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Place of Origin: African
Early Ibibio Standing Wood Male Shrine Figure, powerful, Nigeria, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Ibibio standing carved wood male figure, powerful expression with hands on sides of stomach, exposed teeth and vertical raised scarification marks on sides of face. From a shr...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Mukuba 'Hat', Bwami Society, Lega Culture, Democratic Republic of Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mukuba (Hat), Bwami Society, Lega Culture, Democratic Republic of Congo 1st Half 20th Century Plant fiber, buttons, elephant tail hair, blue cloth 7...
Category

20th Century Other African Folk Art

Materials

Cotton, Natural Fiber

Set of Three Vintage Zulu Long Wood Pipes on Custom Stands Beads South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Set of three vintage Zulu long carved wood pipes on custom metal stands, South Africa. Each on separate stand so can be arranged in multiple ways for great ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Makonde Male Figure in European Dress African Art
Located in Sharon, CT
A beautiful modern piece of sculpture of a distinguished gentleman. Executed by a Makonde master carver in ebony. Well dressed, complete with cuffs, creases and shoes.
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Ebony

Old African Wooden Mortar
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Solid wood mortar produced in Africa in the 1950s. With its raw shape and organic hue, it will be perfect in a natural, refined and delicate decoration. We simply imagine it plac...
Category

Mid-20th Century African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Handmade Commemorative African Quilt, Early 20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Handmade Commemorative African Quilt Textile, Early 20th Century A remarkable textile, listing the names and depicting the symbols of the rulers (“Ahosu”) of the West African region...
Category

Early 20th Century African Folk Art

Materials

Textile

Swazi Headrest With Old Label Attached, Southern Africa
Located in London, GB
The form of this Swazi headrest consists of an upper section supported by two tapering legs, fluted with vertical grooves. A central lug features on the underside of the headrest, ...
Category

20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Tongue-in-Cheek Mounted Kuba Cloth Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
A provocative late 20th century Kuba cloth panel with a bold zigzag and diamond pattern woven in black and natural cut pile raffia surrounding a tongu...
Category

Late 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Raffia

Rare Baule Male Spirit Figure (Blolo Bian) — Early 20th Century
By Baule Tribe
Located in Bilzen, BE
Rare Baule Male Spirit Figure (Blolo Bian) — Early 20th Century Origin: Baule people, Côte d’Ivoire Period: Early 20th century (circa 1900–1930) Material: Hardwood with dark ritual p...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Moroccan Orientalist Framed Giclee
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Orientalist Moroccan scene giclee painting of the King o Morocco. French orientalist reproduction painting of Mohamed V coming back from exile with a ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Moorish African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Terracotta Bura Spirit Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Sometimes called a "Bura bell" due to its shape, this sculptural terra cotta object was part of the Bura tribe's burial ritual. Buried with its flared mouth facing down, this cylindrical storage...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Terracotta

Mid-20th Century Tribal Baknough Woman's Head Covering, Tunisia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal baknough (woman's head covering), Chott Oulad Amar, Tunisia. This is an unusual baknough from a very small area on the Tunisian ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Toussian Storage Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Ovoid pots were an elegant storage solution in African tribal life. This beautifully balanced example is attributed to the Toussian people of Western Burkina Faso. Masterfully made to protect its contents from the elements, pots such as this one were coiled by female ceramists to hold food or personal...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sexe Modesty Apron, Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal beaded cache-sexe modesty apron (pikuran), Bana Guili people, Mandara Mountains, Cameroon An unusual cache-sexe made of blue and yellow beads so scattered ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Shell, Beads

Genuine carved bone statue from the Lega tribe, DR Congo, early 1900
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine statue from the Lega tribe DR Congo carved in bone Tribal using traces and aged tribal patina Heigth 10 cm The Lega people (or Warega) are a Bantu ethnic group of the Dem...
Category

1920s Tribal Vintage African Folk Art

Materials

Bone

1940's - 1950's Zulu Milk Pail ('Ithunga'), South Africa
Located in London, GB
This early-twentieth-century tall, narrow vessel, from the Zulu culture in South Africa, would have traditionally served as a milk pail. Known as an 'ithunga', the vessel exhibits ...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Hardwood

Moroccan Antique Brass Sugar Hammer
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of two Moroccan brass Berber tribal sugar hammer. Moroccan Collectible Brass Berber Sugar Hammer,Brass Berber Tribal Sugar Hammer. Authentic old Tuare...
Category

Early 20th Century Folk Art African Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Ere Ibeji Pair of Commemorative Figures, Abeokuta, Yoruba People Nigeria, 20th C
By Yoruba People
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Yoruba people have one of the highest incidents of twin births in the world. As a result, twin children are regarded as extraordinary, divine beings protected by Sango, the deity of ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Vintage Tribal Bakonongo Terracotta Vessel with Ethnic Depictions Congo 1950s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Very beautiful and well-preserved vintage terracotta vessel with removable lid from the Congo region, Bakongo ethnic group. The fine decoration is partly engraved, but also modeled - houses, birds, fish, lins, small chain links and knots can be found on the outer wall of the object. The object has an elegant shape and captivates with its natural appearance. The Bakongo (plural, also Congo, singular Mukongo) are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group in the Congo River estuary in Central Africa, mainly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo-Kinshasa), the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) and the neighboring areas of Angola (Zaire Province and Uíge Province) including Cabinda and Gabon.Their total number is over 5 million...
Category

1950s Tribal Vintage African Folk Art

Materials

Terracotta

Hoe-Shaped Iron Currency "Mbili Ngbaka, " Ngbaka, D.R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Hoe-Shaped Currency "Mbili Ngbaka," Ngbaka, D.R. Congo 20th century Iron, accumulation 16 x 7 in. / 41 x 18 cm Height on custom display stand: 18.25 in. / 46 cm This interesting type of iron currency was used for major transactions such as dowry payments. The two wings added to the lower tips of the hoe underline the non-utilitarian character of this type of currency (Ballarini, "The Perfect Form...
Category

20th Century Other African Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Nomoli - Carved Stone Figurine, Kissi People, Sierra Leone, 19th Century
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
A Nomoli is a carved stone figurine native to Sierra Leone and Liberia. They are usually made of soapstone, limestone, or granite. The carving depicts a woman in a dress and choker,...
Category

19th Century Tribal Antique African Folk Art

Materials

Stone, Soapstone

Petite African Redware Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite hand-formed vessel bears a richly textured surface of worn red clay slip and dark smoke marks. Likely intended for everyday use, the simple bottle-form vessel reflects th...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Primitive Antique African Folk Art

Materials

Terracotta

Handcrafted Parchment African Red Art Wall Sconce
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface. These Art pieces could be used as wall lamp shade. Ir...
Category

20th Century Moorish African Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Moroccan "Boucherouite" Runner Rug
Located in New York, NY
Moroccan "Boucherouite" runner rug. A Moroccan rag rug, woven in rare runner format, entirely with cut-up pieces of fabric from old clothes, etc. - boucherouite means rag or torn clo...
Category

Late 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Moroccan "Boucherouite" Runner Rug
Moroccan "Boucherouite" Runner Rug
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Ere Ibeji Pair of Commemorative Figures, Egba, Yoruba People, Nigeria, 20th C
By Yoruba People
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Yoruba people have one of the highest incidents of twin births in the world. As a result, twin children are regarded as extraordinary, divine beings protected by Sango, the deity of ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Carved Wood 'Senufo' Statue on Stand
Located in Washington, DC
Hand-Carved Wood 'Senufo’' Fertility Statue, West Africa. Ivory Coast, circa 1970.
Category

1970s Vintage African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

African Goli Style Tribal Mask Mounted on a Custom Steel Base
By Baule Tribe
Located in Stamford, CT
Highly decorative African hand carved mask, in the style of a Goli tribal mask, Baule People, Ivory Coast. Mounted on a custom steel base. Measures: 23.75 inches high (including sta...
Category

20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Bronze Currency Bracelet/Manilla, Beri People, Sudan, 19th Century - No 2
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Early to mid-19th-century bronze currency bracelet / Manilla in circle form. Intricate graphical geometrical. This type of bracelet was worn/used by the Zaghawa People also called Bé...
Category

Mid-19th Century Tribal Antique African Folk Art

Materials

Bronze

Kuba Ceremonial Raffia Textile Panel with a Hat from Lesotho Tribal Art Drc
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Kuba ceremonial raffia textile panel Together with a hat from Lesotho Ceremonial textile panel, Woven raffia-velvet cloth square panel with geo...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Raffia

Bamun Copper Necklace
Located in Chicago, IL
Composed of fifteen miniature heads welded onto a circular form, this intricate necklace is styled after the prestige collars worn by royalty of the Kingdom of Bamum, a pre-colonial ...
Category

20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Ethiopian Carved Wooden Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
So as not to muss their intricate hairstyles while sleeping, Ethiopian women would traditionally rest their heads on these petite wooden stands. The combination of conic base and con...
Category

Early 20th Century Primitive African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Set of Five Iron Phallus Fertility Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful set of five early 20th century iron phallus figures from Togo. Fertility figures like these were planted in the ground of a farmer's fiel...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Iron

1960s Moroccan Vintage Berber Textile with Sequins North Africa, Handira
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s authentic Moroccan Berber wedding rug with sequins North Africa, Handira.Handwoven vintage Moroccan Berber Tribal Handira ethnic textile.Moroccan Bohemian style rug, handwoven by the Berber women of the Zemmour tribe for their wedding day.The design on this ethnic carpet is white, red and black in geometrical motifs on a red and white background and adorned with some sequins to sparkle under the moon light.(cod be easily removed if needed), Handwoven by the Berber tribes in Atlas Mountains of Morocco with traditional geometric tribal designs.Midcentury organic vintage Handira...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art African Folk Art

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Antique North African Red Slip Ware Vase
Located in Katonah, NY
Antique handmade African red slip ware vase. Circa 300-600 CE (AD), this beautiful handmade piece red slip ware pottery was handmade in North Africa. This pi...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Classical Roman Antique African Folk Art

Materials

Clay

Modernist Dan Peoples Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
A chic modernist early 20th century Dan Peoples stool from Ivory Coast, carved from one piece of wood with a simple hourglass form, and the most wonderful p...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Modernist Dan Peoples Stool
Modernist Dan Peoples Stool
$1,350 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Dan Mask With Metal Teeth – Ivory Coast / Liberia, Mid-20th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Dan Mask with Inset Metal Teeth – Côte d'Ivoire / Liberia Mid–20th Century or Earlier Wood, Metal Inlay Height:22 cm, width 13 cm Provenance: Private Collection, Europe This strikin...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Set of 2 Kusu (Tribal) currency from Democratic Republic of the Congo
Located in Winnetka, IL
Three Kuso Currency pieces known as Boloko are from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are made from forged iron and were used as currency in commerce. Today, they are sculp...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Early Twentieth-Century African Madonna
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century African Madonna figurative sculpture from the Makonde culture in southern Tanzania, close to the border of Mozambique, exhibits a wonderful sense of move...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Hardwood

Antique Moroccan Berber Henna-Dyed Woman's Ceremonial Head Scarf
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven wool veil of an unusual format, sparsely embellished with touches of embroidery, used as a head cover in the wedding ceremony among the Ait Abdallah Berber people...
Category

1930s Tribal Vintage African Folk Art

Materials

Wool

African Art , an Oil Painting by Luzolano, 1978
Located in Delft, NL
African Art , an Oil Painting by Luzolano, 1978 An African oil painting by Luzolano, 1978 Signed and dated Luzolano, 1978 Measurement is 83.5 cm high, 5...
Category

20th Century African Folk Art

Materials

Paint

Bamana N'tomo mask, Mali, 20th century
Located in NICE, FR
Bamana N'tomo mask, Mali, 20th century "Generally surmounted by three to eight horns forming a comb, the N'tomoface mask refers to a moment of compulsory education given to uncircumcised young boys in certain West African societies. The mask's discreet, even absent, mouth emphasizes the behavior expected of them in their future adult life after training: controlling and measuring their words, knowing how to keep quiet, preserving secrets and enduring pain in silence." Excerpt from Masques du N'tomo, Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière Collection, Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac, France. The Bambara, or Bamana, live in central and southern Mali. Their name means “unbeliever” and was given to them by the Muslims. Animists, they believe in the existence of a creator god called Ngala, who maintains the order of the universe and coexists with another androgynous god called Faro, master of the Word, who gave all qualities to mankind and makes the fruits of the earth grow. Traditional Bamana art objects are closely linked to agrarian rites. The Bamana dance these masks during initiation and circumcision ceremonies for young boys in the Ntomo society. The face, with its vertical outgrowths at the top, adopts geometric features beneath a rounded forehead, including an imposing busted nose, as the Bamana favor this organ in their statuary as it evokes sociability and clan cohesion. Indeed, during choreography, the dancer frequently touches the nose of the mask. As teaching aids for candidates, masks from societies accessible to young boys and adults, such as the N'tomo, Korè and Ci wara...
Category

1930s Tribal Vintage African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Koulango Female Ancestral Statue, Ivory Coast, Early 20th Century
Located in CA, CA
The hard wood of this female Koulango statue, from the Ivory Coast in the early 20th century, has developed a beautiful black patina. With hands resting on the abdomen, and the neck ...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Sweet Bird Topped Carved Wood Bambara Wood Door Lock, Mali Africa Mounted
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A very sweet small sized carved wood bird topped door lock from the Bambara people of Mali Africa. Originally would have had a horizontal sliding cross bar lock, now missing. Mount...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Large Antique Wooden American Mortar and Pestle
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large wood antique American mortar and pestle. Early 19th c. Americana turned wood footed mortar and pestle. American, late 19th century wooden mortar and pestle...
Category

Early 20th Century Folk Art African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Genuine copper mask from the Dinga / Ding tribe DR Congo, early 1900
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine mask hammered in copper from the Dinga / Ding tribe from the south of DR Congo Early 1900, but probably older This kind of anthropomorphic masks are called "ngongo munene"...
Category

1910s Tribal Vintage African Folk Art

Materials

Copper

Large Moorish Glazed Ceramic Vase with Arabic Calligraphy Black Writing Fez
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Moroccan glazed ceramic vase from Fez. Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy writing. This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic is called...
Category

20th Century Islamic African Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Ashanti Mother and Child Maternity Figure Carved by Osei Bonsu, Ghana
By Osei Bonsu
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Ashanti maternity figure by the master carver Osei Bonsu. The mother figure is seated on a simple backless chair. An infant lays calmly in her la...
Category

1930s Tribal Vintage African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Moroccan Caftan Floral Brocade Multicolored Embroidered Kaftan 1970s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous vintage hostess gown, floral multicolored brocade Kaftan, circa 1970s. Exotic oriental floral long maxi caftan dress with wide arm and lo...
Category

1970s Moorish Vintage African Folk Art

Materials

Brocade, Braid

Early 20th Century Prestige Cloth, Dida People, Ivory Coast
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century prestige cloth, Dida people, Ivory Coast Raffia, natural dyes An engaging example of resist-dyed prestige cloths, this raffia fragment is professionally mounted o...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Raffia

African mask Yaure tribe Ivory Coast Circa 1950
Located in Paris, FR
African mask from Yaure tribe in Ivory Coast Circa 1950. Beautiful dark patina. Swedish private collection, from the 1980s then inherited within the family. Yaure tribe art is renow...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Kutu Anklet-Ekonda Culture, African Art
By Ekonda Culture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kutu Anklet-Ekonda culture, Democratic Republic of Congo. Puddle cast, forged and engraved copper alloy. The beautiful ankle cuff sculpture, is hand-forged, very heavy and a great tr...
Category

20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Copper, Metal

Edan Staffs for Ogboni Society, Yoruba People People, Nigeria, 20th century
By Yoruba People
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Pair of Bronze & Iron Ogboni Society staffs from the Yoruba People, Nigeria, early 20th century. Among the Yoruba, in southwestern Nigeria, there was and still is the Ogboni secret s...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Luba Kifwebe Sandals
Located in Sharon, CT
Rare pair of African sandals, with beautifully articulated little Luba 'Kifwebe' (mask) heads as toe holds. Wonderful aged 'footprints' produced from great use.
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Moroccan Caftan Maxi Dress Kaftan Handmade in Morocco North Africa 1970's
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan caftan in peach brocade. Maxi dress kaftan handmade by Moroccan artist designer. Handcrafted vintage exotic 1970s ceremonial caftan g...
Category

Late 20th Century Bohemian African Folk Art

Materials

Brocade

Rare Lobi Double Figure Male Female Standing on Shoulders Ghana Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rare double joined standing figure with male figure on top standing on female shoulders. Deep patina and wear from traditional use. Finely carved and expressive faces. 11 1/4 inche...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Antique Tribal West African Stool Chair with Brass Patch
Located in New York, NY
This hand-carved wooden stool was made in Tanzania by hand with native repair. The patch was added from hand-hammered brass. This piece has great energy and patina, giving it a cool ...
Category

Late 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Vintage Moroccan Mirror Hand Painted with Red and Amber Moorish Design
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan mirror, hand painted, wooden Moorish window shaped mirror. Beautiful hand crafted mirror in a traditional hand painted Mooris...
Category

Late 20th Century Moorish African Folk Art

Materials

Mirror, Wood, Paint

1950s Vintage Moroccan Black Zemmour Kilim Runner Rug
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan nomadic Tuareg rug, black camel hair with wo and cotton embroidered geometrical modernist designs.Those rugs are light for easy fding and travel for the Nomadic peop...
Category

1950s Tribal Vintage African Folk Art

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Vintage African Chair
Located in East Hampton, NY
Carved wood African chair with metal decorations on the arms.
Category

Mid-20th Century African Folk Art

Materials

Wood

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 Tribal African Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

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