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Collector Moroccan Ceremonial Gold Horse Saddle Cover
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan horse saddle cover made for a ceremonial Festival and shows. Elaborately embroidered overall in gold threads, comprising of a saddl...
Category
Early 20th Century Moorish African Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Tuareg Tent Plank
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/5530 - Long curved axis for Tuareg tent, carved with geometric patterns : rare to find.
For Your use: ask to an architect, but I have some idea, like ab...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other African Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
$1,545
Dan Mask from Ivory Coast, Africa, 1950
Located in NICE, FR
This very elegant Dan mask is well-proportioned with a long protruding mouth from Ivory Coast, Africa. It dates back to the 1950s. The base is included in the price.
Dan masks have...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Iron Crucifix Sculpture In The Style Of Regardt Van De Meulen
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish iron work sculpture of Christ hanging on the cross in the manner of Regardt van de Meulen and dating from the 20th/21st century. The crucifix stands on a rectangular w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern African Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Weathered Archaic Bambara Wood Mask Fragment, Mali, Africa, Early 20th C.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Add a piece of African history to your home. This is large and evocative of ancient times and ceremonies. Weathered wood mask fragment, Bambara people, Mali, Africa, late 19th-early ...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early Standing Bambara or Malinke Female Figure Deep Patina, Mali West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Bambara or Malinke standing female figure with arms at sides, heavy wear and polish from handling and use. Possibly cut from the top of prestige staff. Fine refined abstract ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$2,360 Sale Price
32% Off
Ere Ibeji Pair of Commemorative Figures, Oshogbo, 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
1960s Tribal Vintage African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Yoruba Painted Veranda Post
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand carved with a figurative design, this TOTEM-like wooden post was crafted by an artisan of the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria. Resembling the tall houseposts used to support the roof of a home, this shorter post would have been placed on a veranda courtyard as a symbolic and decorative element and did not bear weight. This veranda post...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Moroccan Ceramic Lidded Urn from Fez with Arabic Calligraphy Pink Writing
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan glazed ceramic urn with lid from Fez.
Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand-painted with Arabic calligraphy pink writing.
This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic...
Category
20th Century Moorish African Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of African Cowrie Fertility Idol Figures
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of African (19/20th Cent) seated Cowrie fertility idol figures with a surface of small shells and beads and mounted on modern silver metal bases
Category
20th Century Folk Art African Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Wood, Paint
$22,500 / set
Large Pair of Moroccan Damask Green Bolster Lumbar Decorative Pillows
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large pair of Moroccan Damask green floral bolster lumbar decorative pillows.
Great to use as accent pillows on a bed or sofa throw pillows.
Pillow ...
Category
1970s Moorish Vintage African Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
$760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
African Akuaba Fertility Mask
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a fertility mask called an AKUABA.
It's a ceremonial mask of the Akan tribe of Ghana.
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique African Tribal Sculpted Statue
Located in Miami, FL
Interesting African tribal sculpted statue made of iron or lead.
It almost appears that the materials used were taken from a sunken ship.
Look closely at...
Category
19th Century Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Spectacular Bamoun door, end of XIX°century from Sultan NJOYA Palace.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Spectacular Bamoun ( Cameroon)door end of XIX°century from Sultan NJOYA Palace.
It would be the door to the sultan's bedroom.
Very fine sculpting work with Royal attributes like the...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Akua'ba Ritual Fertility Doll
Located in Kastrup, DK
Carved wood Akuaba, sometimes known as an Ashanti doll or a Fanti doll.
Untouched condition with a beautiful natural age-related patina.
Akua'ba (sometim...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early Twentieth-Century South African Headrest
Located in London, GB
This fine early twentieth-century headrest, from the Zulu culture in South Africa, was previously part of a selection of exceptional Southern African art in the Terence and Bernice P...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Gurage Headrest With Double-Tiered Structure, Ethiopia
Located in London, GB
Dating to the late 19th century, this is a fine and rarer form of Ethiopian headrest with a double-tiered, cone-shaped base.
Decorating the base ar...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique 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
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Yoruba Nigeria African 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 turquoise, orange, green, yellow red, blue ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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
Moroccan Moorish Ceramic Table Lamp with Spanish Granada Design
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large antique Moroccan glazed ceramic urn with lid from Fez turned into a lamp.
Large Moroccan Ceramic Table Lamp with Moorish Spanish Granada Des...
Category
20th Century Moorish African Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Figurative African Mangbetu Anthropomorphic Vessel / Jar
Located in Studio City, CA
This is a fantastic piece likely made by the Mangetu tribe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is finely detailed and quite large and hefty. These pieces were originally made...
Category
20th Century Folk Art African Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Kuba Dye-Resist Tcaka Textile
Located in Chicago, IL
Visually dynamic and highly textured, this raffia textile expresses the irregular, geometric patterns typical of Kuba textile art. Created by an artisan of the Kuba people of the Dem...
Category
20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
Old Worn Kuba Tribal Platter Incised Design, Early 20th Century, Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Sweet worn, polished and smoothed Kuba ceremonial serving platter with handle and incised Classic royal Kuba knot pattern on one side.
Cra...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century-African, Iron Object Made by the Lobi Tribe of Burkina Faso, Africa
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
An iron figurine made in Africa around the 20th century.
In many countries in Africa, iron objects are used for objects, coins, tools, and rituals.
Dogo...
Category
20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Adire Eleko Yoruba Textile
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Adire Eleko Woman's Wrapper
Yoruba People
Nigeria
Circa 1960s-1970s
Cotton) (2 panels), starch-resist and stencil dyed with indigo
74 x 67 3/4 ins (188 x 172 cm)
"IRANA RDLEN " w...
Category
1960s Tribal Vintage African Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Kuba Beaded Laket Prestige Cap
By Kuba
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite cone-shaped cap, known as laket, was created by an artisan of the Kuba peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The base is made of a simple woven raffia fabric, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Fabric
19th Century Igbo Spiral Copper Alloy Arm Adornment/Currency, Nigeria
Located in London, GB
Cast into a beautiful coiled form, this copper alloy Igbo woman's arm adornment from Nigeria was also used as a form of currency. This 19th century piece has developed a lovely green...
Category
19th Century Tribal Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Mid-20th Century Makonde Black Madonna, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
This mid-twentieth century African Madonna comes from the Makonde culture, in the Matwara region of southern Tanzania.
The Madonna figure exhibits a graceful, serene facial express...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
18/1900s A Fine Bena Lulua Mask - Primitive African Folk Art
Located in Skien, NO
Antique Bena Lulua Mask
Late 1800s to Early 1900s – Democratic Republic of the Congo
This striking primitive folk art mask hails from the Bena Lulua people of the Democratic Republi...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art African Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Kuba Anthropomorphic Palm Wine Cup, 19th century - provenance Didier Claes
By Kuba
Located in Bilzen, BE
Democratic Republic of Congo, Late 19th Century
Wood, glass bead (inlay)
Provenance: Didier Claes – Danisc Collection (Ole Christiansen)
A rare and elegant example of a Kuba palm wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 1800s Wrought Iron Mbili African Currenzy on Metal Stand
Located in New York, NY
Rare Mbili currency used in the Ngbaka, Lobala and Bangala tribes in Congo. Circa Early 1800s, this spear point form is made in iron. It was used as a ma...
Category
Early 19th Century Tribal Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Slender 19th Century High-Backed Ethiopian Chair
Located in London, GB
This late nineteenth-century chair, from the Gindabarat in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, has been finely carved from a single piece of dense, heavy wood. The circular, narrow-in-siz...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Miniature Shrine Ladder
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century miniature ladder, from the Dogon culture in Mali, replicates the form of full-size granary ladder, however, unlike its larger, practical counterparts, th...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Moroccan Tuareg Rug
Located in Hudson, NY
Tuareg rugs are made by the Tuareg tribes of Mauritania. They are decorated with stitched straw and camel embroidered leather. With their unique geometric d...
Category
Early 20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Straw
$7,200
Moroccan Hooded Caftan Emerald Green Djellabah Kaftan
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage hooded Moroccan emerald green caftan with gold trim embroidered,
circa 1970s.
This light summery djellabah is crafted in Morocco and tailo...
Category
Late 20th Century Bohemian African Folk Art
Materials
Silk
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
African Tuareg Hand-Tooled Leather Pillow with Fringes
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large African Tuareg hand tooled leather pillow.
Great colors, hand painted with tribal geometric design with long leather fringes on each side.
Handcrafted in Africa with pieces of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Songye Female Large Wood Kifwebe Mask with White, Black, Provenance, DRC Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved wood large female Songye Kifwebe mask with classic white lines, blackened ridge down crest of forehead, nose and mouth. Worn holes around back edge of mask from attachment of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Naive Ethiopian Painting for the 79th Anniversary Italo-Ethiopian War in 1975
Located in Budapest, HU
Mengistu Haile Mariam and other Generals looking at the celebrators
oil on canvas painting, 90 x 190 cm
with Ge'ez language inscriptions.
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage African Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
$9,492 Sale Price
20% Off
A Kuosi society elephant mask
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Bamileke, Cameroon, early 20th century
Among the Bamileke people, only members of the Kuosi society (the elephant society) are permitted to perform elephant masquerades, symbolizing...
Category
Early 20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Beads
A Carved Ebony Prestige Staff Depicting an Important Elder or Leader
Located in London, GB
A Carved Ebony Prestige Staff Depicting an Important Elder or Leader wearing a Head-Ring ‘Isicoco’
His waistband neck-ring and eyes inlaid with brass studs, his hands carved to his s...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Ebony
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
Masque tribal en alliage de bronze ancien Mid - century
Located in Meyrin, Switzerland
Masque tribal présumé Sénufo en alliage bronzier ancien circa 1950. D'une patine du temps vert de gris oxydée, ce masque est une création artisanale de talent et unique. Il représent...
Category
Mid-20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
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
Moroccan Ceramic Lidded Urn with Arabic Calligraphy Black Writing, Fez
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Moroccan glazed royal blue ceramic urn with lid from Fez.
Vintage Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moorish African Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
A colourful Yoruba beaded crown
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Yoruba People, Nigeria, 20th century
Provenance:
- Collection Rinck Hollnberger, Munich (purchased in the 1980s or 1990s)
Category
20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Baoulé portrait mask, carved wood, lacquer and pigments, circa 1940, Africa.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Baoulé portrait mask,
carved wood, lacquer and pigments,
circa 1940, Africa.
Height 29 cm, width 17 cm, depth 14 cm.
Category
1940s Modern Vintage African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20th Century Vintage Bamileke Headdress Mounted on Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
Bamileke headdress, originating from the Bamileke ethnic group in Cameroon, is ceremonial and symbolic artifacts used in traditional ceremonies and rituals. It is crafted using natur...
Category
20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Fabric, Feathers
Fine Bronze Bangle Featuring Two Animals. Burkina Faso/Ghana
Located in London, GB
This finely cast bronze bangle is possibly Gan, or a related culture, from Burkina Faso or northern Ghana. It depicts two animals resembling chameleons which flank a central decorati...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
1950's Nyamwezi Mask With Inserted Wooden Teeth, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
This finely carved Nyamwezi mask displays a powerful facial expression, with small rounded eyes and large ears, a long and slender nose, and an open mouth with inserted wooden teeth....
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
African Incised Copper Currency Anklet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Time honored texture and form define this Nigerian copper sculptural object. The intricate geometry was achieved through a process known as scarification. The artisan would meticulou...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Copper
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Located in London, GB
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Wood, metal
Old inscription and dated: ‘1892’
South Africa
19th Century
Size: 45.5cm long - 18 ins long
Published:
‘The ...
Category
19th Century Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
African Futurist Black Tribal Mask by Bomber Bax
Located in Milano, IT
Contemporary African single mask created by the artist Bomber Bax.
The mask dates back to the early 1900s and was subsequently processed and painted in late 2022 by the artist.
The...
Category
Early 1900s Tribal Antique African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$2,377 Sale Price
20% Off
African Tribal Art Mask Parchment Wall Shade Sconces in Red
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of African Tribal Art mask parchment wall shade sconces.
These Art pieces could be used as large wall lamp shade.
Iron frame covered with hide w...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art African Folk Art
Materials
Iron
1960s Moroccan Tribal Wedding Rug with Sequins North Africa, Handira
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s authentic vintage Moroccan tribal wedding rug with sequins North Africa, Handira.Rare large authentic Moroccan Bohemian style rug, handwoven by women...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art African Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
A Powerful Baule Mask
Located in London, GB
A Powerful Baule Mask
With rich dark ‘lacquered black’ patina, excellent colour with areas of ‘kaolin’
Wood
Ivory Coast
Early 20th Century
Size: 32.5cm high - 12¾ ins high
Prov...
Category
Early 20th Century African Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$40,500
Moroccan Ceramic Lidded Urn from Fez with Arabic Calligraphy Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Moroccan glazed ceramic urn with lid from Fez.
Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand-painted with Arabic calligraphy writing.
This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic ...
Category
20th Century Islamic African Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Fine Sculptural African Mortar and Pestle
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Reminiscent of the Elemental sculpture of Constantin Brancusi, this Hardwood African Mortar and Pestle has a fantastic paper smooth age patin...
Category
20th Century Tribal African Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
$1,600 / set
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