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Material: Natural Fiber
Open Round Nantucket Lightship Basket by Sherwin Boyer
Located in Nantucket, MA
With a dark rich patina. Made with oak staves, handle
and a mahogany base. In excellent condition.
Attributed to Sherwin Porter Boyer (1907-1964).
Measures: 6”.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Folk Art Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Arko Wall Art 4, Contemporary Art Craft Rice Straw
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by Arko.
Title: A head-sea over the night sky (Small model)
This work has the feelings of contemporary, tribal art, contempora...
Category
2010s Japanese Organic Modern Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
Mid-Century Rope Lamp Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Midcentury rope lamp by Audoux Minet with a green glass float, circa 1960.
Measures: Height / 14.5".
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Glass
Painted White Woven Cane Fabric Beater from the Lega People of D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th century woven cane fabric beater from the Lega People of D. R. Congo
A sculptural piece of African utilitarian ware used to beat the dust out of fabric as it would hang on a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Congolese Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tortoise Bamboo and Wicker 6 Bottle Wine Rack
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A handmade Mid-Century Modern wine rack created from bentwood bamboo and wicker. Two layers of bamboo are carefully woven together creating a space for 6 bottle so wine (or other bev...
Category
Mid-20th Century Southeast Asian Mid-Century Modern Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
Pair of Bib Necklace on Metal Stands, Sold Singly
Located in Sheffield, MA
The highly decorative bib beaded necklaces are treated as works of art displayed on their black metal stands as sculptural works of art. Near the necks are bent poles wrapped with tw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Twine, Beads
Mid-Century Unusual Rope Sconce Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual rope sconce Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
With white opaline.
Measures: Height / 17.8 inches.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Opaline Glass
Mounted 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 that floats off the wall in the shape of the k...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
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
Bohemian Handwoven Wicker Wall Mirror Rhombus Shape French Mid-Century Modern
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern wicker wall mirror in a handcrafted Rhombus shape.
Oval handwoven Bohemian Chic Folk Art mirror, made in France.
Can be hung horizontal and vertical.
Mirror si...
Category
1960s French Bohemian Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Wicker
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.
an IDEA: use this item as backrest covering of a sofa....
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
Mid-Century Rope Lamp Lantern Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Midcentury rope lamp lantern by Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Measures: Height / 8.8 inches, diameter / 5.5 inches.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Plastic
Collection of Four Papago & Pima Indian Baskets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a Fine collection of four mint condition Papago Indian baskets. The larges tray is 10.5" and the other tray is 9" in diameter. The bowl shaped basket is 8" in diameter. The s...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Twine
Lizard Mission Pictorial Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mission pictorial basket with Chuckwalla lizard motif.
Period: circa 1900
Origin: California
Size: 6" diameter x 4" height.
Family Owned & Operat...
Category
Early 1900s American Native American Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Twig
Mid-Century Mermaid Rope Lamp Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Midcentury mermaid rope lamp by Audoux Minet
Measures: Height / 13.5".
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rope
Fishing Float, Early 20th Century, Glass, Rope, Ornament, Sea, Fishermen
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Fishing float, early 20th century, glass, rope,
One of a collection of, early 20th century, glass & rope, fishing floats of different sizes. There are three floats of this size
T...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Glass
Impressive and Seldom Nigerian Large Basket Garment and Cover
Located in Antwerp, BE
An impressive and seldom Nigerian large basket garment and cover, with dyed patterned band.
Those baskets where used to preserve grains.
Tall colorful handwoven lidded basket from ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Mid-Century Modern Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Straw
Mid-Century Rope Lamp Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Midcentury rope lamp by Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Plastic, Rope
American Diorama, Follower Gerrit Schouten, Carib Indigenous Village
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Follower of Gerrit Schouten (second half of the 19th century)
Diorama depicting a Carib Indigenous camp
Carved wood, papier-mâché, paint on paper...
Category
19th Century Surinamer Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Twig, Wood, Paper, Feathers
Antique Rugs Caucasian Kazak Rugs, Blue Geometric Hand made Carpet
Located in Hampshire, 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
Organic Material, Natural Fiber, Wool
Pair of American Brass Nautical Taffrail Log Spinners, Negus, NY, Circa 1880
Located in Hollywood, 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
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
20th Century Japanese Fishing Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
20th century Japanese fishing basket. Beautifully woven with long rope handles. Handles extend approximately 2 feet past the top of the basket....
Category
20th Century Japanese Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Reed
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
Pair of Tamberma Shields on Stands
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of wonderfully sculptural early 20th century handwoven wicker shields from the Tamberma people of Togo, mounted on custom steel stands.
Category
Early 20th Century Togolese Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Wicker
Mid-Century Rope Sconce Sphere Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual rope sconce sphere with white opaline shade Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Opaline Glass
Large Basketry Gable Mask from Papua New Guinea
Located in Highland, IN
A beautiful and large example of Oceanic art, this delightful woven mask would have been used on the gable of a middle Sepik meeting house. The wildly expressive form is accentuated ...
Category
1940s Papua New Guinean Tribal Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Cane, Rattan, Wood
Mid-Century Rope Lamp With Ashtray Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Midcentury rope lamp with ashtray by Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Measures: Height / 17.3".
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Glass
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
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
Tlingit Rattle Top Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Bright colored Tlingit lidded rattle top basket. Exceptional condition. One small stain not distracting.
Period: Last quarter of the 19th century
Origin: Alaska
Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Reed
American Oval Timber Trade Sign with Two Masted Ship and Rope Boarder. C. 1850
Located in Hollywood, SC
American oval hand carved timber trade sign with a centered two masted ship, rope border, upper painted banner "The London and New York Trading Company"...
Category
1850s American American Empire Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Wood, Paint
Mid-Century Wood and Rope Shelf Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Wood and rope shelf Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
3 shelves.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Wood
Painting from a Kwoma Ceremonial House Ceiling
Located in Chicago, IL
A painting from a Kwoma ceremonial house ceiling depicting an abstract polychrome pattern on a sago palm spathe.
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
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Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
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
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
Plaster, Rope
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 Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
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
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
Mid-Century Basket Jardiniere Rope Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Rare nautical rope basket jardiniereAudoux Minet, circa 1960.
Measure: 25" with the handle, 17.5" without.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rope
Collection of Three Swedish Baskets
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine group of three Swedish 19th and early 20th century folk art baskets, the first with polychrome decoration on a coiled willow body and having barley twist handle, the second with blue and red paint with floral decoration on a reeded body, the last of cylindrical form and having a woven snowflake pattern.
Although priced as a collection, we would be willing to separate them.
Size listed is for handled coiled basket...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Birch, Willow, Reed
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
Pictorial Mission Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome pictorial Mission basket with ten cats on a fence.
Period: Last quarter 19th century
Origin: California
Size: 6" x 4".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Reed
Three Masted Gaff Rigged Schooner
Located in Washington, DC
Three Masted Gaff Rigged Schooner. She is replete with a "fisherman sail in between the fore mast and the main mast at the top. These were passenger vessels in their day. Often times...
Category
20th Century French Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Rope Bottle Carrier Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Rope bottle carrier for four bottles Audoux Minet, circa 1950.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rope
Pair African Gourd Storage Vessels, Kenya or Ethiopia, early-mid 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic pair of large African gourd storage vessels with native repairs, early to mid 20th century, Ethiopia or Kenya.
This pair of dried and hollowed gourd vessels would origin...
Category
20th Century Kenyan 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
Chi Wara Headdresses Animal Sculpture , Bambara People, Mali
Located in Antwerp, BE
Bamana old original pair Chi Wara headdress.
Chi Wara (Antelope Headdress.) The dry savanna permits no more than a subsistence economy and the soil produces,...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Early Salmon Painted Nantucket Light Ship Basket, Late 19th Century
Located in Nantucket, MA
9” Open round salmon painted Nantucket
Lightship basket with wooden ears and
original paint. The nails on the interior bottom
indicate this was probably used as a vegetable
baske...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Oak, Paint, Reed
Antique Basketry Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Antique basketry bowl of woven rattan, reed, and bamboo. Wonderful geometric illustrations and complex weaving technique with honeycomb center.
This basket bowl is a utilitarian ite...
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Rattan, Reed, Bamboo
Painted 19th Century Armchair by Jean-Joseph Chapuis
Located in Troy, NY
Neoclassical green painted and gilt armchair with caned seat.
After a model by Jean-Joseph Chapuis.
The front legs retain their brass casters, the rear legs are missing the casters.
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Cane, Wood
American Fancy Floral Painted Cane Seat Settee with Scrolled Arms, C. 1815
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Fancy floral painted cane seat settee with flanking scrolled arms, central turned spindles, and resting on turned bulbous ringed legs with or...
Category
1810s American American Empire Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Cane, Pine, Paint
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
Antique Tribal Ceremonial Mat, Zanzibar
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Ceremonial Mat
Zanzibar
Plaited palm Leaf
Circa 1900
Size: 215 x 94 cm
Collected in the field by a German missionary between 1903 and 1909
More provenance details are available.
Category
20th Century Zanzibari Tribal Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
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 Rwandan Tribal Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Vintage Hand Woven Spanish Donkey Head Wall Mount 1970's
Located in Hastings, GB
A delightful 1970's wall mounted Spanish Donkey Head, hand woven in Esparto grass these fabulous items were crafted for tourists and not many have survived the test...
Category
1970s Spanish Folk Art Vintage Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Straw
Japanese Antique / House-shaped steamer /1868s-1912s Folk art objet WabiSabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
It was used as a rare type of wood steamer in Japan.
It's not seen in modern times, and it's a valuable thing.
It's in the shape of a house, and there are 5 drawers inside. The bot...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Natural Fiber Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Reed, Cedar
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