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Place of Origin: Sub-Saharan African
Malachite Box
Located in New York, NY
This hand-carved Malachite box is a striking decorative accent that merges natural mineral artistry with elegant design. Crafted from a solid piece of genuine Malachite and weighing ...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Malachite

Mayemba Rare Bronze African Women Sculpture, Congo, 2002
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Bronze Sculpture by Mayemba (1946-), Congo, 2002. This striking bronze sculpture by the Congolese artist Mayemba (1946-) features two African women with trays, capturing a powerful e...
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Early 2000s Post-Modern Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

African Helmet Mask 'Gelede' from Yoruba Nigeria
Located in San Francisco, CA
Blacked wood helmet mask (Gelede), large human head surmounted by a dog eating a snake which curves around the head. No perforation for attachment to costu...
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20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Genuine Polished Petrified Wood Slice with Metal Display Stand (10 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, yell...
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21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Petrified Wood

Calabash Tuareg, Niger, Africa
Located in PARIS, FR
This nomadic object has been diverted from its original use. It is a unique genuine old piece with undeniable authentic charm. The signs of wear, scars and repairs testify to the ric...
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Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Sculptural Bronze Elephant Candelabra - handmade
By Heinrich Filter Bronze Art
Located in Pretoria, Gauteng
Combining art and functionality this is a candelabra featuring a bronze sculpture of Africa's iconic wildlife - an elephant bull. In Brown b...
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2010s Rustic Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Polished Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar (20 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 20 lbs. top 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Crystal, Other

Hand-Carved Chiseled Primal Brutalist Wood Totem Sculpture#1 by Egg Designs
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
The Khada Totem Sculpture #1 is hand-carved in Southern Africa from sustainable alien timber by a collective of Zimbabwean artisans, who set their own prices, ensuring each piece is ...
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2010s Modern Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Ethnodesign Katoyo Mask representing the "Foreigner" with headdress from Angola.
Located in Leuven , BE
This unusual Chokwe mask is probably Katoyo, representing non-Chokwe individuals. The deviation of the mask from the more common Chokwe masks is mainly because they represent Portugu...
Category

Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood, Fabric

Hand-Carved Solid Wood African Woman Figure Sculpture – 100 cm / 39.4 in
Located in Turku, Finland
A striking hand-carved solid-wood sculpture depicting a standing female figure in a graceful, elongated pose. The carving shows clear craftsmanship with detailed features, braided ha...
Category

Late 20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Solaris Limited Edition Wall-Hung Sculpture in Bronze by Jesse Ede
Located in Geneve, CH
Solaris Limited Edition Wall-Hung Sculpture in Bronze by Jesse Ede Limited Edition of 7 Pieces + 2AP Dimensions: D 25 x W 221 x H 221 cm. Materials: Bronze. Solaris is a wall-hung s...
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2010s Modern Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Bamileke Old Anthropomorphic Trophy Head Embroidered with European Glass Beads
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke Old Anthropomorphic Trophy Head embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, and Cameroon. Private collection Brussels Worn by chiefs and other notables on cer...
Category

20th Century Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood, Beads

Gambela Canoe Basket
Located in Fairfield, CA
A vintage basket from the Gambela region of Ethiopia. Unique canoe shape with two tones of woven fibers.
Category

Late 20th Century Rustic Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wicker

Fine Bronze Bust of a Masai Woman by Philip Reeves 'b. 1958'
By Philip Reeves
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Philip Reeves, (Nairobi 1952) A Massai/Rendille tribe girl from Kenya Signed P Reeves and numbered 4/8 Foundry mark Luc Harzé, Brussels Bronze, H. 36 cm Philip Reeves, born i...
Category

20th Century Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

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 Vintage Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Organic Material

20th Century African Clay Vessel
Located in Wainscott, NY
20th century large African clay vessel.
Category

20th Century Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Clay

20th Century African Clay Vessel
20th Century African Clay Vessel
$1,280 Sale Price
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Early 20th Century East African Carved Headrest, Ethiopia (Kambatta People)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Showing a crescent shaped headrest braced by flattened 'V' shaped supports rising from a cupped base, decorated overall with hand carved linear motifs and exhibiting an old rubbed su...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Tall Bronze Masai Sculptures 1960s Vintage Kenya Mother Baby Giacometti Style
Located in London, GB
Two 1960s bronze sculptures from the Maasai tribe in Kenya and Tanzania in everyday motherhood figures. The elongated and brutalist-like effect figures evoke a Giacometti-like aest...
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1960s Brutalist Vintage Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Decorative Grassland Leopard skin Mask, Cameroon
Located in Leuven , BE
Decorative Grassland Leopard skin Mask Private collection Brussels The raffia splint is covered with cloth and colourful miniature glass beads in vario...
Category

Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Beads, Organic Material

Carrollite from Kamoya Mines, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Located in New York, NY
From Kamoya Mines, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo Several bright metallic crystals of rare carrollite running through white calcite crystals with brassy yellow-m...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Malachite

Rare Green Fluorite, U.V Reactive, from Madagascar.
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
These specimen of green Fluorites from Madagascar are becoming rarer and rarer with time. This one presented here is a great one by it's size and quality (23 cm wide, 3,7kg). It's a...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Precious Stone

African Dinka Headrest Wood Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
African Dinka headrest wood carved sculpture.
Category

Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Congolese Fang Carved Mask Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
Congolese Fang Carved Mask Sculpture on a metal base. A "fang mask" refers to a type of ceremonial mask created by the Fang people, an ethnic group from Central Africa, primarily fo...
Category

20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Princess Yenenga Of Ouagadougou On Horseback - Cast Bronze West African Figure
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Princess Yenenga, founder of the Mossi Empire, from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, bronze West African sculpture from the late 20th century This is a contemporary piece, not historical ...
Category

Late 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Contemporary Natural Twiggy Candelabra Centrepiece Handcrafted by Jan Ernst
Located in 1204, CH
Twiggy was created as an imaginary creature that embodies the physical attributes of different life forms that fascinate me. As an artist, I often get lost in a make-believe world ...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

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 Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Beads

Pair of Polished Cut Ammonites with Crystalline Chambers
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of cut and polished ammonites with crystalline chambers originating from Madagascar. Once living creatures, these ammonites have developed their flowing colours and patterns d...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Natural Fiber

Bamileke Throne Stool with Leopard
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Bamileke throne made with wood, coated with jute, embroidered with polychrome glass beads, cowrie snails, embroidery with glass beads that are missing in some areas. In the Grassfiel...
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Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Modern Cast Brass, Resewn Oak Timber & Resin Dawa Ice Bucket
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
This modern ice bucket is part of the egg designs Dawa luxury bar collection and is a great addition to any home cocktail bar, or simply as a place t...
Category

2010s Modern Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Old African Cup With Heads
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/4911 - Unusual cup that comes from Rwanda, formerly Zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo. I bought it at an exibition, from a young African man well known to dealers in Paris. ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Other Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Fruitwood

Sculpture Vase Grid by Maria Lenskjold
By Maria Lenskjold
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculpture Vase Grid by Maria Lenskjold Dimensions: H35 x Diameter 40 cm. Materials: Stoneware Maria Lenskjold’s practice is based on a consistent principle: to investigate and inter...
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2010s Modern Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Late 19th Cent. Kuba Drum W Honey Brown Patina - Harry Franklin Collection
Located in Culver City, CA
A tall and elegant wood pedestal drum with a fully-carved face on the side, and two registers of incised linear designs above and below. It has an absolutely gorgeous honey-brown pa...
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Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Modern Cast Brass, Chiseled Timber and Resin Dawa Cocktail Bar Set
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
The Dawa luxury bar set is a great addition to any home cocktail bar. These items can be bought individually or as a set. The set consists of the following: The Ice bucket's body ...
Category

2010s Modern Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Copper, Brass

Bronze Rhino Sculpture - Black Rhino Bust in Blue Verdigris
By Heinrich Filter Bronze Art
Located in Pretoria, Gauteng
The Black Rhino is one of Africa’s most formidable creatures, yet also among its most vulnerable. This bronze bust, finished in a deep blue verdigris patina, captures the raw strengt...
Category

2010s Expressionist Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Lets Watch the Sunset Sculpture by Driaan Claassen
Located in Geneve, CH
Lets Watch The Sunset sculpture by Driaan Claassen Limited Edition Dimensions: D30 x 30 cm Materials: Wood: Camphor Weight: 3.3 kg Born in Johannesburg in 1991, sculptor Driaan Claassen first studied 3D animation before apprenticing with Otto du Plessis...
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2010s Post-Modern Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

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...
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Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Bamileke Decorative Wooden Flute or Whistle embroidered with European Glass Bead
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke Decorative Wooden Flute or Whistle embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon. Private collection...
Category

Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood, Beads

Authentic African Mask
Located in Matosinhos, 13
Decorative tribal mask from Mali, from the middle XX century.
Category

20th Century Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Old Wooden Decorative Bamana Storage Room Lock
Located in Leuven , BE
An old classic Bamana lock , decorated with engraved lines, representing antilope horns ,legs bent appearing at the bottom and a beautiful dark patina a...
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20th Century Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

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...
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

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 Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Ceramic Elephant Jewelry Box , hand made in South Africa
By Imvelo Natural Arts
Located in North Miami, FL
This charming ceramic Elephant jewelry box, crafted at Imvelo Natural Art in South Africa, stands 5 inches tall with dimensions of 4 inches in both le...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Two Malachite Picture Frames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two malachite picture frames. One is Landscape measuring 10 inches wide x 7.75 inches high. The other is Portrait. Each have a bronze inner frame. Both hold pictures measured at 5.7...
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Late 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Malachite

Ceramic Tiger Sculpture , Hand Made And Painted In South Africa
By Imvelo Natural Arts
Located in North Miami, FL
Introducing an exquisite ceramic Tiger sculpture, meticulously hand-sculpted by Bernard and hand-painted by Sbusiso at Imvelo Natural Art, South Africa. This striking piece measures ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Bambara Standing Male Figure Powerful Shoulders Mali Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Bambara Standing male figure with powerful shoulders, arms at sides and large feet. From Mali, Africa It is in good condition with wear, polish and erosion from traditional use, appropriate for its age, use, and medium. Scuffs and nicks here and there. Age, wear and staining inside. On vintage wood block...
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Ceramic Hippo Plate, Hand made in South Africa
By Zimele Ceramics
Located in North Miami, FL
The Ceramic Hippo Plate from Zimele Ceramics in South Africa is a beautifully crafted piece, measuring 1 inch high, 11 inches long, and 11 inches wide. Hand-sculpted by Victor Shabal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Polished Labradorite Freeform from Madagascar '8 lbs'
Located in New York, NY
Handmade polished Labradorite freeform with beautiful iridescent play of colors of blue, yellow and red which is caused by internal fractures in the mineral that reflect light back a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Other

1950s South African Scrimshaw Ostrich Egg by Late Chief Sipho Ndldvu
Located in Marbella, ES
Original 1950s South African scrimshaw ostrich egg by late chief Sipho Ndlvu.
Category

Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ostrich Eggshell

Ceramic Hoopoe Jewelry Box , hand made in South Africa
By Love Art Ceramic
Located in North Miami, FL
This hoopoe jewelry ceramic box is a true treasure, meticulously crafted by hand and painted with care by South African artists. Its unique design features one of the wings serving a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Malachite Sphere
Located in New York, NY
This striking hand-polished Malachite sphere showcases the stone’s signature swirling green banding and deep natural luster. Crafted from solid, natural Malachite, it features mesmer...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Malachite

African Ebonized Wood Figure of a Rhinoceros
Located in Germantown, MD
Handcrafted African Ebonized Wood Figure of a Rhinoceros. Measures 13.5" in width, 8.5" in depth and 11.25 in height.
Category

Late 20th Century Neoclassical Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Hardwood

The Leopard and Baboon rider sculpture, Hand made in South Africa
By Zimele Ceramics
Located in North Miami, FL
Leopard & Baboon Rider Sculpture Handcrafted Ceramic – One of a Kind An irresistibly playful and detailed ceramic piece, this sculpture features a baboon confidently riding atop a r...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage 15" Yoruba Kneeling Woman Ebony Sculpture
Located in Pasadena, TX
This Piece is very primitive. Its a mid to early 20th century piece. Its carved from Ebony ironwood and depicts a woman kneeling. It was made in Nigeria.. The carving is very detailed.
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20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Collection of 3 Large Natural Cabinet Minerals
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A collection of 3 large natural mineral specimens, each presented on an exclusive medium neoclassical style plaster plinth. Each impressive cabinet specimen, including a Chalcedony,...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Natural Fiber

Benin 'Nigeria' Bronze Sculptures of Leopards, Modern Replicas
By People from Benin
Located in Miami, FL
Benin (Nigeria) bronze sculptures of leopards from the mid-20th century Offered for sale is a pair of modern mid-20th century copies of Benin (modern-day Nigeria) bronze figural s...
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Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Damian Manuhwa Signed African Zimbabwean Shona Abstract Figure Stone Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully executed and designed Shona stone sculpture by renowned African/ Zimbabwean sculptor/artist Damian Manuhwa (1952-2008) who lived and worked in Zimbabwe. T...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Stone

Collection of 3 Natural Mineral Specimens
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A striking and intriguing collection of 3 natural mineral specimens each presented on an exclusive medium painted display plinth. This group contains a range of impressive cabinet specimens hand-selected from collections to create a unique set, ideal for use as natural sculptures in an interior. Included in this stunning collection is an extremely rare purple chalcedony, not seen in many years, found 30 hours down the Pangolaines river system, from Nosy Varika, Lemur Island, Madagascar. This exceptionally rare material is in a natural raw state with only a handful of pieces found of its likeness. The intensity colour of the purple is met by other colours featuring in natural forms. A Salrose, derived from the French ’salt...
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Natural Fiber

Collection of 5 Large Cabinet Mineral Specimens
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A stunning collection of 5 natural mineral specimens, each presented on an exclusive painted plaster plinth. Included in the set are a range of outstanding large cabinet specimens, formed by nature over the ages, each with their own colour, characteristics and qualities. Features of the set include: two rose quartz specimens...
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Natural Fiber

Genuine Polished Malachite Sphere (2.4 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This genuine polished Malachite sphere is sourced from Zaire and features a well-defined green banded pattern. It is solid material with no fill and comes with an acrylic display sta...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Malachite

Turkana Girl - Bronze African Sculpture
By Heinrich Filter Bronze Art
Located in Pretoria, Gauteng
Bronze sculpture of young girl from Kenya's Turkana tribe in traditional attire and characteristic hairdo. The Turkana tribe, nomadic by nature, are a Nilotic people native to the Tu...
Category

2010s Expressionist Sub-Saharan African Decorative Objects

Materials

Sandstone, Bronze

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