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Place of Origin: African
Ngbaka Congolese Tribal Mask for Initiation Rituals, Early 20th Century
Located in CA, CA
With a beautiful dark patina, this early 20th century wooden mask shows a naturalistic human face, flattened, with the forehead, open mouth and stylised teeth in light relief; the ri...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Cameroon "Bat" Stool African Sculpture
By Cameroon Tribe
Located in Sharon, CT
Possibly Babanki. Circular ceremonial wood stool constructed of repeated animal heads. Original applied patina.
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Baule Female Figure African Sculpture
By Baule Tribe
Located in Sharon, CT
A fine old Baule carving, with a rich golden brown surface patina.
Category
Early 1900s Tribal Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Songye Male ‘Power’ Figure
Located in London, GB
A Songye Male ‘Power’ Figure
Open aperture to the head and stomach
Fine overall patina, loss to feet
Democratic Republic of Congo
19th Century
Size: 23cm high - 9 ins high
The ...
Category
19th Century Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Wrought Iron Yoruba Ọ̀sanyìn Staff
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century Yoruba Ọ̀sanyìn staff, meticulously crafted from wrought iron, features a prominent central bird surrounded by several stylized avian figures, symbolizing spi...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Shona Stone Sculpture "Sheltering Soul" Norbert Shamuyarira (Zimbabwe, b. 1962)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An African Shona Stone Sculpture titled "Sheltering Soul" by Norbert Shamuyarira (Zimbabwean, Born 1962), depicting an abstract polished Shona stone figure of a crouched and bowing h...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Reliquary Kota, Gabon, 1925
Located in Paris, FR
This exceptional Kota reliquary comes from the Mahogwe tribe, which lives along the Ogooué River in Gabon. The Mahogwe are part of the Kota ethnic group located in the northeastern r...
Category
1920s Tribal Vintage African Folk Art
Materials
Brass
African Art by Ngoy Kabem, Sadi M, Three Heads of Woman relief in Brass, 1979
Located in Delft, NL
African Art by Ngoy Kabem, Sadi M, Three Heads of Woman relief in Brass, 1979
African Art by Ngoy Kabem, Sadi M,
With a scene of three heads of women in relief in brass
Signed and...
Category
20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Exceptional Rare Knife/Sword From The Luba / Luluwa /Nkutshu Tribe DR Congo
Located in Leuven, BE
Exceptional Rare Knife/Sword From The Luba / Luluwa /Nkutshu Tribe DR Congo - circa 1900
Tribe: Luba / Luluwa / Nkutshu
A unique museum piece
DR Congo
Period: 19th Century - ca 1900...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Mid Century Sculpture African bust in wenge - Congo
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Mid Century Sculpture African bust in wenge - Congo
Bimbulu Signed - Ethnic African
Measures : 24x16cm H:47cm
Weight : ~5kg
Category
20th Century Folk Art African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Moroccan Vintage Berber Tribal Ethnic Cuff
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan Berber tribal bracelet from the High Atlas of Morocco.
Handcrafted by Berber women using Moroccan silver nickel.
The...
Category
20th Century Folk Art African Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Nupe Carved Wood Openwork Geometric Stool
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Well used and loved Nupe carved wood stool with openwork geometric design,
It is in good condition, appropriate for its age, use, and medium. Well used with deep patina, chips and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Moroccan Moorish Ceramic Bowl with Lid, Tajine from Fez
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Moroccan ceramic decorative serving tajine polychrome with leather, stones and metal overlay with conical overlay lid.
The bottom is a circular ceramic bowl and the top of the tagine is distinctively shaped into a cone.
Handcrafted and hand painted with Moorish designs by artisans in Fez Morocco.
Great decorative Moroccan Folk ceramic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moorish African Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Small Moroccan "Boucherouite" or Azilal Rug
Located in New York, NY
Small Moroccan "Boucherouite" or Azilal rug. A Moroccan rag rug, woven with cut-up pieces of fabric from old clothes, etc. - boucherouite means rag or t...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
African Art by Tshibanda Bondo, Relief in Brass, 1978
By Tshibanda Bondo
Located in Delft, NL
African Art by Tshibanda Bondo, Relief in Brass, 1978
Tshibanda Bondo (Senegalese, born 1947)
African art with relief in brass
Scene of a sitting person
Signed and dated 1978
The s...
Category
20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Cast Bronze Relief Plaque from Benin, 1950s
By People from Benin
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Intriguing cast bronze relief plaque from Benin, showing three guardians.
The plaque was modeled after ancient Benin bronzes but was made in the 20th century. The plaque is cast in b...
Category
1940s Tribal Vintage African Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
African Folk Art Hand Carved Sculpture Fork and Spoon
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand carved African tribal wood carved sculpture of a men and women,
Africa tribal Art Decor.
Kenyan tribal sculpture featuring an elongated standing man and women with a crown and metal choker.
Very simple modern look carved ethnic sculpture...
Category
20th Century Folk Art African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Ebony Makonde African Wood Carving
Located in Houston, TX
A beautiful contemporary collector piece of Makonde ebony tree of life art carving with unbelievable detailed wood carving.
Category
1950s Primitive Vintage African Folk Art
Materials
Ebony
Portrait of African Women in Copper by Tshiasuma, circa 1984
By Tshiasuma
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Original copper panel representing two women's faces.
Handmade brassware work by an African artist.
Art Deco Colonial style, Africa, 80s.
Signed and dated: "Tshiasuma 84".
In good ...
Category
1980s Colonial Revival Vintage African Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Yoruba (Nigeria) Early 20th Century Cloth
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine early 20th Century hand spun indigo cotton and Trans-Sahara silk cloth.
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Yaka Standing Wood Janus Male/Female Divination Figure DRC Congo, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Yaka Carved wood standing Janus back to back male/female divination figure DRC Congo, Africa.
Male figure side with open mouth with exposed carved teeth. Female side with traces of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Kuba Cup with Incised Textile Designs, early 20th century Central Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine Kuba wood cup with incised designs similar to the famous Kuba textiles, early 20th century, from Central Africa.
The woven cris cross designs that are typical of the Kuba currency...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal 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
Nok Terracotta Standing Dignitary Figure, TL Tested, Nigeria Africa 500-100 BC
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Nok Terracotta Standing Dignitary Figure in Royal Pose. I-II Century AD. Certificate of Authenticity with TL Test and Passport from Europe. Museum Piece...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Primitive Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Moroccan Blue & White Ceramic Footed Vase from Fez with Silver Filigree
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Moroccan blue and white ceramic footed vase from Fez.
Moorish style handcrafted vase adorned with fine filigree silver nickel work, with two handles.
Antique Hispano Moresq...
Category
1890s Moorish Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
African Painting by Adingra
Located in Antwerp, BE
African painting stone on burlap by Adingra, 1983,
France - Cote d'Ivoire.
Measures: Height 61 cm,
width 39 cm,
depth 2 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern African Folk Art
Materials
Sandstone
Luba People Caryatid Stool Democratic Republic Congo Central Africa
Located in Rochester, NY
Old Luba People stool hand carved from a single piece of tree wood w/ caryatid female ancestral figure as the central support. Showing good signs of genuine age and beautiful old sur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
African Gabon Kota Mahongwe Hongwe Bwete Reliquary Guardian Figure Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly fantastic, engaging, and uniquely made African Kota Mahongwe Hongwe Reliquary Guardian Figure/ Sculpture made by the Kota (Bakota) pe...
Category
Mid-20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Old Yaka Slit Drum, Deep Patina, Original Striker Congo Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old early Yaka slit drum, deep patina wear and polish from years of use, with original striker. From the Yaka people, Democratic Republic of Congo, early 20t...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Yoruba Nigeria African Red Royal Beaded Headdress Crown on Lucite Stand
Located in North Hollywood, CA
West African hand beaded head dress crown from Yoruba, Nigeria.
This artistic beautiful and functional art piece is covered with beads in ivory, red and black colors with faces bird...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Early Incised Carved Gourd Rattle From Congo Africa Man Zebra Crocodile Rhino
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Incised Carved One-piece Gourd Rattle from Congo Africa.
Great (unknown) stories shown including a man, snake, two rhinos, a zebra (?) crocodile and on the other side a long s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Striking Makonde Animal Helmet Mask, Dog or Hyena, Tanzania, Early 20th C.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Striking Makonde animal helmet mask, dog or hyena, Tanzania. Early 20th century with dark patina from traditional tribal use, wear inside from being used. Finely carved features, wit...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Tribal Currency, Chamba People, Nigeria
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Forged iron currency, Chamba people, Northeastern Nigeria
A piece of traditional currency used for barter or exchange, it measures 15 inches (38 cm) high by 18 inches (45.7 cm) wide...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Songye Female Wood Figure with horn and brass hair ex Sothebys
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved wood standing female figure with projecting stomach, attached horn on top of head, and hair in form of small hand shaped copper pieces. Old glass beads...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
African Art by Luzolano, Oil Painting, 1978
Located in Delft, NL
African Art by Luzolano, Oil Painting, 1978
African Art , oil painting
Signed by Luzolano, 1978,
A scene of two African woman
The measurement is 60.5 cm ...
Category
20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Bronze Currency Bracelet/Manilla, Dogon People, Burkina Faso, 19th c. - No 2
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
19th-century bronze currency bracelet / Manilla in horseshoe form with fixed opening. Intricate graphical design with lines and accent points on the top and at both tips. This type o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tribal Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Brass
African Yoruba Painted Gelede Headdress
Located in Chicago, IL
This painted mask was created by the Yoruba People of western Nigeria, and was worn during a tradition known as Gelede. A blend of ritual and artistic spectacle, Gelede pays homage to the women of their Community, understood to possess spiritual powers capable of the benefit or the destruction of society. The Gelede masquerade is an opportunity to honor or condemn behaviors within the Community, through dance, art, satire, and poetry. Worn by veiled dancers, Gelede masks...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early Ghost Like Kumu Mask With Kaolin Open Eyes Mouth Teeth Congo Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Ghost Like Kumu Mask With Kaolin Open Eyes Mouth Teeth, Congo, Africa
It is in good condition with wear, polish and erosion from traditional use, appropriate for its age, use,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Dance mask, Kifwebe, Songye, Congo
By Songye Tribe
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dance mask/ sculpture. Known as a Kifwebe mask. Songye. Carved wood. 20th century.
With a few flaws and repairs.
Category
20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
African Art by MB Kasongo Banza Meso, L'Angoisse II, Brass Relief, 1977
Located in Delft, NL
African Art by MB Kasongo Banza Meso, L'Angoisse II, Brass Relief, 1977
MB Kasongo Banza Meso,
Title: L'Angoisse II, in brass relief
African Art, Signed and dated 1977
The frame wil...
Category
20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Brass
African Ethiopian Tribal Folk Art Painting 20th Century Battle Scene on Canvas
Located in Milano, MI
African Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This tribal folk art painting depicts a battle scene and the canvas is mounted on a parallelogram-shaped frame.
It is a large battle painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art African Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
African Tribal Carved Wood High Back Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Carved and painted wood with an openwork tiered bucket form back. The top tier with female figures, the bottom row with horsemen holding small-scale figures on top of the horses' heads. The shaped back with a dentated top border and two carved panels with birds. Panels with snakes frame...
Category
20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Moroccan Handpainted African Art Wall Sconce
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large curved hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These Moroccan Art pieces could be used as wall lamp shad...
Category
20th Century Arts and Crafts African Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Pair of Monumental Topoke African Currency Spears on Museum Stands, Late 19th C.
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressive pair of late 19th century extra-long African currency spears—properly referred to as liganda or ngbele—from the Topoke, Turumbu, or Lokele peoples and related cultures in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, presented on museum-caliber custom made black pedestal display stands.
A liganda’s monetary value was determined primarily by its length, and based on the monumental size of the pair offered here, they would’ve been classified as dihunga liganda—the largest of those made—and used for important events or transactions such as wedding dowries or the purchase of livestock or a canoe.
Each dihunga liganda is comprised of two hand-forged, hand-wrought, and hand-worked thin melded iron pieces that in whole form a sword-like spear with winged elements that smoothly transition to a blade terminating in an elongated tip. Middle ridge with parallel linear decorations on both sides follow the left edge of the blade and the perimeter of the wings.
Narrow cylindrical shaft at bottom would’ve originally allowed it to be mounted on a pole or planted in the ground. Both dihunga liganda display a very handsome and desirable amount of uniform natural patina and character throughout.
Created and exchanged by the Turumbu originally, as well as by the Topoke, Lokele, Bambole, Wagenia, and Bajurnu peoples of the Isangi, Kisangani, Lomami, Lualaba, and other nearby regions of central Africa until around 1920, at which point the use of liganda as currency was banned by the Belgian colonial powers in control at the time.
Presented on commanding museum-quality custom made matte black wood pedestal display...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Steel, Iron, Wrought Iron
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Antique Tutsi Baskets, Rwanda
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Group of Tutsi Prestige Basketry
Rwanda
First half, 20th century
Grass and other plant fibers, natural dye, coiling technique
Measures: Height, left to right: 7 1/4”; 8”; 9 1/...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early Small Salampasu Warrior's Wood Mask, Zaire, Africa, Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early carved wood small Salampasu Warrior's Mask, Zaire, Africa early 20th century, remains of black and white pigments, on custom stand.
Mask 10", height on stand 14" strong angul...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ancient Cubist Danced Kuba Mask Black Patina Cone Eyes Congo Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Ancient Cubist Kuba Dance Mask Black Patina, Cone Shaped Eyes, from the Congo, Africa.
It is in good condition with wear, polish and erosion from traditional use, appropriate for it...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Senoufo Ivory Coast 'Kpelié' Initiation Dance Mask, 1st Half of the 20th Century
Located in CA, CA
A strikingly darkly patinated and geometrically inscribed ritual mask made by the Senoufo people of the Ivory Coast. This delicately carved mask, with its characteristic arched eyebrows, oval head and narrow eyes represents a beauteous female spirit, with desirable dark skin, facial scarification to the sides of the mouth, and at the edges of the mask the elaborate rounded and rectangular hairstyles worn by women in Senoufo society.
However, a mask of this sort, known as a ‘Kpelié’ mask...
Category
Mid-20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Moroccan Vintage Leather Handcrafted African Tuareg Bag with Fringes Wall Art
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage African Moroccan leather handcrafted Tuareg bag with fringes. Wall decorative Art.
Collectible vintage Real work of art hand made by the Berber trib...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art African Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Small Dancing Lobi Figure With Arms Out, Cubist Face Ghana West Africa ex Willis
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Small dancing Lobi figure with arms out, and cubist face from Ghana, West Africa. ex James Willis, San Francisco, CA. Damage to proper right hand, fingers absent. Heavy encrusted p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Traditional Hardwood Crocodile Carving, Nigeria, cira 1970s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Decorative Folk Art hand-carved hardwood crocodile, with lots of details in the carving. Nigeria, circa 1970s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art African Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Ashanti Prestige Stool with Elephant Motif, Ghana
Located in London, GB
This impressive early twentieth-century stool, from the Ashanti culture in Ghana, depicts an elephant - an Ashanti symbol of power and strength. Finely carved from a heavy brown wood...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
African Textile Showa Kuba
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare vintage African Kuba Textile, suitable for a modern wall panel, on a long table ; perfect as headboard.
Handwoven and hand dyed raffia fabric.
An IDEA: use this item as backrest...
Category
Mid-20th Century Archaistic African Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
African Carved Gabon Mask No:1
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
A unique mask, handmade by artisans in the Punu region of Gabon. This mask has been crafted using wood carving techniques and adorned with polychrome tempera paint, giving it a dist...
Category
20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Moroccan Kaftan 1970s Red and Gold Floral Brocade Caftan Maxi Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Metallic red and gold brocade maxi dress kaftan hand made by Moroccan artist.
Handmade vintage exotic 1970s gold and red metallic brocade ceremonial caftan gown from North Africa, M...
Category
20th Century Moorish African Folk Art
Materials
Brocade
African Nafana Bedu Large Moon Plank Zoomorphic Geometric Wood Sculpure Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, quite large and heavy, colorful Bedu plank mask by the Nafana (Senufo) tribe who reside in the central north-west of Ghana and the north-east of...
Category
20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
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