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Place of Origin: South American
31 Brazilian Silver Amulets
Located in New York, NY
These 31 Brazilian amulets, or balangada, were hammered from sheets of silver in the 19th century to form pomegranates, sugar apples, guava, and other...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Sculpture in Burnt Wood 'Ofrenda I' by Carmworks
By Camilo Andres Rodriguez Marquez
Located in Paris, IDF
Sculpture in burnt wood 'Ofrenda I' by Camilo Andres Rodriguez Marquez (aka CarmWorks)
Solid oak or cedar / burnt wood or natural
Signed and numbered by the artist.
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Cami...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar, Oak
Pre-Columbian Inca Mantle with 16 Figures, Peru, 1476-1534 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Inca Mantle with 16 figures in cubist form with multi-color fringes.
This pieces with a Certificat de Bien Culturel from France.
For the Incas finely worked and highly decorativ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Metal Restaurant Sign
Located in Round Top, TX
Metal restaurant sign from a restaurant in Buenos Aires. Nice size and paint.
Category
1950s Vintage South American Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Tin
South American Cowhide & Leather Trunk
Located in Queens, NY
South American Colonial (Peruvian 19th Cent) cowhide and leather floor trunk (Bataca) with a geometric strap design.
Category
19th Century Spanish Colonial Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Cowhide, Leather
20th Century, Small Mayan Art Style Turquoise Censer, Colombia 1960
Located in Catania, IT
Amazing Turquese Stone Censer, in perfect condition. Incredible and suitable for decorating your home with style.
Category
1960s Pre-Columbian Vintage South American Folk Art
Materials
Precious Stone
Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Stirrup Vessel – Sea Plant or Fungi Motif
Located in London, GB
Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Stirrup Vessel – Sea Plant or Fungi Motif – 12th–14th Century AD, Peru
An intriguing and rare Chimu stirrup vessel from Pre-Columbian Peru, dating to the 12...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Pre-Columbian Cupisnique Stirrup Vessel from Peru
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pre-Columbian ceramic stirrup vessel in Cupisnique style circa 700-500BCE. This ancient vessel features a robust squatted body and a short thick stirr...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Brazilian or Guyana Amazon Indigenous Macana War Club, 18th or Earlier
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A splendid and rare Amazon indigenous wamara wood Macana war-club
Southern-Guyana or Northern Brazil, Wapitxana group of the Aruak peoples, 18th century, possibly earlier
Measure: H. 43 cm
The deep patina of the club present, and the residue on the part where it was held, attest to its great age.
This unusually large Macana is decorated with several incised whitened anthropomorphic and human figures, a decoration only found on one other documented club in the British Museum, which is illustrated in: Hjalmar Stolpe, Amazon Indian...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Abstract Paracas Precolumbian Textile, Peru, 1100-1400 AD, Ex Ferdinand Anton
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Earth tones pre-Columbian textile fragment with abstract embroidered figures. This piece is framed in a black shadowbox.
It is a wonder to behold antiquities such as a pre-Columbian textiles, an authentic piece of art that has been preserved for centuries and that survives generation after generation. Textiles are infinitely more delicate than wood, metal, or rock artifacts -- so the existence of these pieces after hundreds and thousands of years is exceptional. These textiles maintain their vibrant colors, natural threads, and their unique, historical designs.
Provenance: This textile comes from the collection Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart and former collection of the archaeologist Ferdinand Anton...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Vintage South American Hand-woven Textile Panel in Green, Blue, Red, Black
Located in Barrington, IL
Vintage Hand-Woven South American textile panel in banded stripes pattern with brilliant stripes in colors of Blue, red, green, black, orange and magenta. The textile has an extremely fine weave and a very high quality handspun wool that was hand dyed with natural vegetable dyes. It would be an ideal piece as wall art.
Dimensions: 34" x 44"
Date of Manufacture: 2nd Quarter of the 1900s
Place of Origin: South America
Material: Very fine wool fiber with natural vegetable dyes
Condition: Good
Mexican Handwoven Textiles, Vintage Mexican Textiles...
Category
Late 20th Century South American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Paola Müller & Michell Lott, Immensity tapestry V2, 2024
By Paola Müller & Michell Lott
Located in Barra Funda, SP
A stunning contemporary tapestry by Paola Müller & Michell Lott, Immensity explores scale and depth through intricate weaving techniques. Released in 2024, this piece is crafted usin...
Category
2010s Other South American Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Paola Müller & Michell Lott, Shooting star tapestry, 2024
By Paola Müller & Michell Lott
Located in Barra Funda, SP
Handmade and one-of-a-kind, this stunning tapestry is crafted from Aquafil recycled yarn, showcasing a sustainable approach to textile art. Designed by Paola Müller & Michell Lott, t...
Category
2010s Other South American Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Antique Spanish Colonial Folk Art Santos Figure folk art sculpture
Located in London, GB
Antique Spanish Colonial Poly chrome Folk Art Santos figure probably Philippines The finely sculptured large hard wood figure standing on a pedestal base, painted in polychrome col...
Category
18th Century Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Beautiful Wooden Box with Silver Rim and Chancay Textile Fragment from Peru
Located in Mexico, DF
This beautiful box was hand carved into two pieces from Cumarú wood (also known as Brasilian teak), there are no screws or nails and no assemblies. The wood is brown with visible gra...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal South American Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Pre-Columbian Chancay Coca Leaf Bag with Shamans and Zoomorphic Figures, Peru
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Brown Chancay coca bag with shamans and zoomorphic figures depicted in the centre on a in various colors on a red background.
This piece is accompanied by ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Rare Gold Veraguas/Diquis Supernatural Drummer Pink Tourmaline
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Natural pink tourmaline necklace (167 gms) with rare gold Veraguas/Diquis supernatural drummer. Very fine example of ancient, Precolumbian goldwork form Central America, either Costa Rica or Panama. 111 grams of blush pink gold made with “lost wax” technique. The music he plays is not for entertainment, but rather to create magic, casting a spell or summoning other supernatural beings. Healing was the most important function of shamans, both the mortal and the immortal kind. Such a magical pendant...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Pre-Columbian Nazca Stepped Textile Poncho, Nazca Peru, 200-400 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Nazca Tunic/Poncho of stepped design and fringe in yellow ocher, burgundy and brown. Perfect condition, museum quality.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Peruvian Cuzco Colonial Painting St Michael Oil on Canvas 19th C
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th century full length portrait of St Michael standing with his sword raised.
South American Cuzco school 19th century and earlier.
Unsigned
Oil on canvas, 56 by 78cms. Fram...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Rare Silver Balangandãs - 20th Century Brazilian Native Hanging Amulet
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Mid 20th century brazilian silver hanging amulet from native culture in Brazil. Known as "Penca de Balangandãs" was used in the ancient times as an amul...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other South American Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vibrant Pre-Columbian Nazca Textile Poncho, Peru 200-600 AD, Ex Guillot-muñoz
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Magnificent Pre-Columbian Nazca Textile Poncho with a Geometric Step Design in Vibrant Ochre, Red, Green and Brown colors with its Original Fringes. Moun...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
A set of 4 Wooden Spatels
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Set of 4 Spatula from the XINGU,an Indian Tribe in Brasil,
these wooden objects were used for cooking,
from the collection of Gunther Hartmann (1924-2012), a German Ethnologist,
very...
Category
1970s Vintage South American Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Pre-Columbian Chancay Gauze Panel with Figures, Ex-Kate Kemper Estate
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A large, rectangular panel composed of a large diamond pattern grid, each grid contains a stylized human figure with arms raised. A few very minor imperfections, overall excellent condition. Backed and stretched on a brown linen, it has been stabilized and sealed in a very thick and rigid plexiglass. Estate of Miss Kate Kemper, London.
Kate Kemper, of London and Switzerland (1908-2004) was an early collector of Andean art, forming an important collection of ceramics and textiles after...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Framed Pre-Colombian Peruvian Textile, 900 to 1470 AD
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Peruvian Pre-Colombian (Chancay) textile panel of camelid wool embroidered on cotton with three birds, each holding a lizard in its beak.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Pre-Columbian Nazca Unku with Stepped “V” Design, Peru, 200-300 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Complete Nazca Unku in vibrant red with blue, green, yellow and white squares forming V design around the brown neck opening. The multicolor squares in stepped design make a diamond ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pre Columbian Inca Stone Canopa South Latin American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Inca Stone Canopa
A Inca stone Llama Canopa in dark basalt stone
Finely and realistically carved with old worn aged patina,
The Canopa is used to venerate the Pacha...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Magnificent Chimu Precolumbian Tapestry with 21 Multicolor Royal Attendants
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Complete and magnificent Chimu Pre-Columbian Tapestry with 21 multicolor Royal attendants and fringe. No restoration, professionally cleaned. Overal...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Tapestry
Pre-Columbian ceramics cup– Tiahuanaco Culture
Located in Madrid, ES
"Pre-Columbian Ceramics – Tiahuanaco Culture"
Material: ceramics
Origin: Southern Sierra of Peru, Lake Titicaca Plateau
Period: Boom Age (1 AD – 800 AD)
Dimensions: 24x20x17cm
Condit...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tribal Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Unknown Miniature Terracotta Heads
Located in Leuven , BE
This small head of a ceramic figure with a bird headdress is probably Pre-Columbian. It seems to originate from the territory of present-day Mexico. Fur...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Small Pre-Columbian Figurine – Ritual Stone Amulet
Located in Madrid, ES
An expressive and finely carved miniature Pre-Columbian figurine, measuring just 4 cm in height, yet rich in symbolic character and presence. Crafted from stone, the figure depicts a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tribal Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Pre-Columbian Alabaster Sculpture – Inca Llama-Shaped Canopa
Located in Madrid, ES
Pre-Columbian alabaster sculpture – Inca Llama-shaped canopa
Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 1 cm
Small pre-Columbian ritual canopy carved in alabaster, representing a llama, a sacred animal in...
Category
16th Century Tribal Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Alabaster
Pre-Columbian Alabaster Sculpture – Inca Llama-Shaped Canopa
Located in Madrid, ES
Pre-Columbian alabaster sculpture – Inca Llama-shaped canopa
Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 3 cm
Small pre-Columbian ritual canopy carved in alabaster, representing a llama, a sacred animal in...
Category
16th Century Tribal Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Alabaster
Pre-Columbian Lambayeque Textile Ceremonial Panel
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Impressive pre-columbian Lambayeque textile ceremonial panel. Lambayeque, Peru. Mint condition. Museum piece. Ex. Sotheby’s, New York.
The Lambayeque civilization (aka Sicán) flou...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pre Columbian Chorrera swimmer Vessel South American art
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Chorrera swimmer Vessel
Chorrera Culture Circa BC 800-400 Ecuador.
A rectangular vessel surmounted by a recumbent personage in swimming pose with coffee bean eyes h...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Magnificent 18th-Century Brazilian Shrine - Minas Gerais Colonial Cabinet
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Magnificent 18th-Century Brazilian Shrine - Minas Gerais Colonial Devotional Cabinet
A rare and evocative piece of Brazilian colonial history, this 18th-century wooden shrine from M...
Category
Mid-18th Century Other Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Crust N°2 by Estudio Rafael Freyre
Located in Geneve, CH
Crust N°2 by Estudio Rafael Freyre
Dimensions: W 34 x D 34 x H 49 cm
Materials: Diverse recycled amazon timber
Crust is part of the concept of skin that covers mineral and veget...
Category
2010s Post-Modern South American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Masterpiece Complete Chimu Shirt with Feathered Motif
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
An intact shirt with motif of rows of feathers in several shades of mustard yellow on a red ground, depicted as they would have been attached in rows in an actual feather textile.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pre Columbian Lambayeque Stirrup whistle Vessel South Latin American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Sican Lambayeque Stirrup whistle Vessel
A most interesting stirrup whistle vessel of a man seated on top of a raft of storage vessel, ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Fine Antique Woman’s Mantle (Awayo), Bolivia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine Antique Woman’s Mantle (Awayo), Bolivia
This exceptionally fine woman’s awayo, or mantle, displays three groups of tightly patterned vertical bands and colored stripes separate...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Pre-Columbian Chimu Gold Mask With Scar
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A large sheet gold mask depicting a stylized human face having an individually fashioned and applied nose. Large low relief repousse eyes and rectangular mou...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Pair of South American Perfume or Incense Burners in Silver
Located in Brussels, BE
Silver tested but not stamped.
Category
Early 19th Century Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Latin American Antique Folk Art Engraved Spoon
By OWO Ceramics
Located in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR
Handmade vintage folk art engraved spoon that embodies Latin America’s rich cultural heritage.The engraving details on the spoon are superb, showcasing ...
Category
20th Century Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Nickel
Vintage Carved Suriname Stool Tribal Interior Design Home Decoration
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage carved Suriname stool with geometric carved decoration, Tribal South Latin American Antiques
Suriname South America
Measures: 18 cm hei...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Set of 2 Latin American Antique Folk Art Tea Spoons
By OWO Ceramics
Located in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR
Handmade antique folk art tea spoons. Featuring beautiful motifs inspired by the indigenous worldview and spirituality, these vintage folk art spoons embody Latin America’s rich cultural heritage.
The engraving details on the tea spoons are superb, showcasing intricate patterns and designs that are characteristic of Bolivian folklore art.
By seamlessly merging beauty, practicality, and history, these engraved...
Category
20th Century Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Nickel
15th Century or Earlier Redware Tangas, Marajoara Culture, Marajo Island, Brazil
Located in Point Richmond, CA
15th Century or Earlier Redware Tangas, Marajoara culture, Marajo Island, Brazil
Tangas are thin concave triangular ceramic pubic covers found in burial mounds associated with fem...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tribal Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Modernist Abstract Ecuadorian Tapestry / Wall Hanging Designed by Olga Fisch
By Olga Fisch
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning Modernist Abstract Ecuadorian Tapestry / wall hanging designed by Olga Fisch....
Of Hungarian origin, Olga Fisch (1901-1991) emigrated in...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage South American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Pre-Columbian Multi-Color Chancay Textile, Cubist Animals, Peru 1100-1400 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Magnificent Pre-Columbian multi-color Chancay textile with animal figures in cubist form.
The Chancay are known more for their textiles than for their ceramics. Textiles from elite Chancay tombs include elaborate gauzes, embroidery, painted plain weave and tapestry, and three-dimensional fibre...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Prehistoric Jamacoaque Pottery Figure
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Prehistoric Jamacoaque Pottery Figure. Chip on helmet. 11” x 5” x 7”. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist, and passionate collector of historical and ancient ar...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Antique Bolivian Nanaka Tunic Poncho, Naturally Dyed, Late 19th Century Textile
Located in Denver, CO
This ceremonial Nanaka tunic (also known as a man’s shirt) originates from the Toro Palca region in Potosí, Bolivia, and is a stunning example of traditional Quechua Indian craftsman...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Trio of Miniature Peruvian Paintings Art
Located in Southampton, NJ
Collection of 3 miniature back painted art of Peruvian scenes on glass. Frames are hand made plaster & coated in a metallic wash. Art is mounted on a wood back board.
Left Frame- 2...
Category
19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Cut Glass, Acrylic, Plaster
Pre-Columbian Funerary Gold Mask with Royal Turquoise Beads in its Eyes
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A high karat heavy sheet gold human face mask with large almond-shaped eyes and recessed pierced pupils. Multiple small perforations along the upper and lower edges for attachment. L...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Prehistoric South American Moche Red Ware Vessel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Moche Red Ware pottery vessel with copulating motif. Horizon of Peru, Circa 450 - 550 CE. 9” x 5” x 7 ½”. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist, and passionate collector of historical and ancient artifacts. Starting with relics and bottles from ghost towns, he later focused on Anasazi pottery...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Hanging Cowbell Traditional Spanish Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hanging traditional Spanish fabric artwork decorated with cowbells. Made in Spain by unknown artist, circa 1950. In original condition, wear consistent with age and use, preser...
Category
1950s Tribal Vintage South American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Monumental Cuban Bark Covered Cigar Shoulder Bag
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large handmade leather and wood bark covered shoulder bag or humidor has a leather strap and wood top and base. The entire bag is covered in a bark and wood notts. The condition...
Category
20th Century Adirondack South American Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Leather
Peru Folk Art Pottery Clay Wicker Zoomorphic Bird Quinua Harvest Vase Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and exceptional vintage Peruvian folk art pottery harvest vase.
Hand-crafted in Peru, most likely Ayacucho region / Quinua, the South American primitive executed in distinct...
Category
20th Century Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Pottery, Terracotta, Wicker
1970s Handmade Decorative Wood Paddles South American Amazon
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Handmade Decorative Wood Paddles South American Amazon
53 tall x 10 w x 1 thick Short 51 tall X 11 w
Preowned original vintage condition
See all images please.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern South American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Framed Pre-Columbian Proto Nazca Textile Frangment
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Proto-Nazca textile fragment from Southern Peru circa 100BC-200AD. The linked munecas ("dolls" in Spanish) figures were woven with fibers likely from l...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Carved Stone Cockatoo Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Carved stone cockatoo sculpture caught in the action of landing on an amethyst geode. Featuring a lofty combination of colors and textures with an u...
Category
20th Century Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
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