark Cloth
Located in Venice, CA
by beating sodden strips of the fibrous inner bark of trees into sheets, which are then finished
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20th Century Ugandan Paintings

Materials

Softwood

Framed African Bark Cloth
Framed African Bark Cloth
H 39 in W 22.5 in D 1.5 in
South Pacific Bark Cloth on Board
Located in Denton, TX
Bark cloth or tapa cloth mounted on plywood and trimmed in mahogany. Bark cloth, or tapa, is not
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20th Century American Samoan Paintings

Materials

Paint, Wood

South Pacific Bark Cloth on Board
South Pacific Bark Cloth on Board
H 48.5 in W 53.38 in D 0.63 in
'Hunters' original acrylic painting signed by Stella Atal
Located in Milwaukee, WI
materials such as bark cloth, recycled paper made out of water hyacinth, Hessian, canvas and many other
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Back Into the Future' original painting on barkcloth by Sanaa Gateja
By Sanaa Gateja
Located in Milwaukee, WI
on cloth made from the inner bark of the Mutaba tree. Bark cloth was one of the first fabrics to be
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool, Metal Folk Art Rug Weaving Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
-inspired rugs, she adapted designs from Indian pottery and tapas, sheets of native bark cloth. Taking the
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1950s Folk Art More Art

Materials

Wool

Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Folk Art Rug Weaving Pillow or Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
-inspired rugs, she adapted designs from Indian pottery and tapas, sheets of native bark cloth. Taking the
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1950s Folk Art More Art

Materials

Wool

Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Folk Art Rug Weaving Pillow or Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
-inspired rugs, she adapted designs from Indian pottery and tapas, sheets of native bark cloth. Taking the
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1950s Folk Art More Art

Materials

Wool

Tree by Blue Tip Atelier
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
called nine patches, which skillfully uses the shades of cloth to create a mosaic effect, making it
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2010s Japanese Modern Textiles

Materials

Linen

Tree by Blue Tip Atelier
Tree by Blue Tip Atelier
H 55.12 in W 43.31 in D 0.2 in
Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Folk Art Rug Weaving Wall Hanging Olga Fisch
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
tapas, sheets of native bark cloth. Taking the designs to Indian rugmakers, she had them woven into deep
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Wool

Vintage black patent leather bag with handle 1970 USA
Located in Stuttgart, DE
, received a patent for a method of painting and colouring all kinds of leather;[5] and, in January 1805
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1950s American Top Handle Bags

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Flush Mount Brass and Glass Chandelier 8 Arms, Stilnovo Style, Low Ceiling Best
By Silvio Piattelli, Stilnovo
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This chandelier is specifically designed for low ceilings, with a height of only 13 inches (32 cm). The arms and shade holders are made of brass, while the central part is made of me...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount

Materials

Metal, Brass

Solid Black Oak Round Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This solid wood coffee table is handcrafted out of oak solid wood that retains its natural character.
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2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Oak

20th Century Prestige Cloth, Shoowa, Kuba Kingdom, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th century Prestige cloth, Shoowa people, Kuba Kingdom, D. R. Congo A syncopated pattern of opposing forces lends this prestige cloth a sense of movement both horizontally and v...
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tapestries

Materials

Natural Fiber

"African Coastal Scene" Expressionist Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Pasadena, CA
Knife painting involves using a palette knife instead of a brush to apply the paint, as in the case of this oil painting. In the context of a seascape at sunset, this technique adds ...
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Mid-20th Century Senegalese Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Mid-20th Century Tribal Tapa Cloth, Fiji
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tapa cloth made from mulberry fiber with natural pigments, Fiji, mid-20th century.
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Mid-20th Century Fijian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Bomolo Oil on Canvas African "Airport" Art
By (after) Jackson Pollock
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bomolo oil on canvas abstract painting signed bottom right 1960. Known in it's day as Airport Art, Local Artists would sell their paintings to Tourists. Many Copied old master painti...
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Vintage 1960s African Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Wooden Tribal or Oromo Style African Three Leg Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An African, Ethiopian three leg table or Oromo stool. The solid wood piece is a compliment and unique style stool or side table. The stool, in it's original state was for the elder...
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20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Stools

Materials

Wood

African Tribal Senufo Chair
Located in Sharon, CT
Authentic tribal piece with wonderful patina. Backrest constructed of two typical Senufo birds.
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Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Chairs

Materials

Wood

African Tribal Senufo Chair
African Tribal Senufo Chair
H 31.75 in W 28 in D 21.25 in
Copper Hand-Hammered Birds Art Work Wall Decoration Panel, 1990
By Pemba
Located in Antwerp, BE
This original piece is a hand-hammered signed copper work of elegant stylish dancing birds in the African sun. Width 120 cm. Height 110 cm. Depth 5 cm.
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20th Century Congolese Hollywood Regency Decorative Art

Materials

Metal, Copper

Pre Columbian Colima Dog Ancient West Mexico Latin American Antiques Art
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Colima Dog Ancient West Mexico Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima Ancient Mexico C 200 BC –400 AD A attractive seated Colima dog vessel with a flared spout on the hea...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antiquities

Materials

Pottery

Sculptural Pair of Midcentury African Wood Spoon Back Black Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A sculptural pair of Midcentury African wood spoon back black chairs with carved reeded bases. This sculptural pair of Midcentury African wood chairs embodies the essence of artistic...
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Mid-20th Century Chairs

Materials

Wood

Saidi Nakoko, African Tingatinga School Painting, Oil on Canvas, 1970s, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Saidi Nakoko, Tingatinga, Tanzania, 1970s Oil on canvas Work signed by the artist Working dimensions 44/33 Framed work Tinga Tinga is an art style originating from East Africa. It w...
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Vintage 1970s Tanzanian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Jak Katarikawe East African Artist, Painting of Hut with Moon and Animals
By Jak Moses Katarikawe
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful oil on board by noted Ugandan painter Jak Moses Katarikawe, (b. 1940) Untitled. Subject: Hut and Animals with Moon. In excellent condition, framed. The painting measures:...
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Vintage 1980s Ugandan Paintings

Materials

Paint

Framed Set of Samoan Island Vintage Postcards
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Evoke the allure of the Samoan Islands with this charming framed set of vintage postcards. Featuring nostalgic imagery capturing the essence of Samoan culture and landscapes, this co...
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Vintage 1950s Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Wood, Paper

Antique Polychrome Paint Decorated Santos Figurine or Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Santos figurine. In polychrome painted decoration over carved wood and some areas of gesso. Likely Latin-American in origin. We're unsure which saint is depic...
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Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

African wall sculpture
Located in NANTES, FR
Tall African wooden sculpture, that was probably used originally to prepare food. Its got a great patina and is really warm. Some parts seem to be missing, and the piece has cracks (...
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Mid-20th Century African Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African wall sculpture
African wall sculpture
H 36.62 in W 9.06 in D 1.97 in

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'Leaves of the Bamboo' by Brenda Kesi, Papua New Guinea Bark Cloth Painting
By Brenda Kesi
Located in London, GB
frame. Painting on a cloth made from tree bark fibres is a tradition that goes back many thousands of
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21st Century and Contemporary Papua New Guinean Tribal Tapestries

Materials

Fabric

"Plant/Anatomy Portfolio III", Boxed Portfolio of twelve Archival Digital Prints
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Drawn to (often) transformable (malleable) materials Such as: wrapping paper, bark, bandages
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Digital, Monotype

Large Graphic Fijian Bark Cloth Painting
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Incredible painting on tree bark from Fiji where the bark cloth is historically beaten from fibrous
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Vintage 1950s Fijian Paintings

Materials

Textile

Set of 3 Mbuti Bark Cloths
Located in London, GB
A set of three Mbuti bark cloths. Newly framed in black stained solid oak frames. The Congo, 20th
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20th Century Congolese Tribal Tapestries

Materials

Textile

Set of 3 Mbuti Bark Cloths
Set of 3 Mbuti Bark Cloths
H 38.19 in W 23.04 in D 1.19 in
Very Large Hand Painted Tapa Cloth From Oceania ( Wallis, The Society Islands ).
Located in Cotignac, FR
produce bark cloth is the paper mulberry tree (Broussonetia papyrifera). The word "tapa" means 'of border
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Early 20th Century Tribal Landscape Paintings

Materials

Dye, Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper

'Spiritual Echo' Conceptual Portrait Painting Watercolor, Pastel colors
By Vu Thu Hien
Located in Rye, NY
present, spiritual and mundane. Hein’s works reflect her lifestyle and her process of painting. She paints
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Mulberry Paper

'Language of Love' Conceptual Portrait Painting of a Couple
By Vu Thu Hien
Located in Rye, NY
present, spiritual and mundane. Hein’s works reflect her lifestyle and her process of painting. She paints
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Pet Rooster From My Childhood" by Vu Thu Hien Watercolor on Doe Paper Magenta
By Vu Thu Hien
Located in Rye, NY
present, spiritual and mundane. Hein’s works reflect her lifestyle and her process of painting. She paints
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Blue Fanticies
By Vu Thu Hien
Located in Rye, NY
present, spiritual and mundane. Hein’s works reflect her lifestyle and her process of painting. She paints
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Mulberry Paper

Blue Family
By Vu Thu Hien
Located in Rye, NY
present, spiritual and mundane. Hien’s works reflect her lifestyle and her process of painting. She paints
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Wate...

Materials

Rice Paper, Watercolor

Blessings by Vu Thu Hien, Vertical Figurative Watercolor on Rice Paper Piece
By Vu Thu Hien
Located in Rye, NY
painting depicts four women, dressed in ceremonial robes, standing on either side of a central black pillar
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

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Rice Paper, Watercolor

Group of 9 Mbuti Textiles
Located in London, GB
A set of nine Mbuti bark cloths. Newly framed in solid oak frames. The Congo, 20th Century
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20th Century Congolese Tribal Tapestries

Materials

Natural Fiber, Glass, Oak

Group of 9 Mbuti Textiles
Group of 9 Mbuti Textiles
H 25.6 in W 24.02 in D 1.19 in
Group of Three Mbuti Textiles
Located in London, GB
A set of three Mbuti bark cloths. Newly framed in solid oak frames. The Congo, 20th Century
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Decorative Art

Materials

Textile, Oak

Group of Three Mbuti Textiles
Group of Three Mbuti Textiles
H 37.41 in W 26.38 in D 1.19 in
Group of Three Mbuti Textiles
Located in London, GB
A set of three Mbuti bark cloths. Newly framed in solid oak frames. The Congo, 20th Century
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Decorative Art

Materials

Textile, Oak

Group of Three Mbuti Textiles
Group of Three Mbuti Textiles
H 37.41 in W 26.38 in D 1.19 in
Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Folk Art Rug Weaving Pillow or Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
-inspired rugs, she adapted designs from Indian pottery and tapas, sheets of native bark cloth. Taking the
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1950s Folk Art More Art

Materials

Wool

Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool, Metal Folk Art Rug Weaving Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
-inspired rugs, she adapted designs from Indian pottery and tapas, sheets of native bark cloth. Taking the
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Wool

Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Folk Art Rug Weaving Pillow or Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
-inspired rugs, she adapted designs from Indian pottery and tapas, sheets of native bark cloth. Taking the
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1950s Folk Art More Art

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Wool

Framed African Bark Cloth
Located in Venice, CA
beating sodden strips of the fibrous inner bark of trees into sheets, which are then finished into a
Category

20th Century Ugandan Decorative Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Framed African Bark Cloth
Framed African Bark Cloth
H 39 in W 27 in D 1.5 in
Signed "Rattan Furniture" First Edition Coffee Table Book by Harvey Schwartz
By Harvey Schwartz
Located in Van Nuys, CA
identifies the finest pieces and explains what to look for in the market place. Beautiful floral bark cloth
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1990s American Art Deco Bookends

Materials

Paper

Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Pile Folk Art Rug Caverna Series Giraffes
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
-inspired rugs, she adapted designs from Indian pottery and tapas, sheets of native bark cloth. Taking the
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Wool

Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Folk Art Rug Weaving Wall Hanging Olga Fisch
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
-inspired rugs, she adapted designs from Indian pottery and tapas, sheets of native bark cloth. Taking the
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20th Century Folk Art More Art

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Wool

Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool, Metal Folk Art Rug Weaving Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
-inspired rugs, she adapted designs from Indian pottery and tapas, sheets of native bark cloth. Taking the
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1950s Folk Art More Art

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Wool

Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Folk Art Rug Weaving Pillow or Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
-inspired rugs, she adapted designs from Indian pottery and tapas, sheets of native bark cloth. Taking the
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1950s Folk Art More Art

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Wool

'Misaje' by Martha-Jean Uhamo, Australian Aboriginal Bark-Cloth Painting
By Martha-Jean Uhamo
Located in London, GB
Australian Aboriginal Art. This exquisite work is painted on a specially made bark cloth. The beautiful
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21st Century and Contemporary Papua New Guinean Tapestries

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Bark Cloth Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of bark cloth paintings for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, fabric and oak, all bark cloth paintings available were constructed with great care. Bark cloth paintings have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. modern bark cloth paintings are consistently popular styles. Bark cloth paintings have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Olga Fisch, Vu Thu Hien and Sanaa Gateja are consistently popular.

How Much are Bark Cloth Paintings?

Bark cloth paintings can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,500, while the lowest priced sells for $400 and the highest can go for as much as $20,000.