Primitive Healing Figure

Rustic Primitive Console Table. American Rustic Splayed Leg Farm Table. Very nice oak farm grinding table, used to hold grinders and or hand operated machines as a work table. Fac...

Two Burmese chin state tribal markers. Tribal Territory markers collected within the chin state Burma (Myanmar). Each piece is primitively carved with a face and a collection of item...

19th century cog from a sugarcane press mounted as utilitarian art. Massive Cog hand carved of Redwood used to press sugarcane from the early 1800s, Thail...

Wooden sculpture utilitarian art, 19th century water wheel mounted on Stand. This is a decorative sculpture of solid wood. It has been mounted to be on display and is very sturdy. The history of this item. During the 16th-19th centuries this type of Cog was used to move water for irrigating fields. Completely handmade in the 19th century. Wooden cylinders are attached to the shaft working as counter weights while the paddles in the middle move the water in the direction of rotation needed. As water falls...

Mounted African tribal figure, used as a door latch in the early 20th century.

Abstract and anthropomorphic large figure from the Pie River, located to the east of the Era River. Abstract, anthropomorphic form stands on separate legs with dynamic varying outline, wide hips, and torso leading straight to a rounded head. Figure represents Irivake, the ancestor hero who is considered as the founder of headhunting, also believed to have climbed to the sky and to command lightning. It is enlivened with various curvilinear details highlighted with red and white pigments. The back appears with a collection number in red, and the following: Ipigau (village), Upper Pie River, Papua, P63.20. This is a 'later example', not a first generation piece with several age cracks. It has likely seen field use, but not extensive field use. Provenance: Private New Jersey Collection, ex. Michael Rockefeller...

Large Bamana marionette figure of a charming police man. African figure retains original paint, amazing patina, also retains original fabric wrap. (outfit).

Amusing 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 i...