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Antique Walnut Wooden Bowl
Located in Nijlen, BE
Sculpted large Walnut bowl in a dark ebonized finish.
At the bottom of the bowl is a wooden triangular insert, which may have originally been there o...
Category
French Country Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Tribal Ulo Akha Woman's Headdress with Framework of Bamboo and Beads
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Ulo Akha woman's Tribal headdress adorned with framework of bamboo, beads, pompons, seeds and other unique items. Experience a rich slice of the A...
Category
Thai Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bamboo, Beads
Great Lodge Style Antler Mantel Clock 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Great Lodge Style Antler Mantel Clock 1900
A rare antique lodge style mantel clock. Oakwood case, richly decorated with antlers from the deer and fallow deer, mountain goat antlers ...
Category
German Black Forest Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Antler
Large Fine Apache Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache pictorial bowl with dogs and man figures with center squash blossom design.
Period: First quarter 20th century
Origin: Apache
Size: 16" x 4"
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’...
Category
American Native American Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
System walking stick, matches candle holder, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
System walking stick with black cow horn tip. The barrel is made of light malacca. The handle is made of gilded brass, with an hexagonal section e...
Category
French Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
A Primitive Wabi Sabi Hand-Carved Stone Mortar, Spain, Early 20th Century
Located in Hønefoss, 30
The Exquisite Early 20th Century Hand-Carved Stone Mortar from Spain
Step into a world of vintage charm and captivating history with our meticulously crafted Early 20th Century Hand...
Category
Spanish Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone
A Primitive Wabi Sabi Hand-Carved Stone Mortar, Spain, Early 20th Century
Located in Hønefoss, 30
The Exquisite Early 20th Century Hand-Carved Stone Mortar from Spain
Step into a world of vintage charm and captivating history with our meticulously crafted Early 20th Century Hand...
Category
Spanish Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Expressive Early Classic Cubist Dan Mask Early 20th Century Liberia, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Expressive early classic cubist Dan mask with refined expressive look, narrow open eyes and mouth and fine line scarification marks around outside of face. Created early 20th century by the Dan People...
Category
Liberian Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Folk Art Pencil on Paper Odd Dog "Job" Oak Frame Rottweiler
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An interesting side profile portrait of a panting Rottweiler, well executed pencil on paper housed in its original oak frame and oak slip.
Has its original framers label on the reve...
Category
English Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak, Paper
Large Woolworth & Co Gilt Metal Number Ten Sign Wall Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very large cast metal “10” from one of the iconic F.W. Woolworth 5 & 10 cent store front signs. Made in the 1920s, these numbers letters have become v...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Set of Five Children's Lithographed Alphabet Nesting Blocks, American Circa 1915
Located in Incline Village, NV
Lovely set of colorful early 1900's lithographed five block set of alphabet nesting blocks; used as both an educational item as well as toy/game amuseme...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Early 20th C French Antique Round Clock Face
Located in Troy, MI
Found in France, this circa 1900s metal clock face with gray blue paint makes a great wall display. Original metal clock face is 36” diameter and appears to have had the gold paint t...
Category
French Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Head of a Sicilian Puppet, ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Head of a Sicilian puppet, ca. 1900s
Antique Head of a Sicilian puppet depicting a knight. Made of handcarved and handpainted wood with handfo...
Category
Italian Black Forest Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Statue Nkishi People Songye / Songe - Dr Congo African Art early 20th century
Located in Leuven, BE
Old Big Authentic Antique And Rare Nkishi Powerful Statue Songye / Songe People - Dr Congo
Period: early 20th century
Height: 58 cm
Very beautiful patina
Note : Spirits of the dead...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art Found Object Memory Jug
Located in Seguin, TX
Antique circa 1918 folk art memory jug. Stoneware pottery jug covered in found objects. Objects include, shells, crystals, stones, Heinz 57 pickl...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Rock Crystal
Bastone - manico in pietra occhio di tigre - XX secolo
Located in Milano, MI
Bastone - manico in pietra occhio di tigre XX secolo
Descrizione
Bastone con il manico in pietra occhio di tigre dei primi anni del XX secolo in ottime condizioni
Produzione: Italian...
Category
Italian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Antique Konya Obruk Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet Rare Purple Color
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Central Anatolian antique Kilim from the Konya - Obruk region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This highly collectible antique kilim has a wonderful special c...
Category
Turkish Kilim Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Antique Wild Boar Piggy Bank Made of Clay
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Wild Boar Piggy Bank Made of Clay
An antique piggy back in the shape of a wild boar. Handmade of clay. It has no opening on the base thus ...
Category
German Black Forest Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Antique Sarkoy Kilim Rug, Western Anatolian Turkish Carpet, Balkan Style Unique
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an antique Unique Sarkoy (Sharkoy or Şarköy) Kilim rug from Western Turkey with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Sarkoy kilims are very finely woven in slitweave in a...
Category
Turkish Kilim Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Large Teak Wood Bowl from Java, Indonesia c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A large teak wood bowl crafted on the island of Java, Indonesia. The bowl was cut from a much larger slab of teak wood and maintains an organic shape and ...
Category
Indonesian Other Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Teak
Early Twentieth-Century Prestige Elephant Stool
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
Ghanaian Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Early 20th Century French Marquetry Game Box, Backgammon, Checkers
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This French walnut marquetry folding game box from the early twentieth century is for checkers and backgammon. It is finely constructed with dovetailed corners, inset hinges, and a l...
Category
French Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Felt, Fruitwood, Pearwood, Walnut
Antique French Woven Wire Basket, circa 1900
Located in Trensacq, FR
Charming handcrafted Provincial French woven wire work basket, circa 1900. A well-executed nicely shaped 'pannier' with moveable handles and decorative loop...
Category
French French Provincial Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wire
Early Geometric Pima Indian Basket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine and very early Pima American Indian hand woven basket is in fine as found condition. This wonderful basket has a nice aged patina and has come from a private American India...
Category
American Adirondack Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hemp
20th Century Original Oil Painting by Franz Xaver Wolf
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
20th Century Original Oil Painting by Austrian artist VW Wolf. "Family of the artist". Painted in 20th century, it is known to have been collected by European Elite
Category
Austrian Rococo Revival Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Early 20th Century American "Chiropractor" Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
Own a piece of Wisconsin's history with this early 20th century hand-painted sign from an early 20th-century chiropractor's office. The sign, found in a barn in the heart of Wisconsi...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Traditional Ashanti African Chief’s velvet and gilt-wood Leopard crown on stand
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A traditional Ashanti Chief’s velvet and giltwood Leopard crown
Ghana, early 20th century
Diam. 17 cm (crown)
H. 27 cm (incl. stand)
Provenance:
Private collection, Paris
The s...
Category
Ghanaian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Velvet, Giltwood
Statue Of The Teke Tribe DR Congo African Art Early 20th Malebo Pool Brazzaville
Located in Leuven, BE
Rare and beautiful antique Teke powerful statue RD Congo in Cubist style (see pictures).
Situated DR Congo / Congo Brazzaville Malebo Pool area Central Africa
Height: 31cm
Early 20th...
Category
Congolese Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Oil Print with Dramatic Poacher Scene After Josef Ringeisen
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Oil Print with Dramatic Poacher Scene after Josef Ringeisen
A colorful oil print depicting a dramatic poaching scenery in the Bavarian for...
Category
German Black Forest Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Glass, 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
Beninese Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Mossi Mask Burkina Faso Early to mid 20th Century / African Art / Africa Tribal
Located in Leuven, BE
Beautiful authentic Mask of the Mossi people Burkina-faso Early/mid 20th Century / African Art
Length: 35 cm
Beautiful patina of use (see detailed pictures )
A museum quality mask of the Mossi tribe
Note : In the northern centre of Mossi coutry, convex African masks with a prominent central ridge are common. Geometric patterns with low kaolin residues are dug on the matte surface. Stylistic similarities are sometimes noted with the masks of the Dogon, a neighbouring people. Mossi masks...
Category
Burkinabe Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Statue Of The Tshokwe / Chokwe Tribe - DR Congo African Art Angola - Early 20th
Located in Leuven, BE
Old and exceptional statue Of The Tshokwe / Chokwe / Lwena Tribe - Dr Congo African Art - early 20th century (circa 1910-1930)
Fetish / Tshibinda Sta...
Category
Congolese Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Late 19th Century American Tramp Folk Art Draws
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century American tramp folk art draws
We share what we love, and we love this late 19th American set of tramp art draws. Made from old cigar boxes...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Dayak Shaman Mask
Located in London, GB
A rare Iban Dayak shaman ritual mask, early to mid 20th century, Kalimantan/Borneo, Indonesia. Hand carved from local jelutong wood with existing decorative lime and charcoal/pigments.
Category
Indonesian Primitive Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Draught Horse Weathervane
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century American folk art draught horse weathervane is a remarkable piece crafted from sheet metal, capturing the essence of traditional American folk art. The weathe...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cut Steel
Ashanti African Chief’s ceremonial gold and gilt-metal crown and sash on stand
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An Ashanti Chief’s ceremonial gold and gilt-metal crown and sash
Ghana, early 20th century
Diam. 20 cm (crown)
L. 128 cm (sash)
H. 102 cm (incl. stand)
Provenance:
Private coll...
Category
Ghanaian Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Metallic Thread
Statue Of The Tshokwe / Chokwe Tribe -Dr Congo African Art Angola - Early 20th C
Located in Leuven, BE
Old and exceptional statue Of The Tshokwe / Chokwe / Lwena Tribe - Dr Congo African Art - early 20th century (circa 1910-1930)
Fetish Tshibinda (Ilun...
Category
Congolese Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
American Folk-Art Steam Ship Encased Diorama
Located in London, GB
American Folk-art Steam Ship Encased Diorama
We share what we love, and we love this turn of the century hand crafted American folk-art encased steam ship model...
Category
Folk Art Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Nice Carved and Painted Tyrolian Carnival Fasnet Mask
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Nice Carved and Painted Tyrolian Carnival Fasnet Mask
A handcarved pine wood, hand painted, antique wooden carved carnival mask from the region of South Tyrol. Excecuted in the firs...
Category
German Black Forest Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Wooden Statue of Wilhelm Tell, Brienz circa 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Wooden Statue of Wilhelm Tell, Brienz circa 1900
A nice handcarved wooden statue featuring Wilhelm Tell and his son. It is a classica...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mexican Terracotta Articulated Doll Figure Wearing a Military Hat
Located in Stamford, CT
Funky and very cool Mexican terracotta doll figure with articulated limbs. Since it is solid terracotta it is likely this is a mold from which other dolls were made. As a folk art sculpture it is absolutely charming.
The military hat...
Category
Mexican Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Exceptional Kota Reliquary collected in situ in 1925, Gabon
Located in Paris, FR
This exceptional Kota reliquary comes from the Mahogwe tribe who lives on the river Ogooué in Gabon. The Mahogwe are part of the Kota ethnic group based in the North-East of Gabon. T...
Category
Gabonese Tribal Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Suku helmet mask with antilope DR Congo ca 1930
Located in Leuven, BE
Rare beautiful museum quality authentic Suku Helmet Mask (Hemba type) DR CONGO ca 1930.
Beautiful patina with traces of polychrome
Art gallery Decoster / ...
Category
Congolese Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Early Twentieth-Century Small Prestige Stool With Wirework Decoration
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century prestige stool comes from the Kamba culture in Kenya. Consisting of a low-set, richly decorated circular seat supported by three finely carved legs, sto...
Category
Kenyan Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
African Chief’s gilt Crown and Sceptre in the form of a Pith helmet and pipe
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A splendid Bouelé Chief’s gilt-wood crown and sceptre in the form of a Pith helmet and pipe
Ivory coast, late 19th/early 20th century
H. 13 x L. 33.5 x D. 26 cm (crown)
L. 14 cm ...
Category
Ivorian Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
Antique Lower Sepik brag type mask Papua New Guinea Murik Lakes Ramu Oceanic
Located in Leuven, BE
Ancient and exceptional mask of the brag type, Murik Lakes , Mouth Of The Lower Sepik / Ramu Papua New Guinea
A lovely patina and traces of red/brown ochres.
Length: 47 cm
Very good ...
Category
Papua New Guinean Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Carved Pine Half Hull Model of a Coasting Schooner
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Carved Pine Half Hull Model of a Coasting Schooner, circa 1920, a hollow-carved shell half hull model with clipper bow and great shear, and nice serpentine carved trailboard....
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Unique African Armrest Hand Carved Hardwood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unidentified hardwood species/ Hand carved from a single, hardwood armrest.
This armrest was constructed by the Dinka People of the Republic of South
Sudan.
Typically, these headres...
Category
South Sudanese Brutalist Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early Twentieth-Century South African Milk Pail ('Ithunga')
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
South African Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Cast Iron Stylized Art Deco Door Stop in Original Paint
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Stylized Art Deco flowers in urn with original paint. Attributed to Hubley, circa 1925. From a large collection.
Category
American Industrial Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Kusu wooden ancestor fetish ca 1900 DR Congo Africa Central African Tribal Art
Located in Leuven, BE
Nicely carved Kusu / Congo statue with beautiful face / almond shaped eyes and triangular face with beard. Top of the head is a big hole to charche the po...
Category
Congolese Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Folksy Hand Carved Tyrolian Carnival Fasnet Mask
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Folksy Hand Carved Tyrolian Carnival Fasnet Mask
A folksy wooden carved carnival mask from the region of South Tyrol. These masks are used in Austria, South Germany and Italy at the...
Category
German Black Forest Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Glen Lukens Signed Early Midcentury Glazed California Pottery Weed Pot Vase
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
A very rare early work featuring a dark chocolate brown glaze by master Mid-Century Modern ceramist/potter Glen Lukens whose work has become quite collectible and relatively scarce and difficult to find.
The work is signed and dated (1924) by Lukens on the underside (we have only seen one other piece dated this early and that piece is in the Forrest Merrill Collection).
Lukens was the founder of the University of Southern California (USC) Architectural School’s Ceramics Department where he helped establish and promote clay pottery as a universally acceptable art form. The current popularity of Studio Pottery and ceramics is widely accepted to have started with Lukens who is oft credited with being one of the first artists to raise the stature of Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery within the art world.
Lukens is famed for his experiments with various glazes and glazing techniques. His influence and glazes can be clearly seen in the works of Otto and Gertrud Natzler, Beatrice Wood, James Lovera, etc. He was also known for combining bright, colorful textile glazes (using natural, organic materials and elements he found in the Mojave Desert, Palm Springs, and Death Valley to make what he referred to as "California Colors") with the rough and raw clay surfaces of his often rudimentary forms and vessels.
Lukens currently has an award in his name (Glen Lukens Award) at the University of Southern California's School of fine Arts.
A very rare, unique, and truly special work This piece would be a tremendous stand-out addition to any collectors of Lukens' work or Mid-Century Modern ceramics collection or eye-catching accent piece in about any setting, modern or otherwise. A must-have.
Lukens work can be found in various museum collections including:
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Huntington Library...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Luba Royal antique caryatid enthronement emblem early 20th DR Congo Africa
Located in Leuven, BE
Rare Royal caryatid seat Luba Rd Congo in Cubist style and cascade shaped coiffure (see pictures).
Patina of use
Height: 35cm
Early 20th century (around 1920).
Superb and rare except...
Category
Congolese Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Set of Three Early Twentieth Century Nigerian Door Panels
Located in London, GB
This set of three early twentieth-century panels, from the Nupe culture in Nigeria, display a blend of beautiful decorative designs, carved in low relief against a plain background. ...
Category
Nigerian Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Weighted Resin Chess Set Game in Jointed Wood Box Kings, Ca 1930s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and complete English resin moulded "weighted" chess set game of 32 pieces, in a jointed pine box, all dating to the early/ mid 20th century, Circa 1930's.
The chess...
Category
British Medieval Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Resin, Pine
Zabihi Collection Khaki Green Persian Kurd Scatter Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
A small size muted color early 20th-century Persian Kurd rug
Measures: 2'6" x 4'10".
Category
Persian Malayer Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Indonesian 'Wayang Kulit" Shadow Puppet, Java, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This flat shadow puppet depicts a mythical bird. It was crafted on the island of Java by a puppet artist using buffalo hide and mounted on bamboo sticks. It was used in Wayang puppet...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
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