Vintage Carved Wooden Vessel with Turtle Finial – Tribal Style Decorative Object
Located in Miami, FL
A unique accent for collectors of carved wood, folk art, ethnographic decor, and unusual decorative objects. This wooden vessel has a unique folk-art/tribal-style decorative piece w...
Wood, African Mahogany
Vintage Nagaland Monoxyl Wooden Vessels with Iron Details
Located in BORGO, FR
This remarkable set of two monoxyl wooden vessels originates from Nagaland, in northeastern India.
Metal
Vintage Nagaland Monoxyl Wooden Vessels with Iron Details
Located in BORGO, FR
This remarkable set of two monoxyl wooden vessels originates from Nagaland, in northeastern India.
Metal
$880Sale Price|20% Off
Central African Tribal Pot or Wooden Vase Neutral Brown
Located in Miami, FL
A Central African wood pot, vase or vessel. This vintage decorative object from Central Africa is created from a single piece of mahogany accentuated with leather. Tribal art. The ...
Leather, Mahogany
Carved Wooden Kinahu Ceremonial Vessel, Bontoc, Philippines
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Sculptural carved wooden kinahu vessel in the shape of an animal. Such bowls with zoomorphic appendages are commonly found in Ifugao. Kinahu is an offering bowl used in the Ifugao a...
Wood
20th Century French Hand-Carved Tribal Style Wooden Vessel
Located in High Point, NC
This 20th-century French wooden vessel showcases intricate hand-carved craftsmanship influenced by tribal and primitive art traditions.
Wood
Wooden African Mortar and Pestle
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted in Africa, wooden footed mortar and pestle. Great patina this kind of Moroccan mortar are used to grind spices. Nicely carved, the wood has some cracks on the bottom. ...
Wood
For thousands of years, vases and vessels have had meaningful functional value in civilizations all over the world. In Ancient Greece, ceramic vessels were used for transporting water and dry goods, holding bouquets of flowers, for storage and more. Outside of utilitarian use, in cities such as Athens, vases were a medium for artistic expression — pottery was a canvas for artists to illustrate their cultures’ unique people, beliefs and more. And pottery skills were handed down from fathers to sons.
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