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Technique: Hand-Carved
Abraham Lincoln Head Folk Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20Thc Hand carved head of Lincoln.This folky head has a black painted shirt.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,180 Sale Price
20% Off
Indigenous American West Coast Haida Styled Carved & Polychrome Painted Totem
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This folk art carved and polychrome painted totem pole is signed by an unknown artist and originated from the United States and dates to 1985 and d...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
mid century modern hand sculpted solid oak Impressionist bear
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid century hand carved solid oak figure of a bear. This modern impressionist sculpture of a bear is in Golden Oak with a rustic patina. This impression sculpture was made ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Powerful Early Classic Cubist Wood Standing Bobo Fing Figure Africa Ex J. Willis
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Powerful early cubist carved wood standing female figure from the Bobo-Fing of Burkina Faso, Africa. Created early 20th century. Ex private collection Texas, originally acquired from James Willis...
Category
Early 20th Century Liberian Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$3,150 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Wood and Iron Stirrups
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of late 18th early 19th century South American carved wooden stirrups. Known as estribos, each are carved from a solid block of wood. Decorated with wonderful carvings of horse heads and grape vines, these are truly charming pieces. With wrought iron stirrup rings and the original leather straps. Rich chocolate patina that only comes from age and use. Worn by Chilean huasos, highly skilled horsemen akin to America's cowboys.
Prized by collectors of horse memorabilia...
Category
1790s Chilean Spanish Colonial Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Doug Ayers Signed California Artist Midcentury Organic Wood Turned Vase Sculpure
By Doug Ayers
Located in Studio City, CA
A very beautifully made, organic natural wood-turned weed vase by famed American / California (Mendocino, CA) artist/ sculptor Doug Ayers. This work has such a great heft and textur...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Indian Midcentury Folk Art Shiva Trimurti Wood Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Indian hardwood Shiva Trimurti sculpture is intricately hand carved with three sides of the face of Lord Shiva, one of the 3 major Gods of the Hindu...
Category
20th Century Indian Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Folk Art Swan Carving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Folk art swan carving/decoy. Life size with original paint and glass eyes. Paint has great patina with carved details and minimal paint loss, just enough...
Category
Late 20th Century American Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,500 / set
Massive Five Foot Tall Navajo Eagle Dancer Kachina Doll signed "by GUY V.Y."
Located in Chicago, IL
Massive Five Foot Tall Navajo Kachina Doll is signed "by GUY V.Y." on the base, and titled "Eagle Dance" Guy Yazzie and his wife Pearl Zonnie Chee Horseherder Yazzie had at least 8-c...
Category
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood, Feathers
Tramp Art Rustic Wall Mirror With Protruding Corners, Austria ca. 1880
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Delightful rustic Tramp Art wall mirror from the late 19th century in Austria around 1880. Elaborately hand carved out of basswood this over 140 year old Tramp Art mirror comes with ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Softwood
Provincial Chinese Mooncake Press, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the mid-19th century, this rustic wooden press is carved with five round molds used for shaping festive mooncakes. Packed with lotus root, red bean, or other regional fillin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Bentwood Box with Original Paint Swedish Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Bentwood box from Jämtland, Northern Sweden.
It has untouched original painting with a nicely painted leaf loop on the lid.
...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Barber's Pole Hand Carved Hand Painted
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century barber's pole hand carved hand painted
Antique barber's pole
5.5" diameter x 42" high
The support measures 9" wide x 34" high
Good antique condition
The...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Important Antique Folk Art Carnival Figure of a Macaque
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A hollow finely carved wood macaque figure dressed as a human with short green hair, a blue jacket and yellow slacks. He stands and holds a walking stick in his left hand and crosses...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Japanese Signed Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Mask of Chujo, Early Showa Period
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theatre.
The mask is handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood and is signed by the maker, clearly a mast...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early Afikpo Stylized Geometric Mask, with Long Face Nigeria, West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early finely carved African Afikpo mask with stylized geometric abstract long face.
From Nigeria close to the Cross River.
From an old collection in the Southwest.
Overall dimensi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$3,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Expressive Early Classic Cubist Dan Mask Early 20th Century Liberia, ex Sothebys
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
Early 20th Century Liberian Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Hand-Carved Tlingit Totem Pole
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Tlingit hand-carved totem with wings painted in a Norwegian style. Marked on back Maria Pease IV, Tlingit with Norgwegian influence. Three-figure totem, finely carved and painted, fe...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Boule Ball "C" With Star Decor, Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball, France, late 19th Century.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as the game of boules, part...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
19th Century Hand-Carved Wood Javanese ‘Wayang Topeng’ Theatre Mask, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A visibly old mask from the Javanese masks theatre ‘wayang topeng’: carved from hard wood, and painted on the front side. This mask is from Cirebon in Ja...
Category
19th Century Indonesian Other Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,340 Sale Price
20% Off
Three Tutsi Gourd Vessels Burundi Africa
Located in Rochester, NY
Three Tutsi gourd storage vessels ( liquids wine ) in good original condition with beautifully aged old surface color. Mid 20th century. Burundi Africa. Measurements - gourd w/ wov...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burundian Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$550 / set
19th C Folk Art Graffitied Oak Panel “Leeds Grammar School Founded 1552” Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A profusely carved graffitied oak panel, possibly from a students desk, door or panel in a communal area like a toilet . The graffiti is mainly students names, with a later engraved ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Oak
19th Century miniature oil on board painting of edelweiss
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century miniature oil on board painting of edelweiss circa 1880.
Fine quality desktop painting of edelweiss, presented on a wooden easel.
Minor losses to paintwork.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Danish Wooden Mangle Board Wedding Love Gift with Horse Dated 1814
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Danish mangle board (clothing and bedding press) dated 1814.
It is made from oak wood which is hand carved and richly decorated abstract geometric flowers and branches with leaves a...
Category
1810s Scandinavian Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th C Oakwood Counter Top Cigar Store Indian Statue, Netherlands
Located in Leuven , BE
The cigar store Indian originated as a tradition, not in the United States but in Europe, where carved “Virginie men,” as Europeans called native Americans, were used for advertising...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Mythical Lion & Hunter, Hand Carved & Painted, India, 19th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique Tamil Nadu massive ferocious mythical lion (Yali) and hunter sculpture - hand carved from a single piece of wood (likely teak or walnut) - multi color painted finish with fin...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
$4,550 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Afro Caribbean Fine Wood Carving Male Ancestral Figure
Located in Rochester, NY
Exceptionally beautiful museum quality wood carving of a male ancestral figure with perfectly aged original surface color patina. Ink stamped on underside West Indies and old paper l...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Genuine Lega Mask – Democratic Republic of Congo, early 1900
Located in Bilzen, BE
Carved from a single piece of soft, light wood, this refined Lega lukwakongo mask displays the minimalist elegance characteristic of Bwami society art. The oval face features a long ...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Primitive Bleached Walnut and Flint Grain Thresher
Located in Houston, TX
Large Primitive bleached walnut and flint grain thresher dating to the 19th century. Hand carved walnut embedded with sharpened flint stones. Originally...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Primitive Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Iron
A pair of 18th century Austrian winged cherubs
Located in London, GB
A beautiful pair of 18th century Austrian carved gilt wood angel cherubs with their original hooks to the back .
Category
Mid-18th Century Austrian Rococo Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
$2,550 / set
Early 20th Century English Folk-Art Farmer and His Wife Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century folk-art farmer and his wife model
We are proud to offer an unusual hand carved folk-art model of a farmer and his wife sat on a cart pulled by two oxen. This ite...
Category
1940s European Folk Art Vintage Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Ira Hudson Canada Goose Decoy
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hollow Canada goose decoy, attributed to Ira Hudson, of Chincoteague, VA. Hollow, with original paint - in as found condition. Chip shots and age to spare.
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century Swedish Folk Art Tray / Serving Bowl with Original Paint Dated 1782
Located in Boden, SE
18th Century Swedish Folk Art tray / serving bowl from Borlänge Dalarna, Northern Sweden
A fantastically early tray dated 1782.
It also has cut marks on the u...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Kuba Mweel Mask
Located in Austin, TX
"Residing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Kuba people are true artisans whose craftsmanship fueled traditional rituals, performances, and storytelling. Natural materials, in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Burlap, Wood
$464 Sale Price
69% Off
American Rare Early Antique Pyrography Lidded Humidor Vessel, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
From an old Pennsylvania collection comes this remarkable unique early pyrography American survivor.
This American tall round lidded box may have been a wedding present and intende...
Category
19th Century American Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Pine
Carl Auböck Mid-Century Shoehorn Made from Horn
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a beautiful Mid-Century Modern shoehorn. It was manufactured in Vienna in the renowned Austrian workshops of Bauhaus-influenced designer Carl Auböck. This horn shoehorn w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Horn
Old Weathered Hardwood Kuna Indian Abstract Figure, Panama, Ina Sua Wood
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old well weathered hardwood Kuna Indian abstract figure, Panama, Provenance, old CA state collection. Body abstracted down to two forms for shoulders and hips, with small fine head....
Category
Early 20th Century Panamanian Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$750 Sale Price / item
70% Off
American Arts And Crafts Pyrography Male And Female , Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
An unusual clever depiction of a male and female seated on a cushioned bench together- fine mid century Arts and crafts pyrography style portraiture.
Attractive mid century contem...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Nepal or Tibet Ghurra Churn Handle Carved Woven Knot, Old Worn Dark Patina
Located in Point Richmond, CA
An old carved wood Nepal, North India or other Himalayan culture butter churn handle called a ghurra. Created in the early 20th century. The handle with finely carved knots rising to...
Category
Early 20th Century Nepalese Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Beautiful Vichtauer Hand Carved Wood Bird, Black Forest Folk Art, Austria, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful Austrian early 20th century, carved wood bird, mounted on a stand for hanging. The tradition of these in Austria called "Viechtauer" birds goes back to the early 19th cen...
Category
20th Century Austrian Black Forest Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Peruvian Retablo from the Evelyn Ackerman Estate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Peruvian retablo purchased from the Evelyn Ackerman estate. This colorful piece features two hinged doors with floral paintings. The interior showcases small ceramic figurines in wha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Peruvian Folk Art Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Ceramic
Antique and Fine Quality Hand-Carved Wooden Picture Frame with Horse Theme
Located in Lisse, NL
Truly elegant and finely carved antique wooden picture frame.
This horse theme picture frame will make a great gift for yourself or any ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Black Forest Serving Plate With Music Box, Hand-Carved Folk Art
Located in Greven, DE
This beautiful hand-carved Black Forest serving plate hides a music box in its base. An extraordinary piece of folk art from the mid-20th century.
The music box can be operated with ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Geometric Barmbara Sukuru Animal Mask with horns, teeth, Mali, West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Geometric Barmbara Sukuru Animal Mask with horns, teeth, from Mali, West Africa. Inserted wood teeth, abstract face with open eyes, with raised eyebrows and framed face. Old native...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
American Mahogany and Brass Ship Binnacle, Riggs & Brothers, Phila. Circa 1880
By Riggs & Brothers
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany ship binnacle with a brass-mounted dome helmet, internal dry compass by Ritchie of Boston, flanking removable burners with the original fonts and resting on an octa...
Category
1880s American American Empire Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Sag Harbor Whale Scrimshaw Cribbage Board
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Authentic Scrimshaw carved into and antique tortoise shell with brass legs. Carved aboard the Ship Argonaut. A whaling ship from Sag Harbor New York from 1814-1832. The detailed carv...
Category
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Tortoise Shell
$9,012 Sale Price
30% Off
Ndoma Baule Portrait Mask, Ivory Coast, Wood, lacquered patina, Circa 1930
Located in NICE, FR
"Ndoma” Baule Portrait Mask, Ivory Coast, Circa 1930 Wood, heavy wood with deep brown-black lacquered patina.
A superb old hardwood dance mask featuring an ...
Category
1930s Tribal Vintage Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$4,544 Sale Price
20% Off
American Folk Art Raccoon Cutting Board on Custom Wall Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
A mid-20th-century American folk art cutting board that proves charm can be as functional as it is disarming. Hand-cut in the shape of a cheeky raccoon, the board turns its striped t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Americana Carved Elm Burl Bowl with Handles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A massive Americana bowl hand-carved from Elm wood (with some possible burl pattern in the wood) circa 18th century. The bowl was from Northeastern part or Eastern Woodlands of the U...
Category
18th Century American American Colonial Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Japanese Signed Showa Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Mask of Buddhist Monk Shunkan
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully carved, wonderfully crafted, highly engaging mask made for Japanese Noh theatre.
The mask is handcrafted and hand carved from natural wood and is signed and sealed b...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
French Turn of the Century Hand Carved Tramp Art Folk Mirror with Raised Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French hand carved Tramp Art folk wall mirror from the early 20th century, with raised motifs. We currently have two available, priced and sold $1,750 each. Created in France at th...
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Old Bulu Cameroon Singe Mask Large
Located in Torquay, GB
On offer is a rare large sized 'Singe' Monkey mask from the Bulu people of south central Cameroon. The Bulu are a sub-group of the Cameroon Fang, having originated from Gabon.
This...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Hand-Carved Wooden Box with Grapes and Leaves
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Breathtaking folk art hand-carved wooden box with grapes, vine and leaf detail.
This Dionysian solid wood box is a compliment to any kitchen, great for recipe cards or tea bags. Can also be used for mementos, 420, or a vintage postcard collection.
Category
20th Century Folk Art Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Carved Spanish Colonial Christ Nino Santo with Glass Eyes
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Late 19th century carved baby Jesus Santos with glass eyes and custom display stand. Handmade with carved wood and gesso. Glass inset eyes. Left and r...
Category
19th Century South American Spanish Colonial Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Chinese Folk Wood Dance Mask with Smiling Expression Traces of Paint from China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved wood dance mask from China with smiling expression, large square hat or headdress. Traces of many layers of paint, including red, blue, black and white pigments. Darkened pat...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Optional Omniscience & Snake Got Your Tongue, Carved Porcelain Wall Sculpture.
By Alex Hodge
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Optional Omniscience & Snake Got You, Diptych, 2019 by Alex Hodge
Carved porcelain
Overall size: Height: 10 in x Width: 19.5 in x Depth: 0.5 in
Optional Omniscience: Height: 10 in x...
Category
2010s American Modern Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Collection of Four Vintage Swedish Dala Horses by Nils Olsson, Sweden Folk Art
By Nils Olsson
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This offer is for a collection of four Swedish Dala Horses by Nils Olsson. These are hand carved painted wood. The larger one is approximate 6 3/4" high, 6 3/8" wide and 1 7/8" deep....
Category
1970s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Earnest Eve, Portrait, Carved Porcelain Wall Sculpture.
By Alex Hodge
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hodge poetic porcelain plates examine and reimagine the history of art in a way that values women not only in body, but in wholeness, power, and love. Focusing on the narrative qua...
Category
2010s American Modern Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Chinese Folk Wood Dance Mask with Open Eyes Red Lips Traces of Paint China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved hard wood dance mask from China with powerful expression, open eyes. Traces of many layers of paint, including red, green, black and white pigments.
Ex- private collection in...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tribal Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$937 Sale Price
25% Off
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Wooden Bowl Dated 1863 Signed EPS
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish folk Art wooden bowl dated 1863 Signed EPS.
A stunning antique organic wooden bowl with lovely patina & trace originalpaint.
...
Category
1860s Swedish Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Folk Art
Materials
Pine
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