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Vintage Southern Folk Art Figure
By Craft and Folk Art Museum
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very kool piece of folk art. I am not exactly sure how old, but from bottom of base I would guess
Category
Vintage 1920s North American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Important Antique Folk Art Carnival Figure of a Macaque
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A hollow finely carved wood macaque figure dressed as a human with short green hair, a blue jacket
Category
Antique 19th Century Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Hardwood
Hand Carved Wooden Smoker Gnome Figure, Vintage German Black Forest Folk Art
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful hand carved wooden smoker figure, found at an estate sale in Nuremberg, Germany. We
Category
Vintage 1930s German Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
H 8.25 in W 4.5 in D 5.13 in
Monumental and Unusual Folk Art Stage Coach Figure and Horses, 1927
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental and unusual Folk Art stage coach figure and horses, 1927. All hand executed, amazing
Category
Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Leather, Velvet, Plaster
Early 20th Century Southern American Folk Art Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating and intriguing early 20th century Southern American folk art panel, found in
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Attic Black Figure Skyphos
Located in London, GB
A black-figure skyphos skillfully crafted from fine reddish clay. The body of the skyphos rises
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art Painting, Signed and Dated
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art painting, signed and dated
This charming folk painting is
Category
Vintage 1940s German Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
A Set of Black Americana Baseball Memorabilia Folk Art Figures, Circa 1930s-40s
Located in Atlanta, GA
San Antonio folk artist, Control Valadez. The set of Black memorabilia, sometimes called Black
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
H 44.75 in W 17.5 in D 10 in
Folk Art 20th Century Carved Wood Figure Sculpture of Saint Florian Austria 1960
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Pine carving of Saint Florian, the patron saint of fire fighters, 20th century Austria, the saint shown holding his cape in one hand, pouring a bucket of water over a burning buildin...
Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Black Forest Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
H 17 in W 6 in D 4 in
Late 17th/Early 18th Century Polychrome Tobacconist Figure Sign Folk Art Carving
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large carved and polychrome painted tobacconist's figure almost certainly 17th or early 18th
Category
Antique 17th Century English Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
H 35.83 in Dm 14.97 in
Vintage Handmade Wooden Whirligig Officer, European Folk Art, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Large figural standing officer or Policeman whirligig. Its hand-carved from Pine and handprinted
Category
Vintage 1950s European Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
Northwest Four Figure Cedar Totem
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northwest four figure totem from British Columbia. Old black paint and integral base. Great
Category
Early 20th Century Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
Ancient Japanese Haniwa Terracotta Figure Kofun C 6th century Asian Art Antiques
Located in London, GB
A rare Haniwa figural head
Kofun period (3rd-7th century), circa 500-600.
The hand-built yellow
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Tribal Art
Materials
Pottery
H 8.67 in W 4.73 in D 5.52 in
Mid Century French Post-Impressionist Painting, Black & White Figure Scene
Located in Cirencester, GB
which: 1953, 40,000 years of Modern Art, Paris; 1958,1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, Salon Le Trait
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Other
Standing Akan Ghana Tribal Female Figure Early 20th Century Africa, Black Hair
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Akan, Ghana, shrine figure, a standing female figure with black hair and details, remains of white
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 15.5 in W 5 in D 5 in
Early Papua Korwar Ancestor Figure, Early 19th Century, Deep Black-Brown Patina
Located in Amsterdam, NL
figure seated on a circular base, with elongated head, detailed facial expression with blackened eyebrows
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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H 9.45 in Dm 7.09 in
Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table button soccer game player. Traditional figure used to play this classic button Spanish game
Category
Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Paper
Beaded Royal Headress with Leopard Figure, Bamileke People, Cameroon
Located in Leuven , BE
Leopard figure on top of the headdress and the use of Cowries symbolize attributes of Royal Power
Category
20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Carved and Decorated Sperm Whale Figure, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Carved Sperm Whale, circa 1900, a fine and early hand carved figure of a sperm whale with
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
Vintage Christmas Nutcracker Figure Wood Erzgebirge Germany
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Vintage wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern
Category
Mid-20th Century German Country More Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Black Forest Hand Carved Walnut Figural Traveler Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-634 Black Forest German hand carved walnut traveler figural sculpture.
Category
Vintage 1920s Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Walnut
Mexican Terracotta Articulated Doll Figure, 1920's
Located in Stamford, CT
likely this is a mold from which other dolls were made. As a folk art sculpture it is absolutely charming
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Firedogs, Figural Andirons, Musketeer, Cast Iron, 36 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Pair of andirons with a bust of a french "Mousquetaire".
France, 1880-1900.
Solid iron in good condition according to its age.
Firedogs are used as a holder for firewood in a firepl...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Victorian Antiquities
Materials
Iron
Vintage MCM Abstract Figural Original Oil on Board
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fantastic Vintage original oil painting on board. A chic Abstract Figural graphic black and
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Apulian Red Figure Lekanis with Ladies of Fashion
Located in London, GB
A Red-figure lekanis composed of a fitted lid with red-figure "ladies of fashion" in profile. This
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Black Forest Hand Carved Black Walnut Christ Figure Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-1056 hand carved black walnut figure of Christ from a tree branch.
Category
Vintage 1930s German Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
Old Tribal Stone Squatting Spring Figure Nepal Early 20th Century Namaste
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old Tribal stone squatting spring figure with hands raised in namaste position, traces of clay and
Category
Early 20th Century Nepalese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
H 12.75 in W 3.5 in D 3.25 in
Apulian Red Figure Lekanis with Ladies of Fashion
Located in London, GB
adorned with a sleek black glaze, providing an elegant foundation for the vessel. Two opposing horizontal
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Pre Columbian Narino Carchi Coquero Coca chewer Figure Columbia
Located in London, GB
A hand modelled statue of a male coca chewer figure , known as a Coquero, wearing a sash sitting
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Colombian Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
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H 7.09 in W 5.52 in D 4.73 in
An Egyptian wooden female offering bearer figure, Middle Kingdom
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Standing female wearing a tight fitting white dress and black tripartite wig, serene facial
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Hand Carved Papier Mache Jockey Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century hand carved papier mache jockey figure
An unusual English folk-art early 20th
Category
Vintage 1940s British Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Antique American Figural Painted Copper Horse Weatherwane with Cast Directional
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This figural antique weathervane is usigned, but presumed to have originated from the United States
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Weathervanes
Materials
Copper, Iron
H 73.5 in W 26 in D 30 in
Ashanti Akan ‘Ghana’ Tribal Standing Female Figure Arm Out Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Standing Akan Ghana female figure, early 20th century, Africa. Intense expression with large eyes
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Solomon Islands Santa Cruz Hand Carved Conical Head "Duka" Figure, 1930s
Located in South Burlington, VT
pacific comes from a private oceanic collection.
This is a Solomon Islands Santa Cruz hand carved figure
Category
Early 20th Century Solomon Islands Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Tapestry, Wood
Abron Drum Attendant Standing Figure Arms Out, Ghana, Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Abron Drum Attendant standing figure with both arms out front. From Ghana, early 20th century. Rich
Category
Mid-20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Mother and Child Maternity Figure Carved by Osei Bonsu, Ghana
By Osei Bonsu
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Ashanti maternity figure by the master carver Osei Bonsu. The mother figure is seated on a
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
19th C. Popcorn Maker Figural "Toasty Roasty" American, Circa 1893, Rare
Located in Incline Village, NV
In all original clothing and condition, this very rare Authentic "Punch" looking figural, of
Category
Antique 1890s American Victorian Toys
Materials
Iron
H 9.25 in W 2.5 in D 3.25 in
Strong Standing Female figure with Braided Hair Ewe Ghana, West Africa ex Willis
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Strong standing female figure with wonderful black braided hair style. From the Ewe people of
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 12 in W 5 in D 4.75 in
Wood Black Forest Brienz Carved Figural Gnome Nutcracker German Antique, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1930s Black Forest Brienz wood carved Nutcracker in form of a Gnome. Nice addition to
Category
Vintage 1930s German Black Forest Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
H 10.25 in W 2 in D 3.25 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
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Wood Black Forest Brienz Carved Figural Gnome Nutcracker German Antique, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1900s Black Forest Brienz wood carved Nutcracker in form of a Gnome. Nice addition to
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Black Forest Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
H 7 in W 1.38 in D 2.75 in
Mid-Twentieth Century Black Madonna
Located in London, GB
southern Tanzania.
The Madonna figure exhibits a graceful, serene facial expression, with a slightly
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
French Carved Walnut Ecclesiastical Figure
Located in Houston, TX
French carved walnut ecclesiastical figure in excellent condition.
Category
Antique 18th Century French Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Vintage Carved Wood and Poly Chrome Painted Figural Musical Clock Figurine
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
in or near Austria in circa 1950 in a Folk Art style. The carving depicts a male figure leaning
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
H 14.25 in W 6.5 in D 4.5 in
Hand Carved Wood Lion Toy Figure in Orange and Black, Africa, 1970s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
four legs has black painted toes. Its long tail has a black end. The lion's main is black and its mouth
Category
Vintage 1970s North African Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Matching Pair of Yoruba Twin Figures Ibeji Nigeria African Tribal Art beads
Located in Point Richmond, CA
and black bead bracelets and one necklace. Heavy wear and patina from years of use.
Crack on right
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 8 in W 3.5 in D 3.25 in
Large 1920s Plaster Figure of the Seated Blacksmith, Le Travail
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large 1920s plaster figure of the seated blacksmith, Le Travail
A charming piece Folk Art, a
Category
Early 20th Century Black Forest Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Plaster
Salish Carved Cedar TOTEM
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
, a human face in relief for the birds eyes, a small humanoid/bird figure standing at the base between
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
Monumental Makah TOTEM by Young Doctor 108"H
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
significant piece of Northwest Coast art and Seattle history that was previously owned by Joseph Edward “Daddy
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
Standing Figure, Charlie Willetto Navajo Folk Art wood black white green orange
By Charlie Willeto
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Standing Figure, Charlie Willetto Navajo Folk Art wood black white green orange
Charlie Willetto
Category
1960s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 35.5 in W 4.5 in D 4 in
Antique Hand Carved and Painted Hunter Figure Whip Holder or Hanger, 1900s
Located in Barntrup, DE
antlers features a figure of a hunter with a hunter's pipe and shotgun, Austria, 1900s.
The hanger must
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Black Forest Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
H 10.24 in W 4.73 in D 1.97 in
Lifesize Johnnie Walker Shop Advertising Display Man
Located in Antwerp, BE
black and gold advertising figure for the Johnnie Walker black label, black label limited edition, gold
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Signs
Materials
Fiberglass
Antique Black Forest Carved Bear Wall Hook Hanger
Located in Forney, TX
.
Dimensions: (approx)
10.75" High, 8 1/8" Wide, 5.5" Deep,
A superb example of German folk art, functional
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Black Forest Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Brass
African Tribal Yoruba Beaded Ceremonial Crown Altar Headdress
Located in Forney, TX
, 12.25" Deep, 11.5 lbs
A superb museum quality example, this remarkable Folk Art headdress sculpture
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Beads
Figural Carved Tribal Fertility Slit Drum Phallus Bhuta Bali Red Painted
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Indonesian hand carved wooden slit drum / tribal fertility figure painted in red and black
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
American American Painted Cast Iron "Old Salt" Maine Fisherman Doorstop
By Hubley Manufacturing Company 2
Located in Downingtown, PA
under his right arm. The smaller center figure depicts a fisherman with his hands in his pockets under
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Iron
H 6.75 in W 2.75 in D 2.25 in
The Embrace, Elodie Huré, 2021
Located in Saint ouen, FR
in this evocation which is expressed between figuration and abstraction: joy rubs shoulders with
Category
2010s French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Shona Stone Sculpture "Sheltering Soul" Norbert Shamuyarira (Zimbabwe, b. 1962)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1962), depicting an abstract polished Shona stone figure of a crouched and bowing human head with neck
Category
Late 20th Century Zimbabwean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
H 16 in W 16.5 in D 10.5 in
Collection of 40 Pre WW1 Lead Soldiers, Scots Guards and English Regiments
Located in Port Chester, NY
reds and blues with other colors where appropriate. Each standing figure has their own base. Note
Category
Early 20th Century English Toys
Materials
Lead
H 2.5 in W 0.75 in D 0.5 in
Polia Pillin Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Yunomi Tea Cup
Located in Studio City, CA
and hand painted female portrait figure.
Polia was born in Czestochowa, Poland, in 1909. She
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
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