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Antique Rugs Caucasian Kazak Rugs, Blue Geometric Hand made Carpet
Located in Wembley, GB
Kazak rugs have primarily been produced as village productions rather than city pieces. Made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces and the rugs of the Caucasus typ...
Category
Early 20th Century Caucasian Kazak Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Maidu Cone Burden Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Maidu California twined cone burden basket. Good original condition. With hourglass geometric shapes around body. Beautiful piece for display in a Southwestern style home. Early 20th...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$2,300
Antique Iron Whale Flensing Knife
Located in Montreal, QC
From the days of Moby Dick, this heavy tool was used to remove blubber from a whale carcass. The triangular blade is cast at one end of a long cylindrical handle, the other end is wr...
Category
1850s English Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Alaskan Eskimo Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Lidded Alaskan Eskimo globular basket. Made of coiled beach grass, with geometric checkerboard and diamond designs. Beautiful piece, great for display or careful continued use. Early...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Tsimshian Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Tsimishian lidded basket. With dark brown base color and geometric zig-zag design created in lighter natural fiber. Finely woven. Beautiful piece for display or careful continued use...
Category
20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Eskimo Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Alaskan Eskimo lidded basket of fine weave with top knot. Tapered to shoulder and then to top. Featuring polychrome geometric designs around body and lid. Beautiful piece, great for ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Alaskan Basketry Jar
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Alaskan lidded basketry polychrome jar with knob on lid. Featuring tree and bird design around body. Extremely finely woven. Beautiful piece, great for display or careful continued u...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in Warsaw, PL
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
Extraordinary art and decorative items, these masks come from the shamanic beliefs and rituals of indigenous Embera t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Panamanian Primitive Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Cane
Alaskan Eskimo Basket
By Eskimo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Alaskan Eskimo lidded basket. Featuring beautiful butterfly design around body and lid done in dyed colors of red and green. Great for display or continued use. Mid 20th century. Siz...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Alaskan Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Alaskan lidded basket. With simple geometric checkerboard design on body and lid. Finely woven. Great for display or careful continued use. First half 20th century. S...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$1,035
Tsimishian Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Tsimshian lidded basket. Fine weave with geometric pictorial designs around body in colors of brown and yellow. Circular design around lid. Beautiful piece, great for...
Category
20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Alaskan Lidded Basket
By Eskimo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Alaskan lidded basket. With beautiful green and red diamond design around body, mirrored on lid. Design with some losses. Still a highly displayable piece, great for a coastal cabin ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$1,380
Alaskan Eskimo Lidded Basket
By Eskimo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Alaska Eskimo basket with lid. Red and green diamond patterns and top with knob on the lid. Nice patina, some signs of age and use. Great piece for display in a coastal cabin or hand...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Pair of Papago Platters
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of Papago platters. Mid 20th Century. Figurative Papago with birds 9 1/2" x 2" and 11" x 1 1/2". Papago baskets are handcrafted of beargrass, yucca cactus (white or green) and D...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Papago Miniature Baskets
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Six Papago miniature baskets. Two with owls. Five of yucca and one of pine needle. Papago baskets are handcrafted of beargrass, yucca cactus (white or green) and Devil’s Claw (black)...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Papago Basketry Bowl
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Papago basketry bowl with geometric designs. Simple, but highly displayable. Would complement a handmade indigenous basketry collection or decor of a Southwestern style home. Circa 1...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Pair of Papago Basketry Dolls
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of Papago basketry dolls. Male and female, both with hats (one not photographed). With original sales tag “Arizona. Made by Sally Lopez at Santa Rosa Valley.” Ex. Dunning. Papag...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Miniature Papago Horsehair Plaques
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Miniature horsehair Papago plaques. Exceptionally fine weave. Featuring polychrome pictorials and geometrics. Tohono O'odham; Arizona. Attributed to accompanying card: Adeline Manuel...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Polychrome Papogo Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome Papago basket. Having six large eagles around body of basket with chevron designs interspersed. 15" x 18". Estimate 1930's. Note bottom and rim wear from use as a wastebas...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$6,900
Pair of American Brass Nautical Taffrail Log Spinners, Negus, NY, Circa 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American brass nautical taffrail log spinners, Late 19th century. Stamped by brothers Thomas Shufeldt Negus, Jr. (1828-1894) & John Davidson Negus (1833-1890) manufacturers and merchants of chronometers and other fine marine instruments...
Category
1880s American American Empire Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Brass
French Sales Sample Miniature Wicker Salon Set
Located in Queens, NY
French (1930's) miniature salesman's sample model of natural wicker 4 piece salon set with orange and black trim.
Category
20th Century French Mission Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Wicker
Hupa/Yurok Hat Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hupa/Yurok basketry hat with imbricated dark and light brown banded stripe and geometric motifs. 3.75" H x 6.125"D.
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, except...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$2,530
Beaded Ndebele Ceremonial Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king). As beads become gradually more accessible throughout the 19th century, they began to displace the organic materials used in traditional art and attire.
This colorful example of African beadwork is a ceremonial doll...
Category
Mid-20th Century South African Folk Art Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Wood, Twine
Custom-Mounted Wide-Brimmed Woven Fibre Hat, Kasaï Region, DRC
Located in London, GB
This finely constructed and decorated grass fibre hat from the Kasaï region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was collected in the 1930's. This wide-brimmed hat was likely made...
Category
1930s Congolese Tribal Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Finely Woven Tutsi Grass Fibre Screen ('Inyeqamo'), Rwanda
Located in London, GB
Rare to find, screens such as this would have been rolled down to separate the sleeping area and alcove in a traditional Tutsi household. The weaving, made from fine strands of grass...
Category
Mid-20th Century Rwandan Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Australian Aboriginal Yawkyawk Fiber Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fiber art by contemporary aboriginal artist
Allison Guwanjguwanj. It depicts a dreamtime creature called "Yawkyawk" which is the ancestor of the clan. It is a mermaid-like creature ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
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 Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Beads
Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare mid-20th century Dida (Ivory Coast) hand-plated Shibori tie-dyed raffia ceremonial kerchief mounted on a linen stretched frame. This kerchief was not woven on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Mid-Century Modern Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare mid-20th century Dida hand-plated Shibori tie-dyed raffia ceremonial kerchief mounted on a linen stretched board. This kerchief was not woven on a loom, but ra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
Modernist Abstract Table Sculpture by Don Frost, after Noguchi
By Frost
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large modernist abstract table sculpture by Don Frost, one of his earlier works. Most likely a study, maquette for an eventual larger sculptur...
Category
1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Plaster
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. The body of the hat has been fashioned from raffia fibre using the woven basketry technique, and displays the typical form of the Kuba 'laket' cap, with four scallop-shaped 'ears'. When worn, one of the 'ears' would have been squarely positioned at the front of the wearer's forehead.
Given to Kuba men upon completion of an initiation rite, small dome-shaped raffia hats signalled their transformation into mature members of Kuba society. As a Kuba man moved up the social ladder, his headgear would change, with male titleholders commissioning local artisans to produce splendidly decorated prestige hats to signal his rank. The accumulation of materials on a Kuba man’s hat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber, Beads
Pair of Papua New Guinea "Yam Festival" Masks
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Papua New Guinea yam festival masks from the mid 20th century. These vintage ceremonial masks, also referred to as a baba mask, originate from the Abelam people, along the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$5,620 / set
American Goose Reed Decoy
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Early 20th Century American straw and wood Canada goose decoy. Black paint. 25"L x 14"H x 10 1/2"D
Period: Early 20th century
Origin: United States
Size: 25"L x 14"H x 10 1/2"D
Fa...
Category
Early 20th Century American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Straw
Tribal Raffia Hat from Africa
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Tribal Art piece, an African ceremonial hat made out of
hand-woven Raffia,the raffia has a nice warm and natural Brown color and has hand-painted African decorations and ...
Category
1990s Congolese Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
A Rare Papua New Guinea Kukukuku War Club, Eastern Highlands - Morobe Province
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
This rare antique Kukukuku (pronounced "cookah-cookah") war club originates from the Morobe Province, which is a very remote area located within the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Gu...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Early 19th C George III Folk Art Shell Work China Man Sailor Maritime Naval
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderfully detailed and intricately decorated early 19th century shell work figure.
Depicting a traditionally dressed Chinese gent, with his wispy beard, hat and holding his bask...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Pictorial Pima Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pictorial Pima basket with three horses and old purchase tag on bottom "Indian Craft Shop 12.95".
Period: First quarter 20th century
Origin: Arizona
Size: 4 1/2" x 9".
Family Own...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Reed
$3,000
Large Decorative old traditional hive cage in wicker and "Torchis"
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Large Decorative old traditional hive cage in wicker and "Torchis"
This traditional hive is made from hazel and willow. This wicker hive is decorative and covered with cob or wattle ...
Category
20th Century British Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Wicker
Pair of important rattan columns, 1970s
Located in Lisboa, PT
Pair of rattan decorative winter garden columns with a top pyramidal shape ending with a bronze ball, 1970s.
Category
1970s French Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
$4,329 / set
A beautiful black-and-white beaded necklace
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Bonda people, Orissa, early 20th century
The Bonda people are an indigenous tribal group predominantly found in the hilly areas of Malkangiri district in Odisha (Orissa), India. Recognized as one of the oldest and most traditional tribes in the country, they are often regarded as part of the "Adivasi," or the original inhabitants of the region.
Bonda women are renowned for their distinctive traditional attire and adornments. They wear a minimal garment called nala around their waist and embellish themselves with heavy jewelry crafted from beads, metal, and coins. Their hair is typically styled into a bun and covered with a beaded headpiece...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Beads
Aboriginal Contemporary Fiber Art Camp Dog
By Lena Yarinkura
Located in Atlanta, GA
Known as Jamu in Bolkdjam, Northern Territory, Australia, the camp dog was woven Pandanus fibers and painted with earth pigment and ochre. The ears and legs are from found wood and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Aboriginal Contemporary Fiber Art Camp Dog
By Yolanda Rostron
Located in Atlanta, GA
Aboriginal fiber art camp dog, known as Jamu.
Artist: Yolanda Rostron.
Year of birth: 1979.
Nationality: Australian.
Region: South Central Arnhem Land.
Language group: Rembarrng...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Abelam "Yam Festival" Mask on Stand from Papua New Guinea
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Papua New Guinea yam festival mask of a horn-billed bird from the mid-20th century. This vintage ceremonial mask, also referred to as a baba mask, originates from the Abelam people...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in Warsaw, PL
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
Extraordinary art and decorative items, these masks come from the shamanic beliefs and rituals of indigenous Embera t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Panamanian Primitive Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Cane
Folk Art Leather and Woven Rush Butchers Bag Initials BP Dated 1832
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming woven rush bag, with applied leather sections, initials and the date 1832, the reversed also has appliqué leather sections of organic flowing forms
The piece is in goo...
Category
1830s European Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Rush
Beninese Bronze and Rope Bust
Located in Miami, FL
Created in Benin some time during the late 19th Century, and acquired at the Albert F. Gordon Tribal Arts Gallery in New York in the early 1970s, this is a bronze cast bust embellish...
Category
Late 19th Century Beninese Tribal Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Pit River Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Basket 7" wide x 6" height with crosses and stars.
Period: First quarter of the 20th century
Origin: Pit River
Size: 7" W x 6" H.
Family Owned & Operated...
Category
1910s American Native American Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Reed
$3,450
Rare and Unique Modern Craftsman / Adirondack Twig Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
A rare, unique neo-primitive /modern craftsman desk attributed to Lee Fountain (1869-1941) and composed of a base of interwoven twigs supporting a top in cherry. Drawer has a twig ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Twig, Cherry
20th Century French French Bamboo Mirror, c.1970
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Mid 20th century French bamboo and woven rattan wide framed mirror.
Condition
In Great Condition - wear consistent with age.
Size
Width: 62cm...
Category
20th Century French Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Mirror
A Mbukushu braided headdress
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Mbukushu / Kavango Group, Botswana/Namibia/Angola, Early 20th century
An exquisite and old example of a Mbukushu braided wig headdress, featuring a leather or hide base that has na...
Category
Early 20th Century Namibian Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Shell, Natural Fiber
African Textile Showa Kuba also for Backrest Cover
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Vintage African Kuba textile, suitable for a modern wall panel, on a long table or to make pillows.
Handwoven and hand-dyed raffia fabric -
An IDEA: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
Abstract Handwoven Palm Sculpture - Medium
Located in La Mesa, CA
These oversized handwoven palm sculptures are masterpieces crafted by skilled artisans in Oaxaca using traditional caña palm weaving techniques passed down through generations. Each ...
Category
1990s Mexican Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Les Artisans De Marolles / Egg Cup Sculpture in Rattan and Oak, circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Les Artisans De Marolles under the artistic direction of Jean Touret
Rare Zoomrphe sculpture "egg cups" representing a rooster in basketwork ...
Category
1960s French Brutalist Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rattan, Oak
1930's - 1940's Woven Beer Pot Cover, Cameroon
Located in London, GB
Beautifully decorated covers such as this were traditionally placed over large earthen vessels of local brew, with the intricacy of their designs reflecting the significance of the v...
Category
20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Beads
Abstract Handwoven Palm Sculpture, Large (Wide)
Located in La Mesa, CA
These oversized handwoven palm sculptures are masterpieces crafted by skilled artisans in Oaxaca using traditional caña palm weaving techniques passed down through generations. Each ...
Category
20th Century Mexican Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
An Asmat head ornament made from Cuscus fur
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Asmat, Papua Province, Indonesia, Late 19th century
Made from a long piece of Cuscus fur decorated on the sides with shell beads and strings of natural fiber.
Provenance:
- Collec...
Category
Late 19th Century Indonesian Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Fur, Shell, Natural Fiber
Dayak Tribal Baby Carrier Kalimantan Borneo
Located in Chonburi, TH
This Dayak Tribal Baby Carrier from Kalimantan, Borneo, is a stunning example of traditional indigenous craftsmanship. Made from a combination of beads, rattan, and wood, this carrie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rattan, Wood, Beads
$494 Sale Price
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Maidu Basketry Gambling Cup
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Maidu basketry gambling cup. Finely woven with stair step geometric design and humaoid figures.
Period: Last quater of the 19th century
Origin: California
Size: 4 1/2" x 5".
Fami...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Reed
Lozi Milk Jug
Located in Richmond, VA
The Loss people of Zambia are known for their basketry and rarely work in wood, but their wooden milk jugs are sought after objects from collectors. Originally used to collect milk f...
Category
20th Century Zambian Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Wood
$210
Marsupia Beaded Wool Throw from the SoShiro Pok Collection
By SoShiro
Located in London, GB
This African design throw from the SoShiro Pok collection is named Marsupia as it is best described as a wraparound cloak – a hybrid of throw and blanket...
Category
2010s Kenyan International Style Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Beads, Natural Fiber
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