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Ethno Design Mbole People, DRC, Chief Scepters Collection Made of Palmtree Leaf
Located in Leuven , BE
The Sceptres are made of the Midrib of Palm tree leaves. They were uses by the members of the Lilwaa Secret Society of the Mbole Tribe that live in the ...
Category
1920s Congolese Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Organic Material
Ethno Design early 20th Century, Drc, Selection of Three Bark Cloth Beaters
Located in Leuven , BE
Three old and well used bark cloth beater made out of a wooden shaft with a cross-hatched blackened tip which is lashed into position by a strip of cane. These grooved wooden beater were tools used to pound and soften tree bark, for the processing of bark cloth used as clothing. This tool has many different variations that are seen in indigenous cultures worldwide, yet all for a similar purpose. They vary in size, shapes, and materials. They are carved with parallel striations. Some bark beaters...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Ethno Design Selection of 7 Cache-Sexe Made of Palm Leaf, Mangbetu People, DRC
Located in Leuven , BE
Back aprons (negbe, pl. egbe) such as these were particularly popular among upper-class Mangbetu women at the turn of the 20th century. This distinctive kidney-shaped ornament pad wa...
Category
1930s Congolese Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Organic Material
Ewe Kente
By Ewe People
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a fine piecevof Kente Textile from the Ewe people of the Volta region of Ghana. Woven from handspun cotton and natural dyes. This is a prestige cloth worn by a high ranking Elder of the Ewe people. The pattern denotes the individuals high status within the community with the dark blue background indicating the wisdom and knowledge of the owner. This piece will date from the 1930's and is in very fine condition. Ewe Kente...
Category
1930s Ghanaian Tribal Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Cotton
Ewe Kente
By Green Grove Weavers
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a fine old piece of Royal Ewe Kente from arpund 1930.
Kente textile is a Royal Textile of the Ewe people of Ghana . This piece would have been worn...
Category
1930s Ghanaian Tribal Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Cotton
Ironwood Root Carved War Club
Located in London, GB
Gunstock shaped war club ‘Sali’. Ironwood root carved with traditional motifs. An excellent example, mounted on a custom stand in patinated bronze.
Measure...
Category
1980s Fijian Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Iron
Portrait of African Women in Copper by Tshiasuma, circa 1984
By Tshiasuma
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Original copper panel representing two women's faces.
Handmade brassware work by an African artist.
Art Deco Colonial style, Africa, 80s.
Signed and dated: "Tshiasuma 84".
In good ...
Category
1980s African Colonial Revival Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Copper
Bas Congo Sword, Private collection of Bruno Conti 'Brussels'
Located in Leuven , BE
Bas Congo Sword / Scepter 19th C.
Collection Bruno Conti (Bruno Conti, Brussels, 1974-2003).
Category
19th Century Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Metal
Archaic African Mortar Made from Ironwood
Located in Vienna, AT
This very massive, exceptional mortar is hand carved from a lovely rust couloured iron wood. It was made in the 19th century on the African continent, possibly in Ghana. The bowl's s...
Category
19th Century Ghanaian Archaistic Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Baule Figure
Located in London, GB
Superb Baule figure
Wood
Very old and well used & authentic object
Provenance:
- Private collection, USA.
Exhibitted:
- Tribal Art London, 2022
...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Luba Kukudji Figure
Located in London, GB
Luba Figure
Kakudji
D.R. Congo
Wood, fibre, beads, textile
28 cm
On a professional wooden stand
Provenance:
- Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
- Zem...
Category
Late 19th Century Congolese Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood, Beads, Textile, Natural Fiber
Baule 'Goli Glin' mask
Located in London, GB
Baule Goli Mask (Goli Glin)
Private collection UK
Originally purchased from Bonhams London in the late 1990s
Exhibited & vetted:
- San Francisco Tribal & ...
Category
20th Century Ivorian 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood, Paint
Guro / Baule Mask
Located in London, GB
Fine authentic Guro mask
Ivory Coast
Wood
On a professional customised stand
Exhibitted & vetted:
- Tribal Art London
Provenance:
- Private collec...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Ibibio Mask from Nigeria
Located in London, GB
IBIBIO MASK
Nigeria
Wood
Early 20th Century
Provenance:
- ex Helmut Zake (1918-1995) collection, Heidelberg, Germany
- Native auction, Brussels,...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Ngontang / Fang Mask
Located in London, GB
Ngontang Mask
Gabon
Fang-Kwele, (Vuvi)
Early 1900s
Height: 25cm
Material:
- Wood, pigment, white kaolin
Provenance:
- Ex collection Gaspereaux, Toulouse, France
- Zema...
Category
Early 20th Century Gabonese 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Mossi Mask
Located in London, GB
Very old authentic Mossi mask from Burkina Faso
On a professional customised metal stand
Provenance:
- Private collection, UK (details will be given to...
Category
Early 20th Century Burkinabe 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Songye power figure Nkisi
Located in London, GB
Songye Power Figure
NKISI
Provenance:
- Private collection, London, United Kingdom
Songye Power Sculpture
Like the Kongo and other related Bantu cul...
Category
20th Century Congolese 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Raffia, Wood
Gonçalo Mabunda the Extraordinary Talented Throne, 2018
By Gonçalo Mabunda
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
The extraordinary talented throne (2018), a unique artwork by Gonçalo Mabunda in metal scraps and decommissioned ammunitions.
Mabunda was born in 1975...
Category
2010s Mozambican Other 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Other, Metal
Hardwood Chokwe Bench, Angola, 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
A fine and elegant hardwood Chokwe (Angola) bench, carved all-over with geometric patterns, human and animal motifs.
The front rain supported with caryatids in the form of male figu...
Category
Late 19th Century Angolan Tribal Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Leather, Wood
African Painting by Adingra
Located in Antwerp, BE
African painting stone on burlap by Adingra, 1983,
France - Cote d'Ivoire.
Measures: Height 61 cm,
width 39 cm,
depth 2 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Sandstone
Oro Efe Gelede Mask, Nigeria
Located in Antwerp, BE
The Gelede spectacle of the Yoruba is a public display by colorful masks which combines art and ritual dance to amuse, educate and inspire worship. Gelede celebrates “Mothers” (awon iya wa), a group that includes female ancestors and deities as well as the elderly women of the community, and the power and spiritual capacity these women have in society. However, this power may also be destructive and take the form of witchcraft; therefore, Gelede serves the function of appeasing this power, as well.
Gelede costume and headdress.
Gelede masks...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Large Vintage Traditional Wooden Bongo Drum Hand Painted Boho Tribal Art
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A superb vintage Bongo Drum, lovely decorative piece with beautiful wood construction and hand-painted with a vibrant tribal colourway. Lovely wear and colour to the wood.
In Excel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
West African Tribal Mask, Early 20th Century
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A highly decorative carved wood West African tribal mask decorated in blue and red polychrome colours on a black ground.
In very good condition wi...
Category
Early 20th Century African 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Antique Ceremonial Ashanti Ghana African Queens Wooden Stool mmaa dwa
Located in London, GB
An antique Ashanti ceremonial stool, carved from a single piece of wood. The up-curved seat stands on five supports, the central one pierced with small semi circles and the outer four supports carved, fretted.
In very good condition
Length 46cm
Height 34cm
Width 24cm
The origin of the Ashante culture can be found in the Akan ethnic groups that inhabited West Africa around Lake Volta and the Gulf of Guinea. The Asante formed a strong confederation that developed from the late 17th century, with the founding of the city of Kumasi, and whose economy was based on trade, gold mining and slave traffic. They are the most important and larger ethnic group in Ghana and was one of the few African states capable of resisting European imperialism.
Within the material heritage and furniture of the Ashante people, some of the most outstanding pieces are the ceremonial stools, being the Golden Stool...
Category
Early 1900s Ghanaian Tribal Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Antique Persian Afshar Bagface, c. 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Persian Afshar Bagface Bag, c. 1900
This highly graphic Afshar bag face draws a large central indigo-blue hexagon against a complimentary contrasting terra cotta field. Both...
Category
19th Century Persian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wool
African Mask 'Kanaga' Dogon tribe, Mali C 1950
Located in Paris, FR
Mask 'Kanaga' Dogon tribe, Mali Circa 1950
Provenance: Swedish private collection, from the 1970s. Then inherited within the family
One of the most popular types of masks in the Sang...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
19th Century African Zulu War Club "Knobkerrie" Killing Stick
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century Zulu war club known as a Knobkerrie made from the wood of a root ball or wad and carried by Zulu warriors in South Africa. Made from the har...
Category
19th Century South African Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Saddle or Saddle Pad Moroccan Carpet
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 1095 - I found this nomadic saddle among the various Moroccan carpets I bought from a young traveller, who sold me all his collection many years ago...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Archaistic 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wool
Old Moroccan Saddle or Saddle Pad
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 1166 - I found this nomadic saddle among the various Moroccan carpets i bought many years ago from a young traveller, who sold me all his collection...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Archaistic 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wool
Ashanti tribal stool Ghana
By Akan Ashanti
Located in London, GB
An early to mid 20th century Ashanti tribal stool. An original piece which has been well used and not produced for the tourist industry. Carved from a single piece of wood.
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Small Ashanti tribal headrest stool
By Akan Ashanti
Located in London, GB
A wonderful small early 20th century Ashanti tribal stool, headrest. Carved from a single piece of wood. Well worn and genuine tribal stool or headrest.
Category
1920s Ghanaian Tribal Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Old Antique Lobi Wooden Female Figure Sculpture Produced in Burkina Faso, Africa
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare mid century Lobi folk tribal art female figure wooden sculpture produced in Burkina Faso, Africa by anonymous designer in the 1940s. In good original condition.
Dimensions: H:...
Category
1940s Burkinabe Tribal Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Decorative and Mid Century African Hand Made Wooden and Hide Tribal Drum, 1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare and beautiful handmade drum in painted wood and hide produced i Africa early 1900s / 20th century. In original condition.
Very decorative and genuine and works well with many c...
Category
Early 20th Century Kenyan Folk Art 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Hide, Wood
Early Twentieth Century Elder's Stool
Located in London, GB
The form of this early twentieth-century Pokot stool from Kenya exhibits a beautiful sculptural quality, in which three curved, flared and flattened legs support the flat circular se...
Category
Early 20th Century Kenyan Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
19th Century Ethiopian Saddle-Shaped Stool
Located in London, GB
This stool is a beautiful example of an Arsi saddle-shaped stool from the Oromia region of Ethiopia. Finely carved into this form from dense, heavy brown wood, this stool has developed a lovely rich surface patina as a result of use over time.
Estimated Period: Late 19th/Early 20th Century
Ex Private Collection, Addis Ababa...
Category
19th Century Ethiopian Tribal Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Large Tutsi Prestige Basket
Located in London, GB
The distinctive sculptural form of this large Tutsi fibre basket from Rwanda - woven with the same double-layer 'igihisi' structure used to create Tutsi wall screens - is an expressi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Rwandan Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Natural Fiber
Early Twentieth-Century Tanzanian Village Stool
Located in London, GB
The form of this finely carved early twentieth-century village stool, from the Hehe culture in Tanzania, consists of four short, upright legs supporting a dish-shaped seat. A small d...
Category
Early 20th Century Tanzanian Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-Twentieth Century Tall Female Figure With Bead Decoration
Located in London, GB
This mid-twentieth century figurative sculpture, which comes from the Kwere culture in Tanzania, depicts a female standing in an upright stance, with her hands placed by her sides.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Hardwood
Slender 19th Century High-Backed Ethiopian Chair
Located in London, GB
This late nineteenth-century chair, from the Gindabarat in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, has been finely carved from a single piece of dense, heavy wood. The circular, narrow-in-siz...
Category
Late 19th Century Ethiopian Tribal Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Early Twentieth-Century South African Headrest
Located in London, GB
This fine early twentieth-century headrest, from the Zulu culture in South Africa, was previously part of a selection of exceptional Southern African art in the Terence and Bernice P...
Category
Early 20th Century South African Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Hardwood
Fine Early Prestige Kuba Chieftain's Cap (Laket Mishiing)
Located in London, GB
Traditionally worn as a symbol of rank and title, this beautiful Kuba chieftain's cap (laket mishiing) is embellished with cowrie shells and rows of blue, white and black glass beads...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber, Beads
Important and Rare Igbo Prestige Stool
Located in London, GB
This large, rare Igbo title stool from Nigeria displays a wonderful sculptural form.
The circular seat and base are connected by a series of beautifully curved supporting legs, whi...
Category
20th Century Nigerian Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Fine Mid-Twentieth Century Mother and Child Figure
Located in London, GB
This beautiful mid-twentieth century figurative sculpture depicts a mother, crowned with a sweeping double-parted coiffure, holding her child at her side. Multiple strands of glass b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Hardwood, Beads
1960's Himba Head Adornment
Located in London, GB
The Himba of Northern Namibia are immediately recognisable by their distinctive hairstyles, which are determined by their age, gender and marital status. Both Himba men and women wea...
Category
1960s Namibian Tribal Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Natural Fiber, Beads
1930's - 1940's Kamba Stool with Beaded Top
Located in London, GB
The flat seat of this early twentieth-century Kamba stool from Kenya has been beautifully decorated with embedded red, green, blue and white glass beads. Carved from a single piece o...
Category
Early 20th Century Kenyan Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood, Beads
Mid-Twentieth Century 'Zakpai' Mask
Located in London, GB
This finely carved mid-twentieth century 'zakpai' mask, from the Dan culture in the Ivory Coast, reflects Dan conceptions of beauty. With its rounded eyes, accentuated cheekbones and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Hardwood
1930's Mbole Woven Bark Fibre Decorative Panels
Located in London, GB
Woven panels such as this would have decorated the walls of a traditional Mbole meeting house in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These woven decorative Mbole panels are made fr...
Category
1930s Congolese Tribal Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Natural Fiber
Fine Early 20th Century Chokwe Mask (Ex Afrika Museum Collection)
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century mask, from the Chokwe culture in Angola, displays unusual features. Carved from a light wood and decorated with yellow pigments, this fine mask exhibits ...
Category
1940s Angolan Tribal Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Set of Three Early Twentieth Century Nigerian Door Panels
Located in London, GB
This set of three early twentieth-century panels, from the Nupe culture in Nigeria, display a blend of beautiful decorative designs, carved in low relief against a plain background. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Rare 19th Century High-Backed Ethiopian Chair With Wonderful 'Dancing' Form
Located in London, GB
This amazing nineteenth-century high-backed chair, from the Gurage culture in Ethiopia, has many unusual characteristics. The solid, bowl-shaped seat of the chair is supported by thr...
Category
19th Century Ethiopian Tribal Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Fine Early Twentieth-Century Figurative Flutes
Located in London, GB
Together, these two finely carved flutes display a wonderful interplay of the abstracted forms of a 'male' and 'female' figure. A strip of snake skin has been wrapped around the 'bo...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Reclining Lobi Backrest With Two Legs
Located in London, GB
With a low seat supported by two splayed legs, this Lobi backrest from Burkina Faso exhibits a wonderful form with a long, reclining back support. Throughout, the surface of the piec...
Category
Early 20th Century Burkinabe Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Early Twentieth-Century Mask With Powerful Expression
Located in London, GB
This striking early twentieth-century mask, from the Kete culture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, previously belonged to the private collection of Penn Kent, the former Dire...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Metal
Kuba Woman's Prestige Hat (Mpaan)
Located in London, GB
In Kuba society, title holding is dominated by men; there are only two titles held by women. Headdresses were and are the most visible expression of o...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Shell, Beads
Senufo Granary Door Depicting Series of Animals and Masks
Located in London, GB
This fine example of an early Senufo granary door from the Ivory Coast dates back to the first quarter of the twentieth century. Decorated with a series of carved animals and masks, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
19th Century Ethiopian Royal Bed (Former Tekalegn Besapa Collection)
Located in London, GB
This amazing nineteenth-century Ethiopian bed, personally collected in Ethiopia in the 1990's, formally belonged to the collection of Tekalegn Besapa, in Addis Ababa. This type of be...
Category
19th Century Ethiopian Tribal Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Stool with Phallic Form
Located in London, GB
Finely carved from a single piece of wood, this stool from the Sidamo region of Ethiopia displays a wonderful sculptural quality. Four cone-shaped legs support the stool's slightly-c...
Category
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Early Twentieth-Century South African Milk Pail ('Ithunga')
Located in London, GB
This early-twentieth-century tall, narrow vessel, from the Zulu culture in South Africa, would have traditionally served as a milk pail.
Known as an 'ithunga', the vessel exhibits ...
Category
Early 20th Century South African Tribal 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Hardwood
