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Technique: Hand-Carved
Pair of Large Art Nouveau Style Wall Ornaments, 20th c. French
Located in El Monte, CA
This pair of Art Nouveau Style hand-carved wood ornaments feature a highly detailed and flowing floral design and tapestry inset panel. Large intricate florals are featured prominent...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Tapestry
Folk Art Wall Pocket
Located in Nantucket, MA
A Folk Art wooden wall pocket, polychrome
paint with relief carved design of a deer with
vines, urns and flowers, Virginia, circa 1870
Measures: 18” x...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Pine
American Sampler Under Glass with the Original Gilt Birdseye Maple Frame, C 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
American sampler under glass with the original gilt Birdseye maple frame, Early 19th Century. Alphabet and Numerals. Signed by maker Maria Nuttall Age 7.
Category
1830s American American Empire Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Glass, Birdseye Maple, Giltwood
Barrow's Goldeneye Drake Decoy
Located in Nantucket, MA
Scarce vintage Barrow's Goldeneye Drake Decoy, signed RAS '76. The Barrow's Goldeneye is a very unusual, rare species to see as a decoy. This is a real ...
Category
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Late 19th Century Carved and Painted Figural Bust, England
Located in San Francisco, CA
Possibly from a ship, this rare antique late 19th Century English bust is carved and painted, representing a branch of the military. Portrayed in dress or formal uniform. Interesting...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Senufo Hand-Carved Wooden Ritual Flute
Located in New York, NY
Ivory Coast, African handcarved wooden flute, used for ceremonial performances. Used to evoke the spirits presence into community rituals. Beautiful decorative object, that measures ...
Category
Mid-20th Century African Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century Hindu Deity Statue
Located in Pasadena, TX
18th century poly-chrome statue depicting Hindu Deity. This 18th century statue is made of painted clay, plaster and wood.
Category
Mid-18th Century Indian Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
California Chocolate Hand Carved Wood Box with Grizzly Bear on Top
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Quinby California chocolate hand-carved wood box with grizzly bear on top c1910. 18" by 5 1/2" by 10" tall. Looks like a clear pine with brown paint. Great condition with very minor ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Folk Art Sculpture of a Woman
Located in Branford, CT
Folk Art sculpture of a woman. Carved stone with traces of original paint. Relief carved heart and diamond-shaped on chest (possibly a sundial). American. 19th century. H 28-1/4" W 1...
Category
1890s Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Italian Gilt Carved Wood Floral Window Bench. Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian gilt carved wood window bench with scrolled floral medallion arms, carved floral skirt , and terminating on scrolled fluted legs. Bench has b...
Category
1780s Italian Neoclassical Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Aboriginal People, Australia, Tiwi Painted Ritual Object and Clapper Sticks
Located in Leuven , BE
Aboriginal People, Australia, Tiwi painted ritual object and clapper sticks.
Category
20th Century Australian Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Large Hand-Carved & Polychrome Painted Southeast Asian Mask or Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique tribal mask or sculpture is unsigned and undocumented, but presumed to have originated from Southeast Asia and done in a folk ar...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Folk Art Sculpture of the Head of a Seal, South America, 1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Folk Art sculpture of the head of a seal. South America 1930´s.
The head is mounted over a brass base, as a way to exhibit it.
The head has several crack as you can see on the pictur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Argentine Folk Art Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Life Size Swan Decoy by Reggie Birch
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Full size whistling swan decoy by Reggie Birch, Chincoteague, Virginia. "R. Birch" carved in underside. A large railroad spike is attached as a balise. T...
Category
Late 20th Century American Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Lake Sentani Carved Feasting Platter
Located in Austin, TX
A well carved festival feasting platter. One end featuring a long billed water bird head. The exterior carved with a traditional complex interlocking motif. The interior plain and di...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Folk Art Carved Wooden Sculpture of the 'Old Grand Dad' Whiskey Logo
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique Folk Art carved wooden sculpture is initialed on the base, but the artist is unknown. It is presumed this carving was done in the United States in 1945 in a Folk Art sty...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Harvey Peterson O’Cedar Mop Man Folk Art Figural Sculpture
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful figural folk art sculpture of an O’Cedar Mop Man by contemporary Maine artist Harvey Peterson (20th/21st c). Peterson was born in Seattle, WA, and got his a BFA and MFA f...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Vintage Rya Carpet, Swedish, Soft Colors, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Port Washington, NY
1950s Swedish Rya rug with plush wool pile. Measures: 2'11" x 9'9".
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Painted Baule Blolo Bla Figure
By Baule Tribe
Located in Chicago, IL
The figurative sculptures of the Baule peoples of Cote d'Ivoire are recognizable by their strong, gently curving forms and serene composure. This figure of a woman was carved to repr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Small 19th Century Kamba Elder's Chair With Beaded Lizard Motif, Kenya
Located in London, GB
High-backed chairs of any form are rare in Kenya. This small elder’s chair, consisting of and a dome-shaped backrest, is supported by four legs.
The back ...
Category
19th Century Kenyan Tribal Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Beads
Handcrafted Contemporary Akuaba Doll Sculpture – Inspired by Ashanti Tradition
By Jom Rivers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This museum-quality, one-of-a-kind Akuaba doll sculpture reimagines the traditional Ashanti fertility figure with a bold, contemporary vision. Masterfully hand-carved from exceptiona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Burl
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 South American Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Japanese Antique Wooden Carved Ornaments
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is a wooden figurine from the Taisho period.
"Hotei-son" is a god who is widely worshiped in Japan as one of the Seven Lucky Gods.
It is modeled after the Zen monk Hotei, who ...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century Spanish Colonial Archangel in carved sabino wood.
By NONO
Located in Guadalajra, Jal
A lovely and rare Spanish Colonial Statue of an Archangel in carved sabino wood, XVIII Century
Origin: Central Mexico
Period: XVIII Century
Height: 33cm
Length: 12cm
Width: 8cm
Category
Mid-18th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 Ghanaian Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Kuba Ceremonial Palm Wine Cup ('Mbwoongntey'), DRC
Located in London, GB
The decorative details adorning this ceremonial cup reflected the owner’s wealth, status and influence within the Kuba Kingdom. This anthropomorphic Kuba cup ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Hand-Carved and Painted Cherub
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Italian hand-carved and painted cherub presents a charming, colorful and adorable rendering of a young winged cherub, holding a spiral torchere in one hand that can be u...
Category
1870s Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 18th Century Native American Tobacco Store Hanging Trade Figures
Located in Nantucket, MA
Extremely rare and very special pair of 18th century native American tobacco store hanging trade figures, hand carved in the half round full length figur...
Category
18th Century American Rococo Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rare 19th Century Zulu Studded Knobkerrie, South Africa
Located in London, GB
The large, mushroom-shaped bulbous head of this rare 19th century Zulu knobkerrie from South Africa has been decorated with an array of early metal tac...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Metal
20th Century - Whimsical Pair of Large Carved and Painted Wood Flamingos
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 20th c., a pair of vibrantly painted wooden flamingo floor sculptures, each with a fish in mouth. One is signed "MW" on the underside. Painted in pink and lilac respectively and both with painted details to resemble feathers. Each flamingo is holding a fish in its beak. Both fish have been painted in contrasting colors to those of the flamingos. The gold painted beaks and legs add an additional element of whimsy to these carved sculptures.
They are life size and will be sure to draw attention and likely a smile. They would look great on the deck of a seaside home, as a welcoming pair by a front door, in a child's bedroom or even as a bathroom accent.
Please Note: To reduce the cost of shipping, each will be professionally packed by a specialist service in advance of UPS shipping. This is significantly less expensive than white glove shipping.
Dimensions:
46"h x 7"w x 10"d
Condition:
Good/Fair, one with repair to red feathers on top...
Category
1980s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century German Wooden Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
Hand carved wooden Torah pointer, Germany, circa 1880.
Folk Art Judaica.
Every item in Menorah Galleries is accompanied by a Lifetime "Certificat...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
carving pair oak folk naive hunting deer dog Demeter sea monster L88.5cm 34 3/4
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Charming naive/folk art/sculptural pair of carvings. Crisp, fluid, characterful carving. Lustrous patina.
One a hunting scene in a wood near a cottage : a hunter shooting deer wit...
Category
17th Century English Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Pair of Antique Folk Art Hand-Carved Wooden Circular Wall Plaques
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique folk art carved wall plaques are unsigned, but believed to have originated from Greece in approximately 1920. These circular wall plaques are done with a softwoo...
Category
Early 20th Century Greek Folk Art Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Set of 3 Neckrests from East Africa
Located in Leuven , BE
Men in East Africa use headrests both as pillows and as indicators of status. This type of man's headrest is used by the Boni of northeast Kenya and southe...
Category
20th Century Somali Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material, Wood
Antique Hand Carved Oak Wood Bust or Sculpture of a Religious Monk or Friar
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This well executed hand carved bust is unsigned, but believed to have been done in England in circa 1900 in the period Edwardian style. The sculpture is composed of solid oak and dep...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Oak
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
Early 20th Century South Sudanese Brutalist Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Northwest Coast Whale Rattle
Located in Branford, CT
Rare Northwest coast Native whale rattle. Hollow carved cedar with internal seeds to create a rattle when shaken. Original paint.
Category
1890s American Native American Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Mid-Century Modern Teak Stylized Horse Head Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This solid teak stylized sculpture of a horse's head is unsigned but presumed to have been made in Scandinavia in circa 1970 in the midcentury style. The sculpture is carved out of a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Quebec Folk Art Carved & Polychrome Pahined Robed Clergyman & Child
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This hand-carved wooden sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Quebic Canada and date to approximately 1950 and done in the period Folk Art style. The sculpture ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Carved Stone Statue Fragment - Modernist/Primitive
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid piece of stone hand carved with a face and appears resting on a branch.
Unique piece for coffee table, credenza or could survive a garden.
Category
19th Century Primitive Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Pair of Italian Carved Wood and Silver Gilt Floral Prickets, Circa 1750
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian carved wood, gesso, and silver gilt floral prickets with centered spikes for candles, bulbous ring columns with bead work, and terminating on stylized lions paws feet...
Category
1750s Italian Rococo Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Rockefeller Irivake Figure
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Primitive Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Hand-Carved Wood Popeye Figure with Original Paint Surface
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage popeye figure. Hand-carved wood with amazing alligatored paint surface complete with anchor forearm tattoos. Created from three pieces of...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Wooden Makonde Mask from Mozambique, Tanzania, circa 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Hand carved wooden Makonde Mask From Mozambique, Tanzania Circa 1950s. Mozambican Makonde masks represent ancestral spirits who temporarily return to earth to appear in dances that c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mozambican Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Scandinavian Folk Art Carved Wooden Double Handled Pitcher
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hand-carved wooden folk art pitcher is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Scandinavia, likely Denmark, is approximately 1890 in a period Folk Art style. The pit...
Category
Late 19th Century Danish Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Massive Hand Painted High School Track and Field Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage track and field sign from the early 1970s. Hand painted red sign with yellow lettering. Taken down from a California high school. Horizontal wo...
Category
1970s American Vintage Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Oversized Carved wood and painted Sheaffer Fountain Pen Store Display , 5 feet
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing ! Oversized Carved wood and painted Sheaffer Fountain Pen Store Display , Selling two pens. One 5" high 6 " in diameter.. other 50" h , 4" in diameter. Very well made, Qualit...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Steel
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 Ethiopian Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century African Calabash
Located in Chicago, IL
Small leather Calabash from Africa
Dimensions: 10 in. height x 6 in. diameter with a 4.24 in. diameter opening.
Category
20th Century Congolese Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
A Finely Carved Lime Spatula by an Unknown Master Carver
Located in London, GB
A Finely Carved Lime Spatula by an Unknown Master Carver
Depicting a possibly unique Mother and Child (?) or Male and Female (?)
Wood ebony with lime infill
Massim Area, Papua New...
Category
19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Ebony
1930s Wood Campgrounds Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage wood campgrounds sign from the 1930s. Sign was used to let people use shovels and supplies and make sure they are returned. Great rustic sign, cool piece of Americana. 2.5 fe...
Category
1930s American Vintage Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Hand Carved Folk-art Candle Stick
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Hand Carved Folk-art Candle Stick
A unique piece of early 20th Century folk art in the form of a hand carved geometric formed can...
Category
1920s Unknown Folk Art Vintage Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Folky Store Display Horse
Located in Nantucket, MA
Painted black with a red saddle, glass eyes and hairm. Missing one of its stirrups, the stirrup is carved from wood and is hanging from its original thick canvas. The ears which were...
Category
Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Elkwood, Late 19th Century American Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
With carved gilt wood letters with mounted against a blue painted sand ground
American, c. 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Sculptural One of a Kind Hand Crafted Fir. Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Organically shaped with a touch of whimsy this one of a kind pair of Fir chairs was handcrafted in 1912 in the Big Sur/Carmel region of Central California. The bottom of each chair i...
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Two Terracotta Lions with Shields, French, Mid-18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
Possibly designs for Chenets.
Category
1750s French Rococo Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Carved Wood Catfish Head Boat Prows on Custom Stands--New Guinea
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of carved wood catfish head boat prows from Papua New Guinea. This pair of mid-20th century Papua New Guinean boat prows has been carved out of wood and features the head of a...
Category
20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Antique carved wooden headdress from the Yoruba tribe, Nigeria, 1900-1920
By Yoruba Tribe
Located in Bilzen, BE
A carved wooden headdress from the Yoruba tribe, Nigeria
Strong expression face
Early 20th century
Rich tribal aged patina
Heigth 12 cm, diameter 12 x 13 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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