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Modernist Sculptural African Drum, Wire Iron Stand
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early African Drum,, Hand made,,Modernist iron stand,, Functional,,amazing sound as well as
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Organic Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Iron
West African Drum, Decorative Sculpture
Located in Clermont, FL
A vintage sculpture drum with connected to the Yoruba culture of Nigeria. Measure: 10 inch tall.
Category
20th Century Nigerian Tribal Vintage African Drums
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Pair African Gourd Storage Vessels, Kenya or Ethiopia, early-mid 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
these gourds a wonderfully deep and rich patina.
These are most likely Giant African Drum Gourds, a
Category
20th Century Kenyan Tribal Vintage African Drums
Materials
Natural Fiber
East African Figurative Face Drum
Located in New York, NY
East African (20th Century) drum of carved head of man with beard and skin top, signed.
Category
20th Century African Tribal Vintage African Drums
Materials
Rosewood, Wood
West African Organic Wooden Carved Sculpture/Drum, 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
An organic wooden hand carved sculpture / drum in solid wood from West Africa in the 1950-1960s.
A
Category
20th Century African Organic Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Cowhide, Wood, Teak
Early African Cuica Drum, Tribal Sculpture, Hand Carved Wood
Located in Buffalo, NY
Drums are among the most important art forms in Africa, used both as a musical instrument and as a
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Vintage African Drums
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Vintage North African Clay Darbuka
Located in LYON, FR
Handmade North African Clay Drum. A delight to see, touch and play. Made in the traditional method
Category
1960s Moroccan Folk Art Vintage African Drums
Materials
Hide, Clay
Pair of Monumental African Ebonized Figures
Located in New York, NY
Pair of monumental African ebonized carved tribal figures of man and wife with child and drum
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Vintage African Drums
Materials
Wood
Four-Armed Man with Drum, Tribal Figurative Abstract Sculpture
By Nathaniel Sirles
Located in Soquel, CA
from San Francisco. Sirles was highly active in the African American art scene in San Francisco at a
Category
1970s Expressionist Vintage African Drums
Materials
Stone, Alabaster
H 5.5 in W 3.75 in D 4.75 in
Original Afrique Occidentale - Africa horizontal vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
left and right, harps, clay pots, drums with the maps of West Africa map in the center. The region
Category
1950s Land Vintage African Drums
Materials
Lithograph
H 31.5 in W 47 in D 0.07 in
Drums, Expressionist Group Portrait of Three Musicians by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Drums" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 34" x 40" oil
Category
1960s Expressionist Vintage African Drums
Materials
Oil, Board
Donald Drum Style MCM 1960s Cast Aluminum Brutalist Exotic Wild Beast Sculpture
By Bruce Fox, Donald Drumm
Located in St. Louis, MO
Large Mid-Century Modern Donald Drum style cast aluminum brutalist exotic African wild beast
Category
1960s American Brutalist Vintage African Drums
Materials
Aluminum
H 7.5 in W 17.63 in D 3.75 in
TENOR SERMON Signed Lithograph, Abstract Portrait Jazz Music Drum Sax Trombone
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
TENOR SERMON is a limited edition color lithograph by the renowned African American artist Romare
Category
1970s Contemporary Vintage African Drums
Materials
Lithograph
Original Vintage Poster French West Africa Map Afrique Occidentale Francaise Art
By alain cornic
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster featuring an illustrated map of French West Africa / Afrique Occidentale
Category
1950s French Vintage African Drums
Materials
Paper
H 31.5 in W 47.25 in D 0.04 in
White Impala Horn Table Lamp
Located in Bellport, NY
One of a kind impala horn table lamp. Black two-tier wooded base, with a white and black linen drum
Category
20th Century South African Anglo-Indian Vintage African Drums
Materials
Horn
Bronze Group, Chief with Servants, Asante People, Ghana, 1950s
By Akan Ashanti
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
A cast bronze group presenting a tribal chief (king) with his servants. A musician with a drum, a
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Vintage African Drums
Materials
Bronze
"Yaka Ceremonial Mask--Zaire, " Wood, Fiber, and Paint Mask
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This ceremonial mask was created by an unknown artist in the Yaka tribe of Africa. This mask is
Category
1930s Vintage African Drums
Materials
Wood, Paint
JUMPIN' & JIVIN' Signed Lithograph, Jazz Swing Club, Nightlife Scene, Musicians
By James Demark
Located in Union City, NJ
with bright stage lights, and five man band whose musical instruments include a grand piano, drums
Category
1990s Contemporary Vintage African Drums
Materials
Lithograph
1940s Nigerian Carved Mahogany End Tables With Elephant Bases - a Pair.
Located in Waxahachie, TX
the African Academy of Arts and Research in New York City on April 26, 1946. In her “My Day” newspaper
Category
1940s Nigerian Tribal Vintage African Drums
Materials
Wood
Nelson Mandela in his Cell on Robben Island [Revisit]
By Jürgen Schadeberg
Located in Santa Monica, CA
South African Photography”, is a principle figure in South African and World Photography. Schadeberg was
Category
Late 20th Century Vintage African Drums
Materials
Platinum
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French Orientalist Bronze Sculpture “Arab Shoeshine” after Edouard Drouot
Located in Shippensburg, PA
pedestrians while trying to drum up some business. It is finished in a rich polychromed patina ranging from
Category
20th Century French Vintage African Drums
Materials
Bronze
H 13.13 in W 4.38 in D 4.63 in
"Woman Of Tagmout (Singing the Ahwash)" from "Costumes of Morocco"
Located in Detroit, MI
incorporates song, dance, poetry, and frame drums. The songs are in Amazigh and usually repeat a single poetic
Category
1940s Vintage African Drums
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
overflowed with Persian carpets, delicate Arab embroideries, richly hued African wall hangings, and any
Category
1940s Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Lithograph
Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
overflowed with Persian carpets, delicate Arab embroideries, richly hued African wall hangings, and any
Category
1940s Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Lithograph
H 9.45 in W 12.6 in D 0.04 in
Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
overflowed with Persian carpets, delicate Arab embroideries, richly hued African wall hangings, and any
Category
1940s Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Lithograph
H 9.45 in W 12.6 in D 0.04 in
Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
overflowed with Persian carpets, delicate Arab embroideries, richly hued African wall hangings, and any
Category
1940s Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Lithograph
H 12.6 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
overflowed with Persian carpets, delicate Arab embroideries, richly hued African wall hangings, and any
Category
1940s Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Lithograph
H 12.6 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Woman with Flowers in Her Hair
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
overflowed with Persian carpets, delicate Arab embroideries, richly hued African wall hangings, and any
Category
1940s Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Lithograph
H 12.6 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Poster French West Africa Map Afrique Occidentale Francaise Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster featuring an illustrated map of French West Africa / Afrique Occidentale
Category
1950s Vintage African Drums
Materials
Paper
Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
overflowed with Persian carpets, delicate Arab embroideries, richly hued African wall hangings, and any
Category
1930s Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Linocut
Guillaume Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
overflowed with Persian carpets, delicate Arab embroideries, richly hued African wall hangings, and any
Category
1930s Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Lithograph
Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
overflowed with Persian carpets, delicate Arab embroideries, richly hued African wall hangings, and any
Category
1930s Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Linocut
Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
overflowed with Persian carpets, delicate Arab embroideries, richly hued African wall hangings, and any
Category
1930s Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Linocut
Creole Dancer
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
overflowed with Persian carpets, delicate Arab embroideries, richly hued African wall hangings, and any
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Lithograph
African Drum Coffee Table
Located in Stamford, CT
African hide drum table with glass top. Split to hide on one side.
Category
Mid-20th Century African Vintage African Drums
Materials
Glass, Hide, Rope, Wood
Akan Drum
Located in Des Plaines, IL
Tribes Akan Drum in Wood with Mirror
Ghana 20th century wood, pigment & mirror H x W x D: 36 x 14
Category
20th Century Vintage African Drums
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Mirror
Modern Coffee Color / Brownish Murano-Glass Vase by Gino Cenedese, late 1990s
By Cenedese
Located in Venice, Murano
A bongo-drum shaped glass vase, handmade in Murano by Gino Cenedese e Figlio in the late 1990s. The
Category
1990s Italian Vintage African Drums
Materials
Murano Glass
Modern Red Murano Glass Vase by Gino Cenedese e Figlio, late 1990s
By Cenedese
Located in Venice, Murano
A bongo-drum shaped glass vase, handmade in Murano by Gino Cenedese e Figlio in the late 1990s
Category
1990s Italian Vintage African Drums
Materials
Murano Glass
Modern Turquoise/Blue Murano-Glass Vase by Gino Cenedese E Figlio, late 1990s
By Cenedese
Located in Venice, Murano
A bongo-drum shaped glass vase, hand-made in Murano by Gino Cenedese e Figlio in the late 1990s
Category
1990s Italian Vintage African Drums
Materials
Murano Glass
African Drum Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dark stained African drum table.
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage African Drums
African Drum Table from Cameroon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An African drum table from the Banileke tribe in Cameroon. Beautiful handcarved detail.
Category
20th Century Cameroonian Vintage African Drums
Materials
Wood
African Drum Side Table from Cameroon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ebonized African drum side table. A few sizes available.
Category
Late 20th Century Cameroonian Vintage African Drums
Vintage Small African Drum
Located in New York, NY
Vintage tribal drum. Africa, circa 1970. Handcarved from one piece of wood.
Category
1970s African Vintage African Drums
African Drum Coffee Table
Located in Stamford, CT
African hide drum table with glass top. Split to hide on one side. Mid-20th century.
Category
1960s African Vintage African Drums
Materials
Hide
Round African Stool or Drum Table from Cameroon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic African drum table with carved apron.
Category
1980s Cameroonian Folk Art Vintage African Drums
African Cameroon Drum Table
Located in New York, NY
African drum stool originating from Cameroon. Featuring honeycomb design. Versatile for use as side
Category
20th Century Central African Tribal Vintage African Drums
Cameroon Drum Table
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An ebonized african drum stool/ end table with intricate latice spikes.
Category
1940s Cameroonian Vintage African Drums
Materials
Wood
Ebonized African "ZigZag" Cameroon Drum Stool 19" W x 17" H
Located in New York, NY
African drum stool, originating from Cameroon. Circa 1980.
Made of tropical
Category
Late 20th Century African Vintage African Drums
1960s African Wooden Drum
Located in High Point, NC
A rare authentic vintage wooden drum from the cradle of civilization, circa 1900. You can hear the
Category
1960s African Rustic Vintage African Drums
Materials
Animal Skin, String, Wood
African Skin Drum
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
African skin drum
Measures: 34" round x 23" height
22222-50.
Category
20th Century Vintage African Drums
Materials
Animal Skin
Pair of African Zebra hide Drum's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of African zebra drums. Great side table or beat it! Great condition, beautiful
Category
20th Century African Vintage African Drums
African Zebra Hide Drum Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Unusual mid century drum table covered in zebra hide and supported by three horn feet.
Category
20th Century South African Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Zebra Hide
West African Cameroon Drum Table
Located in Wilton, CT
Well proportioned single trunk carved table from West Africa. These tables are responsibly
Category
20th Century Central African Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Drums
Materials
Wood
African Style Goat Skin Drum Table
Located in Kenilworth, IL
West African style Djembe drum table on tripod feet covered in hair-on-hide goat skin. The drum top
Category
Mid-20th Century African Other Vintage African Drums
Materials
Goatskin, Glass, Wood
African Zebra Hide Drum
Located in San Francisco, CA
Zebra hide stretched over wooden drum with twisted rawhide around the sides standing on three zebra
Category
20th Century Zimbabwean Tribal Vintage African Drums
Materials
Zebra Hide
African Tribal Three Legged Stool & Small Drum
Located in New York, NY
African three-legged stool and drum. Each handcarved from a solid piece of hardwood. Small stool
Category
Late 20th Century African Vintage African Drums
African Cameroon Drum Stool 19W x 17H
Located in New York, NY
Priced at $800 each.
Category
Late 20th Century African Vintage African Drums
Pair of Patinated African Zebra Hide Drums
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of African zebra drums. Great side table or beat it! Heavily patinated, gives these
Category
20th Century African Folk Art Vintage African Drums
Materials
Zebra Hide, Wood
Painted and Carved Drum from Ghana West Africa
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1980s standing drum from Ghana has a painted and carved base with leather top. Two available
Category
Late 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Vintage African Drums
Materials
Leather, Wood
Vintage African Berber Moroccan Adufe Square Leather Drum Instrument
Located in Dayton, OH
painted with a floral motif.
“The adufe is a hand beaten wooden frame drum from Morocco, Africa. The
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Vintage African Drums
Materials
Goatskin, Hardwood, Paint
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Vintage African Drums For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of vintage African drums available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct vintage African drums — often made from animal skin, wood and zebra hide — can elevate any home. Vintage African drums have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Vintage African drums made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Mid-Century Modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made vintage African drums over the years, but those made by Bernard Harmon are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Vintage African Drums?
Vintage African drums can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $950, while the lowest priced sells for $160 and the highest can go for as much as $18,000.
Questions About Vintage African Drums
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022What an African drum symbolizes depends on the culture that produced it. Some African tribes believe drums represent self-protection and a willingness to protect the tribe's leaders or royalty. Others associate them with interconnectedness because people often use drums as ways to communicate across great distances. On 1stDibs, find a selection of African drums.
- What is an African drum called?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021There are many kinds of African drums. A popular African drum is called the djembe (pronounced JEM-bay). It is one of the most versatile and widely used percussion instruments worldwide. It is a goblet-shaped drum that is known for its versatile sound. Find a huge variety of musical instruments on 1stDibs.
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