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Luba Kabeja Janus Double Figure with Skirt, ex Irwin Hersey DRC Congo, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Classic Luba Kabeja Janus Double Figure or fetish with Skirt fetish of darkened wood with polished and worn patina. Striking eyes, and both male and female figures shown with hands ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Songye Female Large Wood Kifwebe Mask with White, Black, Provenance, DRC Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved wood large female Songye Kifwebe mask with classic white lines, blackened ridge down crest of forehead, nose and mouth. Worn holes around back edge of mask from attachment of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Pende or Kwese Black Wood Small Mask Heavy Eyelids Teeth, DRC Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pende or Kwese black wood small mask heavy eyelids, open mouth with carved teeth, curved scarification marks on cheeks. Heavy black patina on front and inside from years of traditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
20th Century Large Pair of Chinese Cast Iron Guardian Lions
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid 20th C. or Earlier
Cast iron
Dimensions: 32.5 × 15 × 15 in. (each) / 83 × 38 × 38 cm
Weight: 250 lbs/114 kg each. Because these items are very heavy, they will need to be crat...
Category
20th Century Chinese Other Statues
Materials
Iron
Large Dogon House Post, Mali
Located in Point Richmond, CA
With a textured, slightly eroded patina, Malians used this tall house post to support a major beam in a structure. Carved from a naturally forked tree, these tall sculptural supports...
Category
20th Century Malian Other Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Coral Grinding Wheel from Indonesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Coral
Indonesia
19th century
15 x 15 x 2.5 in. / 38 × 38 × 6 cm
Height on custom display stand: 20.75 in. / 53 cm
Category
Antique 19th Century Indonesian Other Mounted Objects
Materials
Coral
Antique Burmese Karaweik 50 Tical Bronze Market Weight
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Burmese 50 tical A-le, a zoomorphic form bronze market weight often referred to as an “opium weight”, in the form of a Karaweik, a Burmese crane with pointed beak and bulging...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Other Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Yipwon Figure, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Yiman (Alamblak) People, Southern Hills, Middle Sepik River
42 x 10 x 2 in. / 107 x 25 x 5 cm
The Yipwon are the patron spirits of hunting and warfare.
Category
20th Century Papua New Guinean Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Nepal Wood Dance Mask Half Cylindrical Form with Open Eyes Mouth Encrusted
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Nepal wood dance mask in half cylindrical form with cut out open eyes and mouth. Heavily encrusted surface, very good age from traditional use.
Ex- private collection in California...
Category
Early 20th Century Nepalese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo
A graphically compelling example of a Kuba raffia fiber prestige cloth with cut pile and stitched embroidery. In very good...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Antique Burmese Buddhist Opposing Pair of Bronze Monks, Shan States
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Burmese Buddhist Opposing Pair of Bronze Monks, Shan States. The figures are often referred to as Moggollana and Sariputta. Two smooth bronze kneeling male figures rendered a...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Burmese Other Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Aymara Woman’s Mantle (Ahuayo), Bolivia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Aymara Woman’s Mantle (Ahuayo), Bolivia
A large, finely woven and intricately patterned woman’s mantle from the Pacajes region of Bolivia displaying three wide vertical sect...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Bolivian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Alpaca
Antique Dida Woman’s Plaited Loin Cloth, Ivory Coast
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Dida Woman’s Plaited Loin Cloth, Ivory Coast
This unusual textile is made from hand-plaited raffia fiber that is then tie or stitch-resist dyed with natural pigments, creati...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Antique Woman’s Silk Tie-Dyed Kerchief (chabot), Cambodia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Woman’s Silk Tie-Dyed Kerchief (chabot), Cambodia
This small, graphically intriguing resist-dyed textile was made by the Cham people of Cambodia, a muslim group with histori...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Cambodian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Silk
Antique Mapuche Chief's Poncho, Chile or Argentina
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mapuche Poncho
Mapuche People, Chile or Argentina
First half of 20th century
Wool, double-cloth technique, indigo dyed
59 x 63 inches (150 x 160 cm)
With long fringes and of a pl...
Category
Early 20th Century Chilean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Rare Antique Japanese Oversized Sleeping Kimono (Yogi)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rare Antique Japanese Oversized Sleeping Kimono (Yogi)
This is the outer shell of a type of shaped sleeping kimono known as a yogi. Yogi were in more common use during the Edo and M...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton, Linen
Kuba (Bushong) Raffia Fiber Textile Panel From Woman’s Skirt, D.R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Kuba (Bushong) Raffia Fiber Textile Panel From Woman’s Skirt
The Bushong people are one of the largest and most dominant ethnic groups within the Kuba Kingdom in the DR Congo, and h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Coconut Bugbear Box/Tea Caddy by Unknown Sailor
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Coconut Bugbear Box/Tea Caddy by Unknown Sailor
A carved coconut bugbear in the form of a box with an unhinged lid with a carved image of a bird on a branch. Carved around the lid a...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Mexican Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
20th Century Bark Cloth Painting, Mbuti People, D.R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th Century bark cloth painting, Mbuti people, Ituri Forest, D. R. Congo
A wonderful barkcloth from the Mbuti people in the Ituri forest of northeastern Democratic Republic of the ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Congolese Tribal Drawings
Materials
Natural Fiber
Bark Painting of Three Fish by Bobby Bardjaray Ngainjmirra, Australia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Bark painting of Three Fish by Bobby Bardjaray Ngainjmirra, Northern Territory, Australia
Bobby Bajjarai, better known as Bobby Bardjaray Ngainjmirra, (c. 1915–1992) was a Kunwinjku...
Category
Late 20th Century Australian Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Abstract Tapa Headdress, Santa Cruz Island, Solomon Islands
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tapa Headdress, Lepau, Santa Cruz Island, East Solomon Islands
Paper mulberry tree inner bark, natural dye
Late 19th to early 20th century
67.5 by 18 inches (171.4 by 45.7 cm)
Ex pri...
Category
Early 20th Century Solomon Islands Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Early to mid-20th Century Karaut Pectoral, Abelam Culture, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Karaut pectoral, Southern Abelam people, Papua New Guinea
Fiber, boar's tusks, nassa and cowrie shells, pigment
15 by 5.25 inches (38 by 13.3 cm)
This finely woven karaut boar’s tus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber
Kumu Wood Mask Orange/Faded White Quadrant or Maniema Region DRC Congo Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early to mid century danced light wood mask from the Kumu or Maniema region, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa with face divided into four opposing quadrants with orange and trace...
Category
Mid-20th Century Gabonese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Dance Wand, Napa, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Napa dance wand, Nendo people, Temotu Province, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
An unusually large napa dance wand in the form of a highly stylized canoe, tapering to a point at...
Category
Early 20th Century Solomon Islands Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bark Painting by Jimmy Mijau Mijau, Northern Territory, Australia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Bark painting of Two Figures by Jimmy Mijau Mijau, Northern Territory, Australia
Jimmy Mijau Mijau (Jimmy Midjawmidjaw) was a Crocker Island artist known for painting Mimih figures....
Category
Late 20th Century Australian Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Coconut Bugbear Box/Tea Caddy by Unknown Sailor
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Coconut Bugbear Box/Tea Caddy by Unknown Sailor
A large carved coconut bugbear in the form of a box with a metal hinged lid. Carved around the lid are the words SOI D. MATYLDE BRENE...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Mexican Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan
The tightly woven longhouse sleeping mats of Kalimantan are almost exclusively constructed by women, who begin ...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Rattan
Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan
The tightly woven longhouse sleeping mats of Kalimantan are almost exclusively constructed by women, who begin ...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Rattan
Antique Japanese Recycled Saki-Ori Farmer’s Vest
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Recycled Saki-Ori Farmer’s Vest
This late 19th C recycled farmer’s vest from northern Japan was strip woven from repurposed cotton scraps in a technique known as sa...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan
A fine old Dayak (Kebahan) rattan mat from the upper Kayan River area in the Melawi region of West Kalimantan. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Rattan
Chinese Folk Wood Dance Mask with Beard large Ears traces of paint China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved wood dance mask from China with open expression, attached moustache and beard, large ears. Traces of many layers of paint, including red, blue, black and white pigments.
Ex- ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Stencil-Dyed Han-Juban With Fan Motif
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Stencil-Dyed Han-Juban With Fan Motif
Han-juban are short, waist length garments that are worn under kimono. It’s not uncommon for older examples to be missing thei...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Nepal Wood Dance Mask with Open Mouth Teeth, Late 19th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Oval dance mask from Nepal with powerful expression, open eyes and oval mouth with finely carved teeth, nicely carved ears. Heavy black encrusted patina inside and out from tradition...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Nepalese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Kurume Indigo-Dyed Double Ikat Futon Cover
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Kurume Indigo-Dyed Double Ikat Futon Cover
Kurume double-ikat weaving was established over 200 year ago on the southern island of Kyushu, and has long been celebrat...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Small Used Senufo Bird Faced Weaving Heddle Pulley, Ivory Coast Africa I
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Small used Senufo stylized bird faced weaving heddle pulley, Ivory Coast Africa I
Deep patina and polish from traditional use, circular wear inside from weaving bobbin, now absent.
6...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Nabeshima Carpet (Dantsu)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Nabeshima Carpet (Dantsu)
Nabeshima dantsu (carpets) are some of the earliest examples of rug making in Japan. The original weavers learned their craft from Chinese...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Small Wrapped Bundled Yaka Fetish on stand, DRC Congo, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Classic Yaka fetish of darkened wood with polished and worn patina, wearing a conical hat, and enclosed by wrapped fetish bundle. Typical Yaka face with strong lines on face outlini...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Bark Painting of Two Fish, Northern Territory, Australia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Bark painting of Two Fish, Northern Territory, Australia
A wonderful "x-ray" bark painting of two fish, probably Barrumundi. This is painted in a the traditional style and with the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Australian Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Fon Carved Wood Ceremonial Seat with Multiple Figures, Benin, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fon carved heavy hard wood ceremonial seat with multiple figures, from Benin, Africa. Dark stained wood with worn areas from use, "U" shaped seat supported by four caryatid figures, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early Danced Black Wood Mask From the Guro Peoples Ivory Coast Bird on top
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Danced Black Wood Mask From the Guro Peoples Ivory Coast Bird on top. Finely carved mask with carved open eyes, and pointed nose and slightly smiling mouth.
It is in good co...
Category
Early 20th Century Gabonese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Recycled Boro Patchwork Futon Cover
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Recycled Boro Patchwork Futon Cover
This indigo-dyed patchwork boro futon cover is a physical testimony to the determination and resourcefulness of those living in ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Antique Ainu Sword Holder (Emushat), Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Ainu Sword Holder (Emushat), Japan
Emushats were worn over the shoulder and served to limit movement of a short sword and keep it in place. Mostly constructed of linden fibe...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Bark Painting of Namarrkon, Northern Territory, Australia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Bark painting of Namarrkon, Northern Territory, Australia
A bark painting of Namarrkon, the lightning spirit. Wearing axes in his belt, he holds another in his hand, which he uses t...
Category
Late 20th Century Australian Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Iron Spatulate Currencies, Chamba or Mambila, Cameroon or Nigeria
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pair of iron flat spatulate currency pieces, made by the Chamba or Mambila peoples of Cameroon or Nigeria.
Mid 20th century or older.
10 1/2 inches high for larger currency. Pair ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Stencil-Dyed Han-Juban
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Stencil-Dyed Han-Juban
Han-juban are worn under kimono. This example, without its original cotton sleeves, displays a unique stencil-dyed pattern with indigo. A ve...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Antique Man’s Ceremonial Beaded Vest (Kuton), Gadding, Philippines
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Man’s Ceremonial Beaded Vest (Kuton), Gadding, Philippines
This Gaddang man’s ceremonial vest is from the Cordillera region in northern Luzon, Philippines. It’s composed of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Philippine Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Namji Doll with Beads, Cowries, Coins and Metal Rings, Cameroon Mid 20th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Sometimes referred to as dolls, this is a highly abstract figure with conical head, arms and legs held out from body, long columnar neck wrapped with mulitple strands of different si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Rare Antique Woman’s Abaca Fiber Tube-Skirt, Philippines
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rare Antique Woman’s Abaca Fiber Tube-Skirt, Philippines
The Subanen are an indigenous people living in the mountainous interior of Zamboanga del Sur on the Zamboanga Peninsula in w...
Category
Early 20th Century Philippine Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Antique Burmese Buddhist Decorative Backboard Mandorla Panel
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Burmese Buddhist Decorative Backboard Mandorla Panel. A style of surround for a seated Buddha image reminiscent of a Burmese transom in shape. The peaked triangular panel in...
Category
Vintage 1920s Burmese British Colonial Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rare Antique Woman's Silk Ceremonial Headscarf (Kiet), Cambodia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rare Antique Woman's Silk Ceremonial Headscarf (Kiet), Cambodia
This traditional head cloth or veil was made by the Cham people of Cambodia, a Muslim group with historic ties to Mal...
Category
Early 20th Century Cambodian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Silk
19th Century Gilded Wood Mandalay Standing Buddha, Burmese
Located in Point Richmond, CA
19th Century Gilded Wood Mandalay Standing Buddha, Myanmar
Gilded and jeweled robe with a serene expression standing in a lotus shaped pedestal. The gilt and the jewels show some m...
Category
Antique 19th Century Burmese Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Gourd Scoop With Sterling Silver, Shreve & Co., San Francisco, CA, 20th c.
By Shreve & Co.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Gourd with sterling silver embellishment along the upper edges, hollowed out to function as a scoop. Designed and executed by Shreve and Company of San Francisco, California.
Measu...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Fruitwood
Fine Antique Woman’s Mantle (Awayo), Bolivia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine Antique Woman’s Mantle (Awayo), Bolivia
This exceptionally fine woman’s awayo, or mantle, displays three groups of tightly patterned vertical bands and colored stripes separate...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Bolivian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Woman’s Ceremonial Beaded Cache-sexe (Pikuran), Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Woman’s Ceremonial Beaded Cache-sexe (Pikuran), Cameroon
Worn by the Bana Guilli (Kirdi) women of the Mandara Mountain region in northern Cameroon, pubic aprons, or cache-se...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Beads
Antique Ceremonial Raffia Fiber Dance Kerchief, Ivory Coast
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Ceremonial Raffia Fiber Dance Kerchief, Ivory Coast
These unusual Dida textiles are made from hand-plaited raffia fiber that is tie and stitch-resist dyed with natural pigme...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Kuba Shoowa Textile 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Shoowa Prestige Cloth
Kuba Shoowa peoples
DR Congo, Kasai Region
Raffia palm fiber, natural and chemical dyes, cut-pile and stem stitch embroidery
24.5 x 24.5 inches (62 x 62 cm)
...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Vintage West African Tunic with Geometric Design
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage West African Tunic with Geometric Design
This vibrant West African tunic was likely made in either Cameroon (Bamum people) or Nigeria (Yoruba people). The indigenous cotton ...
Category
20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Kuba Shoowa Textile 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Shoowa Prestige Cloth
D.R.Congo, Kuba (Shoowa) People
Mid 20th century
Raffia, natural dyes, cut pile embroidery
61 x 53.5 cm (24″ x 21”)
Provenance: Pierre Loos Collection, Bru...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Antique Dharma Protector Dharmapala Thangka Tapestry, 1920s
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Dated from the 1920s, painted paper on silk brocade. This Thangka depicts Dharmpala, one of the three ancient treasure protectors of Buddhist teaching, this one being named Rahula. It's lineage is from the Nyugna school of Tibetan buddhism. Rahula is related to the eclipse of the sun, moon and other planets. Ruhala is portrayed with the lower body of the coiled serpent and upper body with four arms, nine heads adorned with a thousand eyes representing the nine planets...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Scholar's Objects
Materials
Paper, Canvas, Silk
Antique Nupe Carved Wood Stool With Openwork Geometric Design, Niger Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Well used and loved Nupe carved hardwood wood stool with four legs and central post, openwork geometric design, with stylized multiple dancing animal or lizard forms. Large conical ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerien Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
