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Place of Origin: African
Terracotta Djenné (Mali, Afrique)
Located in PARIS, FR
Probablement 12e-15e s. Djenne du Mali (Afrique), belle engobe en terre cuite, col se terminant par une lèvre évasée, bel exemplaire. Objet de tombe provenant d'un ancien site Djenn...
Category

17th Century Tribal Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Terracotta

Yoruba-Egba couple of Ere Ibeji Twin Figures signed by Akinyode, Yoruba People
Located in Leuven , BE
Yoruba Egba, couple of Ere Ibeji Twin Figures signed by Akinyode ,Yoruba People, Nigeria Abeokuta Provenance Monique Lancée (Maastricht '80)
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Early 20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Genuine Calcified Ammonite on Matrix Opalized (4 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, fossilized and calcified ammonite shell with an iridescent, opalized shimmer, displaying hints of vibrant red and yellow tones. This specimen displays multiple complete ammonites in a clustered form, each having a dendritic crystal pattern. This piece has been hand polished. *You will receive the exact object as in these photos. The fossilized shells...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Other

Antique, Terracotta Berber Bowl on a central foot
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful,antique Berber Terracotta Tazza on a central foot, beautiful Brown and beige colors and a good old patina and shine of the Terracotta, faded elegant decorations, a very de...
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Early 20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Terracotta

Set of Six Early 20th Century Carved Wood Knobkerries, South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Six Knobkerries from South Africa A group of six knobkerries from South Africa, mounted together on a wooden base. These were originally used as weapons during battle but have evolv...
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Early 20th Century Tribal African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Antique Berber Terracotta Bowl on a central foot
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Elegant , Antique terracotta Bowl on a central foot, Morocco from around 1920, the Red Terracotta has a nice shine and antique patina, decorate...
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Early 20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Terracotta

Antique large Wooden Berber Tazza on a stand
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Large and very decorative Wooden Berber Tazza from around 1920, the wood has a very beautiful old Patina and shine; there are old metal restorations which give the object an even mor...
Category

Early 20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Genuine Natural Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Located in New York, NY
Spinosaurus (meaning "spine lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa, during the upper Albian to upper Turonian stages of the Cretaceous period...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Other

A Hand-Carved Wabi Sabi Wooden Mortar, Africa, c. Early 20th Century
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Beautiful Hand-Carved Wabi Sabi Mortar that works perfectly for a planter. By unknown designer in Africa, c. early 20th Century. Wear consistent with age and use showing wonderful ...
Category

Early 20th Century Folk Art African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Genuine Natural Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus was first thought to be a reptile but was later identified as a genus of ancient cet...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Other

Antique Berber Terracotta Jar
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Tall Terracotta Vase from Morocco, Berber origin, early 19 th Century, the vase has a very beautiful Patina, nice Beige-Brown color and shine, the...
Category

Early 20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Terracotta

Henry Munyaradzi Signed African Zimbabwean Shona Figurative Stone Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully executed sculpture by renowned African sculptor/artist Henry Munyaradzi (1931-1998). He was also known as Henry Mudzengerere/...
Category

20th Century Folk Art African Decorative Objects

Materials

Stone

Moroccan Footed Glass Perfume Bottle Sprinkler with Embossed Metal Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish footed glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over amber yellow pai...
Category

Late 20th Century Islamic African Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Moroccan ceramics, Safi
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Ceramic pot with lid, Morocco - Safi, 30’s/40’s Signed on the bottom
Category

1930s Islamic Vintage African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Berber Terracotta Jar from Morocco
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Elegant Berber Terracotta Vase with 1 handle from 1920, faded decorations and a beautiful Beige and Red Color, antique Patina and Shine, very decorative an brutalist piece
Category

Early 20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Terracotta

Large Crystal Quartz Geode with a Baroque Pearl
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Large white crystal quartz geode with a baroque pearl. Geodes are formed as gas bubbles within volcanic lava. Crystals slowly grow from minera...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Prehistoric Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal

Owl Candlesticks in cast bronze in Verdigris
By Heinrich Filter Bronze Art
Located in Pretoria, ZA
Owl Candlesticks in Bronze Verdigris, comes as a pair, each height 28 cm x 11 cm x 11 cm candlesticks in cast bronze with small bronze owl. Candles not provided. Similar bronze single and double candle sticks in different sizes & motifs on request. Functional art: Combining art, design and functionality, all furniture and lighting...
Category

2010s Rustic African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Reclaimed Oak Frame-Medium
By Tekton Furniture & Design House
Located in Cairo, EG
Introducing our Reclaimed Frames, crafted from railway sleepers that date back to the 1850s! Our design experts have given this wood a new purpose, creating a timeless piece that is ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Country African Decorative Objects

Materials

Oak, Reclaimed Wood

Light Oak Frame-Medium
By Tekton Furniture & Design House
Located in Cairo, EG
Our Oak Frames are a perfect blend of modern style and functionality. Crafted from eco-friendly oak and mahogany wood, this stunning piece is designed to stand the test of time. Enha...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Country African Decorative Objects

Materials

Oak

African Wooden Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This headrest comes from 20th century Kenya, hand-carved from one piece of indigenous wood. Headrests held great value to North Western nomadic pastoral tribes of Kenya as they have ...
Category

20th Century Tribal African Decorative Objects

Materials

Leather, Wood

Polished Petrified Wood Sphere from Madagascar (5.5", 7.3 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful hand polished petrified wood sphere from Madagascar. It has an amazing pattern with vibrant hues of brown, yellow, and orange. Fossilized Petrified Wood, which is also known as Agatized...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary African Decorative Objects

Materials

Other

Antique wooden Berber Tazza on a central foot
Located in Schellebelle, BE
A large, antique Wooden Tazza From the South Of Morocco from around 1920, superb old patina of the Wood and great, old Shine, the tazza stands on a fine s...
Category

Early 20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Silver Trimmed Bone Inlay Box, Morocco, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
19th century Moroccan bone inlay box. Decorative silver trim. Geometric pattern design.
Category

19th Century Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Other

Light Oak Frame-Small
By Tekton Furniture & Design House
Located in Cairo, EG
Our Oak Frames are a perfect blend of modern style and functionality. Crafted from eco-friendly oak and mahogany wood, this stunning piece is designed to stand the test of time. Enha...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Country African Decorative Objects

Materials

Oak

Antique, Brutalist Wooden Berber Tazza
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Large and very decorative Berber wooden Tazza on stand, excellent, antique shine and patina of the wood, very decorative object to be used for different p...
Category

Early 20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Bronze Figural Group Of African Royal Family On Carrier And Attendants, C. 1920s
Located in Germantown, MD
An Early 20th century Bamoun Bronze sculpture. The art of bronze in african art at the service of the King. The king, a bearded figure, a symbol of wisdom, sits in his carrier chair,...
Category

Early 20th Century Brutalist African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Nana's Plate
By Tekton Furniture & Design House
Located in Cairo, EG
Nana's is an incredible work of art! Flowing lines of wood and the glimmer of exotic Italian mosaics create a stunningly unique piece that will bring an unparalleled level of beauty ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Country African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Light Oak Frame-Large
By Tekton Furniture & Design House
Located in Cairo, EG
Our Oak Frames are a perfect blend of modern style and functionality. Crafted from eco-friendly oak and mahogany wood, this stunning piece is designed to stand the test of time. Enha...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Country African Decorative Objects

Materials

Oak

Moroccan Moorish Tole and Glass Candle Lantern
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted vintage Moroccan tole metal glass lantern or Moorish pendant. Moorish style North African lantern with multi-color molded colored glass panels in green, lavender, blue an...
Category

Mid-20th Century Moorish African Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Genuine Natural Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Spinosaurus (Dinosaur) tooth. Spinosaurus (meaning "spine lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa, during the upper Albian to upper T...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Other

African Wooden Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This headrest comes from 20th century Kenya, hand-carved from one piece of indigenous wood. Headrests held great value to North Western nomadic pastoral tribes of Kenya as they have ...
Category

20th Century Tribal African Decorative Objects

Materials

Leather, Wood

Genuine Hand-Carved Orbicular Jasper Sphere // 3.96 Lb
Located in New York, NY
This rare variety of Jasper is known for small, orb-like markings and often boasts vivid natural patterns in a rainbow of colors. This 3.96-pound piece from Madagascar where much of ...
Category

2010s African Decorative Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal

Spinosaurus Maroccanus Bone from Baharija Formation, South of Taouz, Morocco
Located in New York, NY
Here is a large vertebrae from the massive Spinosaurus maroccanus theropod dinosaur. It comes from From Baharija Formation, South of Taouz, Kem-kem Basin, Morocco. Spinosaurus (mean...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary African Decorative Objects

Materials

Crystal, Other

Genuine Libyan Desert Glass Tektite in Display Box (140.1 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Libyan Desert Glass is a substance found in areas in the eastern Sahara, in the deserts of eastern Libya and western Egypt. Fragments of desert glass can be found over areas of tens ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary African Decorative Objects

Materials

Crystal, Other

Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon. Private collection Brussels The raffia splint is covered with cloth and colou...
Category

Mid-20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Beads

Elephant Candelabra in cast bronze featuring bronze sculpture of elephant bull
By Heinrich Filter Bronze Art
Located in Pretoria, ZA
Elephant Candlestick in cast bronze Combining art and functionality this is a candelabra featuring a bronze sculpture of Africa's iconic wil...
Category

2010s Rustic African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Mid-20th Century Inlaid Moroccan Playing Card Case Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Great little box for your decks of playing cards, beautifully inlaid with rosewood, holly, ebony and bone with two playing cards affixed to the lid all with a protective layer of cle...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bone, Wood, Rosewood

Large Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar (14.4 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 14.4 lb AAA quality Large Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar features an exposed area lined with dazzling druzy quartz crystals, as well as a polished back side, providin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary African Decorative Objects

Materials

Crystal, Other

Middle Eastern Mosaic Wood Box with Inlays of Mother of Pearl, C. 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern Mosaic wood box with Inlays of bone and mother of Pearl, C. 1950s Exquisite handcrafted Egyptian decorative wood box with mosaic ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Moorish African Decorative Objects

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Fruitwood

Matched Pair Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Matched Pair Split Ammonite fossil mineral specimens Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old Measures: 4 x 3.25 x 0.25 in. / 10 x 8 x 1 cm Height on custom display stands: 6.25 in. / 16 cm An excellent quality split ammonite fossil. We hand pick each set. Ammonites were cephalopods that resembled a squid with a shell. The predatory mollusks had eyes, tentacles, and spiral shells...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Other Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Stone

Asaphus intermedius Trilobite on Matrix from Morocco (346.2 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Trilobites, an early arthropod relative of spiders, horseshoe crabs, and scorpions, preserved in this level of detail only occurred as a result of very sudden underwater landslides c...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Cement, Other

Reclaimed Oak Frame- X Large
By Tekton Furniture & Design House
Located in Cairo, EG
Introducing our Reclaimed Frames, crafted from railway sleepers that date back to the 1850s! Our design experts have given this wood a new purpose, creating a timeless piece that is ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Country African Decorative Objects

Materials

Oak, Reclaimed Wood

Genuine Polished Petrified Wood Slice with Metal Display Stand (20 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful hand polished petrified wood slice is sourced from Madagascar and comes with an elegant metal display stand. It has an amazing pattern with vibrant hues of brown, yellow, and orange. Fossilized Petrified Wood, which is also known as Agatized Wood...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary African Decorative Objects

Materials

Petrified Wood

Antique Berber Terracotta Jar
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Antique Berber Terracotta jar from Southern Morocco from around 1920, the jar has one handle and has a beautiful Patina and Shine and a Black colored top decoration, great Brown-Beig...
Category

Early 20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Terracotta

Vintage Railway Chronometer - Brass Jumbo Pocket Watch or Wall Clock
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Midcentury novelty Jumbo Pocket Watch or small Wall Clock. It is called Railway Chronometer. The case, crown and ring/crown guard is fashioned from b...
Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Reclaimed Oak Frame-Large
By Tekton Furniture & Design House
Located in Cairo, EG
Introducing our Reclaimed Frames, crafted from railway sleepers that date back to the 1850s! Our design experts have given this wood a new purpose, creating a timeless piece that is ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Country African Decorative Objects

Materials

Oak, Reclaimed Wood

Matched Pair Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Matched Pair Split Ammonite fossil mineral specimens Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old Measures: 5 x 4.25 x 0.5 in. / 13 x 10 x 1.5 cm Height on custom d...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Other Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Stone

Elephant Candlestick in cast bronze with Verdigris patina
By Heinrich Filter Bronze Art
Located in Pretoria, ZA
Unique and handmade functional art in cast bronze. Bronze candlestick with elephant and acacia tree motif with Brown Verdigris patina. Each piece is individually sculpted, cast and h...
Category

2010s Rustic African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Pink, Rose, & Green Watermelon Tourmaline Slice—Erongo Region, Namibia
Located in Edison, NJ
Tourmaline is loved in both the worlds of jewelry and mineral collecting for its expression of color, as well as its propensity for translucency and luster. It’s classified as a semi...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Tourmaline

20th Century Antique Carved Wood Mask, African Art
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century Antique Carved Wood Mask, African Art Solid wood, hand-carved, Africa probably century Very decorative. Comes from a Berlin private collection.
Category

20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Antique Berber Terracotta Tazza on a stand
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Very Elegant and antique Berber Terracota tazza on stand, old and beautiful patina and shine of the terracotta, horizontal Brown and Red lines used as decoration, very decorative obj...
Category

Early 20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Terracotta

A beautiful large Rose quartz polished sphere from Madagascar on acrylic stand
Located in London, GB
A beautiful large Rose quartz polished sphere from Madagascar on acrylic stand. This was originally purchased from Venusrox in Notting Hill, London and comes with original Venusrox ...
Category

2010s African Decorative Objects

Materials

Rose Quartz

African Wooden Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This headrest comes from 20th century Kenya, hand-carved from one piece of indigenous wood. Headrests held great value to North Western nomadic pastoral tribes of Kenya as they have ...
Category

20th Century Tribal African Decorative Objects

Materials

Leather, Wood

Vanadinite Crystal Cluster on Matrix from Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Pr
Located in New York, NY
From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Province, Morocco Here is an exceptional world class specimen of a cluster of hexagonal crystals of bright red Vanadinites with glassy luster...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary African Decorative Objects

Materials

Crystal, Other

Genuine Vanadinite Crystal Cluster on Matrix from Morocco (2.2 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Province, Morocco An exceptional world-class cluster of hexagonal brick-red Vanadinite crystals with glassy luster on limonite matrix. The...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary African Decorative Objects

Materials

Crystal, Other

Antica scultura - bronzo - africana - Benin - XIX secolo -sculpture - African
Located in Milano, MI
Antica scultura - bronzo - africana - Benin - XIX secolo Descrizione Antica Scultura in bronzo africana di una raffigurazione del Re Coronato Ife Malu, originaria del Benin del XIX ...
Category

19th Century Antique African Decorative Objects

Materials

Iron

Benin Bronze Bell Sculpture Depicting an Oba
By People from Benin
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An exquisite Benin bronze sculpture in shape of a bell depicting an Oba. Oba translates to "ruler" in the Yoruba and Bini languages of contempor...
Category

20th Century Tribal African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

1950's handwoven basket ...
Located in Brecht, BE
1950's handwoven baskets from Morocco ... lovely colors, in good vintage condition...
Category

Mid-20th Century African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wicker

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