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Place of Origin: African
Carved Aftican Wood Sculpture from Togo
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, carved wood sculpture representing the human figure from Togo, Africa. A large, dramatic piece for a tribal art collection and creating a rare, unique and special presence.
Category

19th Century Primitive Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Pair of Green Moroccan Ceramic Vases with Chiseled Arabic Calligraphy Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of very decorative chocalate brown and green jade handcrafted Moroccan ceramic vases with handles from Fez. Hand-graved and chased with green Arabic alphabet writing calligraphy...
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20th Century Moorish African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Moroccan Ceramic Urns with Arabic Calligraphy Designs
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of Moroccan dark brown ceramic urns with lid from Fez Morocco. Chiseled and hand-carved calligraphy designs ornate the urns in the Ottoman style. Very decorative handmade Mooris...
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20th Century Moorish African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Large Woven Sculptural Vase
Located in London, GB
by Gone Rural, Swaziland, 2012 Titled 'The Song of the Weaver' Various basket-weaving techniques and materials, including copper wire With metal tag 'The Song of the Weaver'
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21st Century and Contemporary African Decorative Objects

Materials

Cotton, Raffia, Reed

Sleep Guardian or Kata Sergo Ethiopian TOTEM 2 in Solid Natural Cedar Wood
Located in Paris, FR
TOTEM 2 sleep guardian or Kata Sergo from the ethnic Gorague´, South / South West Ethiopia. Different ridges are intended to evacuate the bad vibes from the fireplace to the top h...
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Late 19th Century Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Iron

Early 19th Century Nigerian Iron Shield/Currency
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 19th century Nigerian Shield/Currency. Actual currency from Nigeria used to buy livestock, businesses and homes. Beautifully mounted to display the Shape and scale of the piec...
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Early 19th Century Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Large Blue Pottery Vase with Brass and Copper Inlay
By Amali
Located in London, GB
Large blue pottery vase with brass and copper Inlay by Moroccan artist Amali, contemporary. Please note that the price quoted is per vase.
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21st Century and Contemporary African Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass, Copper

Moroccan Ceramic Plates Chiselled with Arabic Calligraphy Scripts Set of 2
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of Moroccan dark brown with crackled lighter beige ceramic plates chiseled in with Arabic calligraphy writing in ivory on brown background. These plates could be displayed on a ...
Category

20th Century Islamic African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Green Moorish Ceramic Urns with Chiseled Arabic Calligraphy Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large green Moorish ceramic Urns chiseled with Arabic calligraphy poetry writing. Handcrafted vases from Fez Morocco etched with Arabic calligraphy. This kind of Art Writing looks ca...
Category

20th Century Moorish African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Moroccan Antique Bronze Cover with Brass Etched Decor
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Very handsome large-scale handcrafted cover. Large handmade Moroccan ceremonial brass vessel for covering wedding presents, hand-forged in Fez. Perfect as center piece for food cove...
Category

20th Century Moorish African Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Pair of Moroccan Green and Brown Chiselled Ceramic Urns with Handles
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of Moroccan green and brown ceramic urns with lid and handles. Great Moorish style handcrafted and chiselled decorative ceramic urns etched with Arabic calligraphy poetry writin...
Category

20th Century Moorish African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

African Tribal Folk Art Basket
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique African wooden storage crate, hand-carved African Tribal motifs on wood and leather woven bottom. Interested Folk Art Tribal African handcrafted crate probably Kenyan. Wooden...
Category

Early 20th Century Folk Art African Decorative Objects

Materials

Leather, Wood

African Wood Carved Dogon Fertility Figure Sculpture Statue with Custom Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A very engaging and beautifully weathered fertility sculpture/ statue by the Dogon people of inland West Africa who today reside primarily in Mali. The Dogon peoples are best known f...
Category

19th Century Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Blacknite Quartz Cluster Specimen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An unusual blacknite quartz cluster specimen with covelline and bornite from Ambositra, Madagascar, presented on one of our museum-quality painted plaster bases. This striking and un...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Precious Stone

Egyptian Art Glass Perfume Bottles Set of 2
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of 2 Art Glass Egyptian Perfume Bottles 1980s. Handcrafted Egyptian art glass gilt glass perfume bottle. Egyptian perfume bottles set of two hand blown colorful decorative multic...
Category

Late 20th Century Moorish African Decorative Objects

Materials

Art Glass

Set of 3 Art Glass Egyptian Perfume Bottles 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of 3 Art Glass Egyptian Perfume Bottles 1950s. Handcrafted Egyptian art glass gilt glass perfume bottle. Egyptian perfume bottles mix desig...
Category

Mid-20th Century Islamic African Decorative Objects

Materials

Art Glass

A pair of Tutsi Prestige baskets, Rwanda, mid 20th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Pair of Inkangara Prestige Baskets Rwanda or Burundi, Tutsi and Hutu peoples 20th century (1960s/1970s) Left H 16 1⁄2 ins (42 cm); D 8 1⁄2 ins (21.5 cm) Right H 16 ins (40.5 c...
Category

1960s Tribal Vintage African Decorative Objects

Materials

Natural Fiber

Rust, Grey And Beige Onyx Free Form Shape Bowl, Morocco, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Moroccan free form shaped onyx bowl. Rust, grey and beige horizontal striped pattern. Polished and smooth finish. Rectangular shape. Part of a large collection.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary African Decorative Objects

Materials

Onyx

Calcite on Dioptase, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Located in New York, NY
CALCITE ON DIOPTASE Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia 13 cm tall x 14 cm wide The mine we now call Tsumeb is a place like no other. First acquired and mined by German inv...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Other

Unique Ceramic Flamingo Candlesticks made in South Africa
Located in North Miami, FL
Introducing the stunning Flamingo Candlesticks pair by Imvelo Natural Art—a testament to meticulous craftsmanship and artistic brilliance. Hand-sculpted by the skilled hands of Tebo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Hand-made ceramic Beetle Box by South African artist
Located in North Miami, FL
This Beetle Box was hand sculpted by the renowned artisan Sbusiso Ndaba and beautifully painted by Sabelo Nene both from South Africa. This exquisite cerami...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Hand made ceramic Hoopoe Jewelry Box made in South Africa
Located in North Miami, FL
This Hoopoe Box was hand sculpted by the renowned artisan Sbusiso Ndaba and beautifully painted by Ntokozo Nene both from South Africa. This exquisite ceramic creation stands 5 inche...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Ajoite in Quartz
Located in New York, NY
This rare and coveted specimen is a hefty ajoite-included unpolished quartz point from the famous location for these crystals in the Musina district of South Africa. Chrysocolla-incl...
Category

2010s African Decorative Objects

Materials

Crystal, Quartz

Hand Carved Soapstone Tribal Bust 1940s
Located in London, GB
A beautiful soapstone hand-carved head of an African tribe-woman circa 1940. Dimensions: H 18cm x D 11cm x W 6.5cm
Category

1940s Tribal Vintage African Decorative Objects

Materials

Soapstone

Creel and Gow Tall Wicker Pedestal with Urn
By Creel and Gow
Located in New York, NY
Creel and Gow Wicker pedestal with Urn: 14" x 22" x 60"H Introducing Creel and Gow's exclusive wicker and rattan collection, designed by Marco Scara...
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21st Century and Contemporary African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wicker, Rattan

Tall Turquoise Vintage Moroccan Handled Vase (Pair)
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan Hand-Painted Turquoise Vases Hand-Carved, and Hand Embellished
Category

20th Century Moorish African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Handcrafted Wooden Dogon Ladder, Mali, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
A classic Dogon ladder made of dark wood and mounted on a sturdy metal stand. The Dogon people live in southeastern Mali and Burkina Faso. Despite being surrounded by Muslims, th...
Category

1920s Tribal Vintage African Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Dancing Couple by Timmy Sandu, 1990s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In Timmy Sandu's creation, a dark rapka stone transforms into a "Dancing Couple," a piece where absence speaks as loudly as presence. This sculpture captures a moment of cosmic jest,...
Category

1990s Post-Modern African Decorative Objects

Materials

Stone

Hand-made Ceramic Butterfly Box, made in South Africa
Located in North Miami, FL
This Butterfly Box was hand sculpted by the renowned artisan Sbusiso Ndaba and beautifully painted by Sabelo Nene both from South Africa. This exquisite ceramic creation stands 6 inches high, measuring 9 inches in length and 8 inches in width. A testament to African inspiration by Love Art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Moroccan Painted Wood Lidded Box or Urn
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking gourd form vintage Moroccan lidded box or vessel hand crafted in indigenous wood and painted with floral designs in distinctive mediterranean colors highlighted with decorat...
Category

Mid-20th Century Moorish African Decorative Objects

Materials

Hardwood

Coco de Mer from the Seychelles
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Elegant Coco de Mer or Coco Fesses from The Seychelles Islands, fine and polished symmetrical nut from The Isle of Praline, mounted in an elegant silver ba...
Category

Late 20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Coconut

Moroccan Bone and Brass Inlayed Box
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Sourced from Morocco Inlayed with brass and bone Wooden interior.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Moorish African Decorative Objects

Materials

Alabaster

Abstract Wood Sculpture of a Head - signed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Abstract Carved Wood Sculpture of a Head Possibly African Incised with Initials Carved from a single piece of wood. Very nice color and size.
Category

Late 20th Century Organic Modern African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

African Mounted Copper Manilla Bracelet Currency Nigeria
Located in Stamford, CT
Hand forged and crafted copper 'Manilla' currency from the Igbo people of Nigeria. With a lovely, rich patina. The four sides tapering to lozenge shaped ends, with notched ridges. This currency bracelets, now mounted on a black steel base, is a wonderful piece of sculpture. Hand forged, hammered and crafted, this is an abstract work of art with meaning...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal African Decorative Objects

Materials

Copper

Azurite on Custom Made Metal Base
Located in BAARN, UT
Azurite is a copper carbonate, usually found in combination with other copper minerals such as its much better known green brother malachite. The mineral is full blue in color and is virtually opaque with a silky sheen. Azurite usually forms in oxidation zones of copper deposits, where secondary to malachite other minerals such as chrysocolla and naturally solid copper can...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Other

Moroccan Crinoid Fossil about 450 Million Years Old
Located in Chicago, IL
Moroccan fossil named Crinoid, which are about 450 million years old. Crinoid fossils, or sea lilies are members of the Echinodermata phylum. Our Crinoi...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Stone

Large Moroccan Decorated Earthenware Palace Urn
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Tall glazed terra cotta urn decorated in traditional mediterranean colors and having jewelry like metalwork overlays that ups the wow factor. Best of the genre.
Category

20th Century Moorish African Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Hand-Carved White Rhino / Rhinoceros Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredibly detailed hand-carved white rhino sculpture with glass eyes, circa 1980s. The intricacy of the piece is amazing as the hide looks almost like lea...
Category

Mid-20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Hardwood

Alabaster Candleholder Sculpted by Omar Chakil
Located in Geneve, CH
Alabaster candleholder sculpted by Omar Chakil “RISING” tea light candleholder, raw massive Egyptian Alabaster Measures: Diameter 10cm x heig...
Category

2010s Modern African Decorative Objects

Materials

Alabaster

1920s Hand Forged Iron Spear Tribal Warrior Sculpture African Dogon
By Dogon Tribe Mali
Located in Chula Vista, CA
African tribal Dogon hand forged spear & chain sculpted warrior West Africa circa 1920s. 6.75 H x 3 W x 2.5 D Original vintage unrestored condition. Refer to images.  
Category

1920s Tribal Vintage African Decorative Objects

Materials

Iron

Ashanti Ghana African Art Sculpture
Located in Encino, CA
Ashanti Ghana African Art Sculpture Museum quality in African Art. Exceptional, and extremely rare Monumental wooden African sculpture depict...
Category

Mid-20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Pair of Alabaster Candleholders Sculpted by Omar Chakil
Located in Geneve, CH
Pair of Alabaster candleholders sculpted by Omar Chakil “RISING” tea light candleholder - Raw Massive Egyptian Alabaster Tall : Diameter 10cm...
Category

2010s Modern African Decorative Objects

Materials

Alabaster

Vintage Moroccan White Pottery Large Urn or Floor Vase Jardinière
Located in Plainview, NY
A beautiful vintage handmade pottery floor vase. The vase features an elegant earthy off-white natural color with decorative motifs hand paint...
Category

1980s Moorish Vintage African Decorative Objects

Materials

Pottery

Early 20th Century Anya Wood African Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century Anya wood African sculpture.
Category

Early 20th Century African Decorative Objects

African "Monkey Tree" Bronze Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
African "Monkey Tree" bronze sculpture, with a troop of 19 monkeys about a tree of life unsigned. The base measures 4" x 3".  
Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Carved African Bone Tool from Cameroon
Located in Chicago, IL
Old primitive small bone carved tool from Cameroon Beautiful and delicate Objet d' Art.
Category

19th Century Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bone

20th Century African Clay Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
20th century large African clay vessel.
Category

20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Clay

Large Antique Handcrafted Copper Bowls from Morocco, circa 1900
Located in Houston, TX
Large antique handmade copper bowls from Morocco. Several similar but all one of a kind. Crimped edges with hand-hammered shapes in the metal. Price is for one bowl. Various shapes a...
Category

Early 1900s Moorish Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Copper

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