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Midcentury Abstract Expressionist Oil on Paper Painting, Signed 1964
Midcentury Abstract Expressionist Oil on Paper Painting, Signed 1964

Midcentury Abstract Expressionist Oil on Paper Painting, Signed 1964

Located in Seaford, GB

modernism. It uses rich colour, bold form, and expressive brushwork. Its totemic figure draws from tribal

Category

Mid-20th Century African Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Antique Derband Turkish Rug in Neutrals
Antique Derband Turkish Rug in Neutrals

Antique Derband Turkish Rug in Neutrals

Located in New York, NY

This brilliant tribal inspired figure eight Derband carpet from Turkey is unlike any other in our

Category

Early 20th Century Turkish Rugs

Materials

Wool

Tribal Figure
Tribal Figure

Tribal Figure

Unavailable|$200

Tribal Figure

Located in Chicago, IL

Haunting and gorgeous portrait of a tribal figure, artist unknown.

19th Century African Christian Burial Figure
19th Century African Christian Burial Figure

19th Century African Christian Burial Figure

Located in Hove, GB

An old carved wood tribal figure, of an Afro-Christian Community The figure is holding hands, in a

Category

Antique 19th Century African Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Tribal Teke Figure Ex Sothebys
African Tribal Teke Figure Ex Sothebys

African Tribal Teke Figure Ex Sothebys

Located in London, GB

This is a fine Teke Mutinu Bamba magic figure, The Teke use this type of cylindrical bodied figure

Category

Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Fine Antique Nepal Himalaya Tribal Tharu  Figure
Fine Antique Nepal Himalaya Tribal Tharu  Figure

Fine Antique Nepal Himalaya Tribal Tharu Figure

Located in London, GB

A old ancestor figure from the Tharu people of Southern Nepal. The standing guardian figure, the

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Nepalese Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Art- Ceremonial Tribal Headdress with Articulated Figure
African Art- Ceremonial Tribal Headdress with Articulated Figure

African Art- Ceremonial Tribal Headdress with Articulated Figure

Located in Chicago, IL

Bamana antelope headdress with articulated puppet figure. String through back makes arms and legs

Category

Malian Tribal Art

Materials

Fabric

African Tribal Art Fine Rare Yoruba Ibeji Figure Anago Benin
African Tribal Art Fine Rare Yoruba Ibeji Figure Anago Benin

African Tribal Art Fine Rare Yoruba Ibeji Figure Anago Benin

Located in London, GB

African tribal fine rare Yoruba Ibeji figure Anago Benin A finely carved rare male Ibeji figure

Category

Early 20th Century Beninese Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Moba Shrine Figure
Moba Shrine Figure

Moba Shrine Figure

Unavailable|$5,500

Moba Shrine Figure

Located in 3 Oaks, MI

This evocative and powerfully Minimalist and primitive form is a Moba shrine/protective figure

Category

Early 20th Century Togolese Tribal Tribal Art

Tsonga figure
Tsonga figure

Tsonga figure

Unavailable|$550

Tsonga figure

Located in London, GB

Tsonga figure South Africa Wood 21cm

Category

Early 20th Century Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Senufo figure
Senufo figure

Senufo figure

Unavailable|$646

Senufo figure

Located in London, GB

Senufo figure Ivory Coast 27cm wood on a metal stand

Category

Early 20th Century African Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Baule Figure
Baule Figure

Baule Figure

Unavailable|$4,677

Baule Figure

Located in London, GB

Superb Baule figure Wood Very old and well used & authentic object Provenance: - Private

Category

Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Bambara Female Wooden Figure from Mali
African Bambara Female Wooden Figure from Mali

African Bambara Female Wooden Figure from Mali

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Bambara female figure

Category

20th Century Malian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Wooden Dogon Ancestor Figure from Mali
African Wooden Dogon Ancestor Figure from Mali

African Wooden Dogon Ancestor Figure from Mali

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

This powerful piece is an ancestor figure made by the Dogon people of Mali. It displays a number of

Category

20th Century Malian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Luba Kukudji Figure
Luba Kukudji Figure

Luba Kukudji Figure

Unavailable|$5,640

Luba Kukudji Figure

Located in London, GB

Luba Figure Kakudji D.R. Congo Wood, fibre, beads, textile 28 cm On a professional wooden

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Art

Materials

Textile, Natural Fiber, Wood, Beads

Baule colonial figure
Baule colonial figure

Baule colonial figure

Unavailable|$619

Baule colonial figure

Located in London, GB

Baule colonial figure from Ivory Coast 26.5cm tall ex German collection

Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Philippine Wood Sword Scabbard with Standing Figure, Rattan Wraps
Philippine Wood Sword Scabbard with Standing Figure, Rattan Wraps

Philippine Wood Sword Scabbard with Standing Figure, Rattan Wraps

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Carved wood knife or sword scabbard from the Philippines, with carved standing figure with open

Category

Mid-20th Century Philippine Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Yoruba Maternity Offering Bowl Figure with Chicken, Africa, Nigeria
Yoruba Maternity Offering Bowl Figure with Chicken, Africa, Nigeria

Yoruba Maternity Offering Bowl Figure with Chicken, Africa, Nigeria

Located in Santa Fe, NM

female figure with baby riding on her back, presenting to her front an offering bowl in the form of a

Category

Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Yombe Fetish Figure
African Yombe Fetish Figure

African Yombe Fetish Figure

Unavailable|$2,200

African Yombe Fetish Figure

Located in Montecito, CA

This Bakongo power figure is adorned with feathers, shells, nails and raffia. The eyes of the

Category

20th Century Congolese Tribal Art

Materials

Feathers, Raffia, Wood

Songye power figure Nkisi
Songye power figure Nkisi

Songye power figure Nkisi

Unavailable|$1,238

Songye power figure Nkisi

Located in London, GB

Songye Power Figure NKISI Provenance: - Private collection, London, United Kingdom Songye

Category

20th Century Congolese Tribal Art

Materials

Raffia, Wood

Yoruba Ibeji Female Figure
Yoruba Ibeji Female Figure

Yoruba Ibeji Female Figure

Located in North Palm Beach, FL

Hand Carved Yoruba Ibeji Female Figure. Figure does show extensive wear, and 'smoothing' of edges

Category

Vintage 1940s Nigerian Folk Art Tribal Art

Materials

Wood, Pigment

African Art Baule Wooden Figure of the Virgin Mary
African Art Baule Wooden Figure of the Virgin Mary

African Art Baule Wooden Figure of the Virgin Mary

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Only about one-eighth of the population was Christian in the 1980s. In general, Christianity was practiced by the middle class and in urban centers of the south. It was most prevalen...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Fine Large Teke Figure
Fine Large Teke Figure

Fine Large Teke Figure

Unavailable|$2,373

Fine Large Teke Figure

Located in Amsterdam, NL

Early 20th century Democratic Republic of Congo. former Zaire Measures: High 50 cm. Provenance: Mr. Jean Delmas, France. The face with diagonal incised scarification and rectangu...

Category

Vintage 1930s Congolese Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Fine Congo Mbala carved wood figure, Early 20th century, Africa
Fine Congo Mbala carved wood figure, Early 20th century, Africa

Fine Congo Mbala carved wood figure, Early 20th century, Africa

Located in Santa Fe, NM

For collectors of African art. Finely carved Congo wood figure with hands on stomach with carved

Category

Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Art- Altar Figure (Boli)

African Art- Altar Figure (Boli)

Located in Chicago, IL

/> Keywords: tribal, African, fetish, ceremonial, ritual, animal

Category

20th Century Malian Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Nevian Carved Wood Chieftain Figure
Nevian Carved Wood Chieftain Figure

Nevian Carved Wood Chieftain Figure

Located in Lake Forest, IL

The subject depicted is a Carib Indian known as the Kalinago people who populated islands as far north as St. Kitts and Nevia in the early 1600s when the European colonists arrived.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Kittsian Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Pre Columbian Nayarit Pottery Ancestor Figure
Pre Columbian Nayarit Pottery Ancestor Figure

Pre Columbian Nayarit Pottery Ancestor Figure

Located in New York, NY

A very artistic abstracted red slip painted male figure, seated on his haunches with spindly arms

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mexican Tribal Art

Pre Columbian Nayarit Pottery Ancestor Figure
Pre Columbian Nayarit Pottery Ancestor Figure

Pre Columbian Nayarit Pottery Ancestor Figure

Located in New York, NY

San Sebastian Variety, Nice sculptural form, burnised orangeware. He is seated with headdress, painted loincloth.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mexican Tribal Art

Timbuwarra Figure, Wiru People, Southern Highland New Guinea
Timbuwarra Figure, Wiru People, Southern Highland New Guinea

Timbuwarra Figure, Wiru People, Southern Highland New Guinea

Located in New York, NY

Woven representation of a Timbuwarra Figure from the Wiru People in the Southern Highlands Region

Category

20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art

Materials

Rattan

Pre Columbian Nayarit Pottery Seated Female Votive Figure
Pre Columbian Nayarit Pottery Seated Female Votive Figure

Pre Columbian Nayarit Pottery Seated Female Votive Figure

Located in New York, NY

A unique modeled and painted figural effigy; she is seated side legged and holding a small vessel

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mexican Tribal Art

Pre Columbian Colima Pottery Standing Abstract Female Figure
Pre Columbian Colima Pottery Standing Abstract Female Figure

Pre Columbian Colima Pottery Standing Abstract Female Figure

Located in New York, NY

An buff clay sculpture of excellent form, she has large exaggerated proportions of monumental quality. Remains of negative resist painted designs to body. Size: 12-1/2 inches (31...

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mexican Tribal Art

Materials

Pigment

Glazed Earthenware Ceramic Figure by Colette Gueden
Glazed Earthenware Ceramic Figure by Colette Gueden

Glazed Earthenware Ceramic Figure by Colette Gueden

By Colette Gueden

Located in Hoboken, NJ

Glazed earthenware vase in the form of a tribal figure, by Colette Gueden for Primavera, France

Category

Vintage 1940s French Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Boki Figure, Cameroon

Boki Figure, Cameroon

By Tribal Art

Located in New York, NY

A fine and very ancient Boki Figure from a renowned NY African Art Collection. This wonderful piece

Category

18th Century and Earlier Art

Luba Koro Figure

Tribal ArtLuba Koro Figure

Unavailable|$13,500

Luba Koro Figure

By Tribal Art

Located in New York, NY

This very rare and fine Luba Koro figure was exhibited at the Nassau County Musem in 1986, and has

Category

Late 19th Century Art

Materials

Wood

Baule Female Figure

Baule Female Figure

By Tribal Art

Located in New York, NY

A very fine Baule standing female with slightly bent knees, arms to her body, and small breasts. Classic features with facial scarification, crested coiffure, with applied loin cloth...

Category

Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Burlap, Wood

Grimmy 86

Grimmy 86

By Dale Grimshaw

Located in Hungerford, GB

traditional Tribal figure Dale also introduces 20th Century iconography which is at odds with the simple way

Category

2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Asante Seated Female Royal Figure

Asante Seated Female Royal Figure

By Tribal Art

Located in New York, NY

A very fine Asante Seated Female Royal Figure from a renowned NY collection of African Art. This

Category

Late 19th Century Art

Materials

Terracotta

Bamun Eight Figure Stool, Cameroon

Bamun Eight Figure Stool, Cameroon

By Tribal Art

Located in New York, NY

A magnificent and rare Bamun Stool from the estate of a noted NY Collector of African art. This superb example has been in the same collection for over 40 years.

Category

Late 19th Century Sculptures

Kuba Drum Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kuba Drum Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

By Tribal Art

Located in New York, NY

This extraordinary Kuba Drum figure was exhibited at the Rutgers University Art Gallery in 1980

Category

Late 19th Century Art

Small Bastar Tribal Bronze Figure
Small Bastar Tribal Bronze Figure

Small Bastar Tribal Bronze Figure

Located in Fossano, IT

A small Bastar tribal bronze of a rider with a spear on a saddled horse. On a plexiglass base

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Indian Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Hand-Carved Tribal Ancestral Figure with Horsehair Topknot
Hand-Carved Tribal Ancestral Figure with Horsehair Topknot

Hand-Carved Tribal Ancestral Figure with Horsehair Topknot

Located in Pasadena, CA

This striking wooden figure stands tall and elongated, carved with angular limbs and an expressive

Category

Vintage 1980s Burkinabe Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Mid-20th Century Vanuatu Tribal Fernwood Grade Ritual Figure, Ambrym Island
Mid-20th Century Vanuatu Tribal Fernwood Grade Ritual Figure, Ambrym Island

Mid-20th Century Vanuatu Tribal Fernwood Grade Ritual Figure, Ambrym Island

Located in New York, NY

Vanuatu Fernwood Grade Ritual Figure, Ambrym Island. A sculpture carved from a solid section of the

Category

Mid-20th Century Oceanic Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Organic Material

Brutalist Tribal Folk Wrought Iron Horse Figure 1950s Head Bowed
Brutalist Tribal Folk Wrought Iron Horse Figure 1950s Head Bowed

Brutalist Tribal Folk Wrought Iron Horse Figure 1950s Head Bowed

Located in Melbourne, AU

A delightful tribal brutalist sculpture of a horse, showing exceptional character and decorative

Category

Mid-20th Century Indian Brutalist Animal Sculptures

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

African Kulango Pendant Figure
African Kulango Pendant Figure

African Kulango Pendant Figure

Located in Charlevoix, MI

. Similar example in Barbier's Art of Cote D'Ivoire, vol 1, 1993, figure 396. It's provenance includes a

Category

Antique 19th Century African Tribal More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Bronze

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Tribal Figure For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the tribal figure you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and bronze, every tribal figure was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a tribal figure — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right tribal figure, those designed in Folk Art, Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one tribal figure that is appealing in its simplicity, but Baule Tribe, Benin People and Brian Stanziale produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Tribal Figure?

A tribal figure can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,625, while the lowest priced sells for $95 and the highest can go for as much as $102,154.