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MIKE MATAS - Vintage Folk Art Whale Carving on Stand - Signed - Canada - C. 1980
Located in Chatham, ON
MIKE MATAS - Vintage folk art hand-carved pine model of a whale - mounted by two brass pins to the
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Brass
H 6.75 in W 9.13 in D 4 in
19th Century Irish Folk Art Whale Tooth
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Irish Folk Art. This sperm whale tooth was etched during the 19th century, in Ireland. There'sa a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Nautical Objects
Materials
Other
Duluth Fish Decoy American Folk Art Carved Painted Orca Killer Whale Sculpture
By Duluth
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce early Duluth Fish Decoy American folk art sculpture, depicting a Orca killer whale, hand
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
H 3.25 in W 8 in D 4.75 in
Sag Harbor Whale Scrimshaw Cribbage Board
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
multiple ships, whales and alternating back drops of mountains on one side and a palm tree covered shores
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antiquities
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Vintage Whale Weathervane
Located in Houston, TX
This wonderful vintage whale weather vane has a fantastic aged patina. The rustic wooden whale sits
Category
Early 20th Century English More Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Grey Whale Shop/Trade Sign
Located in Hastings, GB
'Thar She Blows' a fabulous rare shop/trade sign of great scale, hand made in riveted zinc and hand painted. This superb piece sits on an iron stand and would have spun outside of a ...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Folk Art Signs
Materials
Zinc
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
Midcentury Whale Sculpture on Stand, Circa 1960s
Located in Southbury, CT
This midcentury folk art sculpture features a cobalt blue sperm whale rendered in soldered tin
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Pair Inuit Seal and Whale Scrimshaw Walrus Ivory Tusks
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of antique Alaskan walrus tusks with scrimshaw decoration, one with three different whales
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Tribal Antiquities
Materials
Bone
Antique Iron Whale Flensing Knife
Located in Montreal, QC
From the days of Moby Dick, this heavy tool was used to remove blubber from a whale carcass. The
Category
Antique 1850s English Nautical Objects
Materials
Iron
Large 19th Century Presentation Half Hull Model of a Whale Ship
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Presentation Half Hull Model of a Whale Ship, circa 1850, a large plank on frame model
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
Northwest Coast Mask, Native American Killer Whale 'Orca', Wood with red & black
Located in Denver, CO
American Killer Whale or Orca motif in black and red. The title, date and the artist's initials, "JJ" are
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Bentwood
H 8.25 in W 6.5 in D 4.5 in
Ed Russ Killer Whale
By Russ
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ed Russ carved argilite. Known as one of the best carvers, very fine attention to details. Signed bottom 1998.
Category
1990s Canadian Anglo-Indian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone
Vintage Brazilian Hand-Carved Ironwood Sculpture of Whale and a Shark
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Brazilian hand carved Ironwood sculpture of a whale and a shark.
Hand carved Brazilian
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Pacific Northwest Coast Carved Cedar Killer Whale Rattle
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pacific Northwest coast carved cedar killer whale rattle, by Coastal Salish - Squamish artist Stan
Category
2010s American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
Carved and Painted Six Whale Species Board Made by Nantucket Whaler, circa 1940
By Captain George Grant
Located in Nantucket, MA
whale at age 16 and continued in the whaling business into his 30s.
Later, as curator of the Whaling
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
H 18.25 in W 34.25 in D 4 in
Multi-Figure 7 Foot Nuu-chah-nulth TOTEM
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
” sometime around 1905. The pole is carved in a folk-art style that is correct for the period. The imagery on
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
Native Nootka Totem by Rick Williams, 2 Foot
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
fish, a frog, a wolf, a raven, a killer whale, and an eagle.
Born in Seattle in 1955, Rick Williams
Category
20th Century Canadian 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
. In Makah art, thunderbirds and whales are often depicted together as whales are the preferred prey of
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
Northwest TOTEM
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northwest totem with whale, man figure (possibly prominent individual within the tribe or society
Category
Vintage 1930s American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
1950s Ditidaht TOTEM
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
' Yellow Cedar - Eagle Man- Wood Carver Mosquito-Man-Whale. Hand Carved by Rick Williams Nitinaht." 24" x 4
Category
Vintage 1950s Canadian Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
Early 20th Century Carved Wooden Miniature Pequot Ship's Figurehead Model
Located in Nantucket, MA
folk art carving of a Pequot-Mohican Indian in the form of a ship's figurehead: this is in fact the
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
H 19.75 in W 3.5 in D 4.25 in
Lance Joseph (Squamish, Salish B. 1957) Carved & Hand Painted Figural Column
Located in Bridgeport, CT
traditional animals including a Raven, Eagle and Killer Whale.
Signed on verso and dated 2002.
Dimensions
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Native American Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Native American North West Coast Eagle Comb
Located in Point Richmond, CA
which is “holding” a whale. Carved with classic North West Coast styling and motifs.
This comb has a
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Other Native American Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
Circa 1900 Salish Totem
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
. in Seattle, WA. The pole depicts an inverted killer whale, although the identities of the other
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
13' Vancouver Island TOTEM by Don Colp 158"H
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
time. Inspired by watching Henry Stettlebauer carve works of art in a matter of minutes on a television
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
Provincetown Folk Art Carved Wood Whale Wall Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-575 hand carved wood grey whale wall sculpture signed Claire on verso
Category
Vintage 1960s Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Folk Art Cast Iron Whale Sculpture or Door Stop
Located in Elkhart, IN
A charming Folk Art cast iron door stop or sculpture in the form of a whale, perfect for your
Category
20th Century American Country Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Vintage Folk Art Hand Carved Driftwood Whale Sculpture or Door Stop
Located in Elkhart, IN
A charming Folk Art hand carved driftwood door stop or sculpture in the form of a whale, perfect
Category
Early 20th Century American Rustic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Driftwood
Sixteen Whales by Max Tannahill
Located in Maidstone, GB
Max Tannahill "Sixteen Whales" painted and carved wood mounted to a driftwood backing which has
Category
Early 2000s British Folk Art Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Driftwood
Handcrafted Wood Whale Puzzle Sculpture Signed
Located in San Diego, CA
Handcrafted what sculpture made of solid wood. Amazing design an workmanship. Signed and dated.
Category
1990s American Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Original Antique Print of a Whale, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a whale.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your
Category
Antique 1840s English Folk Art Prints
Materials
Paper
Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Whales and Dolphins, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of whales and dolphins
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up
Category
Antique 1830s English Folk Art Prints
Materials
Paper
No Reserve
H 14 in W 9.5 in D 0.07 in
Outsider Painting in Acrylic of a Humpback Whale on Blue
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This is a great example of outsider art. This painting of a black humpback whale is painted on a
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
19th C. Painting of a South Seas Whaling Scene, attributed to a Captain E. Howes
Located in Nantucket, MA
, an oil on canvas folk art seascape of the South Seas Whale Fishery with panoramic view of four whale
Category
Antique 1850s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 18.5 in W 26.5 in D 1.5 in
Portrait of the Whaleship Charles W. Morgan, by James Cree, circa 1910
Located in Nantucket, MA
MORGAN is the most famous Yankee whale ship, and the only surviving 19th Century whaleship from the age
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
National Geographic The Photo Ark The Quest to Document the World's Animals
Located in North Hollywood, CA
—especially those that are endangered. His powerful message, conveyed with humor, compassion, and art: to know
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Folk Art Books
Materials
Paper
H 10 in W 10 in D 1.25 in
Nantucket Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950
By Jose Formoso Reyes
Located in Nantucket, MA
artisans. Known for his carvings of whales, scrimshaw, ship models, shadowboxes and folk art, he was
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Cane, Pine
Salvador Corona Folding 4 Panel Floor Screen of Patzcuaro, Acapulco circa 1938
By Salvador Corona
Located in Camden, ME
prominently in his work.
His traditional self-developed folk art style images depicted pastoral colorful
Category
Vintage 1930s Mexican Rancho Monterey Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Foil, Gold Leaf
H 72 in W 72 in D 1 in
Hand-Carved Whale on Plaque
Located in Seattle, WA
One of our favorite pieces… he is as good as he looks… great addition to any nautical theme in your home… paint is old… patina is fantastic.
Category
20th Century American Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
19th Century Sailor done Whale Silhouette
Located in North Egremont, MA
The fragmentary lid of a seaman's trunk with a wonderful and iconic image of a sperm whale. The lid
Category
Antique 19th Century American Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
19th Century Whale Tail Adze
Located in North Egremont, MA
wonderful, 19th century boatwright's adze in the form of a whale's tail. wrought iron blade made in
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Sculptures and Carvings
Rare Sailor-Made Whale Ivory Umbrella Form Needle Case
Located in Woodbury, CT
A very rare whale Ivory scrimshaw umbrella form needle-holder. Throughout the 19th century whalers
Category
20th Century American Nautical Objects
Paint Decorated Early Wooden Whaler Weathervane
Located in Hadley, MA
weathervane, depicted blowing his horn, indicating sighting of a whale. Cut from a single pine board
Category
Early 20th Century American Weathervanes
Materials
Pine
Nice Large Ichthyosaur Vertabrae
Located in London, Greenwich
ancestors of modern-day dolphins and whales, which they gradually came to resemble in a case of convergent
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier European Medieval Antiquities
Materials
Bone
Vintage Carved Wood Five Spices Whale Display Nautical Folk Art
Located in Palm City, FL
Presented is a hand carved display of five whales of different spices mounted on a backboard with a
Category
Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Ivory, Wood
Shadowbox Tramp Art Star Frame by Angie Dow
By Angie Dow
Located in Manalapan, NJ
A inspired Tramp Art star-shaped shadowbox frame by noted contemporary artist Angie Dow. The center
Category
2010s American Folk Art Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Tagua Nut Carved Snuffbox
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful Tagua nut carved snuffbox featuring a whale's head with sulphur eyes.
The lid is
Category
Antique 19th Century French Folk Art Tobacco Accessories
Vitra Eames House Whale
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
and an extensive collection of folk art, as well as other small objects found on their travels, in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Whale Weathervane, circa 1950s
Located in Gloucester, GB
Folk Art Whale Weathervane, circa 1950s.
- Made from sheet steel and hand painted
- Heavy cast
Category
Vintage 1950s English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Large Tin Folk Art Whale, circa 1930s
Located in Gloucester, GB
Large tin Folk Art whale, circa 1930s
- Hand painted on tin
- 3D double sided
- English, 1930s
Category
Vintage 1930s English Folk Art Carnival Art
Early 20th Century Folk Art Copper Whale Weathervane
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early weathervane in the form of a sperm whale in copper, of hollow body form with raised tail
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
Folk Art Carved Sperm Whale
Located in Nantucket, MA
Contemporary Folk Art carved wooden sperm whale, made in the last ten years but in a manner to look
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Carved and Decorated Sei Whale, circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Folk Art carved and decorated Sei Whale, circa 1920s. An early vintage or antique hand carved and
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Nantucket Sperm Whale Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Sperm Whale Weather Vane Whirligig, having slender hand-whittled flukes with great
Category
Antique 1890s American Folk Art Weathervanes
Materials
Wood
scimshaw sperm whale teeth
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
Two engraved whales teeth one with a whaling scene
Category
Antique 19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Turn of the Century Folk Art Whaling Scene Hooked Rug
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Turn of the Century Folk Art whaling scene hooked rug, late 19th or early 20th century, a
Category
Antique 1890s American Folk Art Rugs
Materials
Wool
Folk Art Masterpiece Animals Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
combination of barnyard animals as well as whales; giraffes and fish. In addition, it has a variety of fruits
Category
Antique 19th Century American Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Jonah & the Whale Mechanical Bank by Shepard Hardware
By Shepard Hardware Company
Located in Nantucket, MA
Jonah and the Whale Bank, patented on July 15th in 1890 by Charles G. Shepard and Peter Adams and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Toys
Materials
Iron
"Jonah and the Whale" Bell Toy, American, circa 1890
By Gong Bell Mfg. Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
the front of the whale. Jonah moves up and down and back and forth, and in so doing he moves the bell
Category
Antique 1890s American Folk Art Toys
Materials
Iron
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Folk Art Whale For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal folk art whale for your home. Frequently made of wood, softwood and pine, every folk art whale was constructed with great care. There are 69 variations of the antique or vintage folk art whale you’re looking for, while we also have 2 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a folk art whale — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A folk art whale is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Folk Art, Industrial and Mid-Century Modern styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made folk art whale over the years, but those crafted by Wendy Lichtensteiger, Captain George Grant and Frank Finney are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Folk Art Whale?
Prices for a folk art whale start at $29 and top out at $18,000 with the average selling for $1,332.
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- Is mandala art folk art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 22, 2024Yes, mandala art is folk art. The definition of folk art is art that reflects the sociocultural characteristics and values of a particular group of people. Mandala art fits this definition due to its association with the Hindu and Buddhist faiths. On 1stDibs, explore a selection of folk art from some of the world's top sellers.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mexican folk art can be characterized by vibrant colored paintings and jewelry designed with floral motifs. Lush forests and animals, especially birds, are featured in Mexican folk art, which is a blend of Indigenous and European methods and skills. You’ll find a variety of Mexican folk art from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Among the materials used in folk art are cloth, wood, paper, clay and metal.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Jamini Roy was an Indian artist whose paintings often reflected his Indian roots. Roy combined imagery from Indian folk art with Western motifs to create his unique modern works. Subjects ranged from paintings of legendary figures to everyday life in rural Bengal. His goal was to make art affordable to everyone. Browse a selection of Jamini Roy paintings on 1stDibs.
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