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Tribal Art For Sale
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Italian Modernist Black Iridescent Murano Glass Sculpture in the Shape of a Head
By Alfredo Rossi, Ernesto Purisiol
Located in New York, NY
Amazing modern head in an ethnic design inspired by the Easter Island statues, very expressive mouth-blown sculpture in black Murano glass worked ...
Category
1980s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Yoruba Osanyin Staff, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To cure mental and physical ailments, Yoruba priests and diviners invoke the aid of Osanyin, the god of herbal medicines. Used in divination rituals to cure the afflicted, this iron ...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Steel, Iron
Copper Konga Legband from, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early 20th century (possibly late 19th century) African Legband (ankle bracelet) of copper alloy, from Mongo Peoples of the Congo. These legbands were both currency and status sym...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Art
Materials
Copper
Antique Berber Henna-Dyed Woman's Ceremonial Head Scarf
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven wool veil used as a head cover in the wedding ceremony among the Ait Abdellah Berber people of the Moroccan Anti Atlas region. The pattern is obtained with the re...
Category
1930s Moroccan Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Black Tribal Felt Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Felts are among the first woolen structures made by mankind, some of the earliest we know were found in the 'kurgans' of Central Asia, decorated by a variety of zoomorphic motifs typ...
Category
20th Century Turkish Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Indian Shiva Cotton Tapestry
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a glorious antique Indian Shiva cotton tapestry.
We are of the opinion that this is from the late 19th century, circa 1880.
Made of cotto...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Ceremonial Camel Cover Rug
Located in New York, NY
Ceremonial camel cover rug. A large animal trapping, most probably a ceremonial cover for a camel made of felted wool and decorated with embroidered motif...
Category
1930s Turkmen Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Felt
Mid-20th Century Tribal Woman's Tunic, Karen People, Burma
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal woman's tunic, Karen People, Burma
A nice, graphic example of a woman's blouse from the Karen ethnic group in Burma/Myanmar. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burmese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Ancient Northwest Coast Stone Club Estimated A.D. to Pre-European Contact
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Ancient Northwest Coast Stone Club estimated A.D. to Pre-European Contact.
This is an exceptional ethnological treasure of great aesthetic quality and rarity. The stone club is ca...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Canadian Archaistic Antique Tribal Art
Materials
Slate
Large Mali Terracotta Tribal Bead Necklace by Claire Ginioux, Paris, France
By Claire Ginioux
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Offered by Zena Kruzick
Large Mali terracotta tribal bead necklace by Claire Ginioux, Paris, France.
Mali terracotta beads from the 19th centu...
Category
Late 20th Century Malian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Beads
Bamileke Storage Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Like other African everyday ceramics, Bamileke storage pots are revered for their simple forms yet astonishing beauty. Each is hand shaped and fired in the open. They are generally s...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Art
Materials
Ceramic
African Shield Wallaïta from Ethiopia Early 20th Century
Located in Paris, FR
African shield Wallaïta from Ethiopia, early 20th century.
Base: 40 x 17cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Art
Materials
Leather
Vintage Mexican Zapotec Decorative Carpet, in Small Size w/ Stylized Bird Design
Located in New York, NY
A vintage decorative rug from the Zapotec Indian tribe in Oaxaca, Mexico, size 3'3 x 1'8, featuring a central medallion on an unfussy beige field, with four stylized bird motifs stan...
Category
1940s Mexican Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Zulu Tribal Carved Wood Snuff Container, South Africa Finely Carved Incised
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Zulu Tribal carved wood Snuff Container, South Africa
A finely carved snuff container with finely carved incised great geometric designs, a great example of the detailed work the Zu...
Category
Early 20th Century South African Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Currency, Thoung Knife
Located in Dallas, TX
Most forms were developed from traditional metal objects that were already in use such as weapons, tools, bracelets and anklets. While some continued to be functional for work or dec...
Category
15th Century and Earlier African Tribal Antique Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
19th or Early 20th Century Tribal Copper Snake Currency Sculpture Zaire Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
19th or early 20th century copper snake currency sculpture Zaire Africa
Ngelima culture, Zaire, hand-forged, copper rod in an anthropomorphic styli...
Category
Late 19th Century Congolese Other Antique Tribal Art
Materials
Copper
Very Early Pair of Beaded Moccasins, Prairie "Woodlands", circa 1850
Located in Denver, CO
A rare early pair of Classic Period (Pre-Reservation era) soft-soled moccasins. Constructed of native tanned hide and exquisitely beaded with trade beads. The cuffs are adorned in ri...
Category
19th Century American Native American Antique Tribal Art
Materials
Hide
Mid-20th Century Wool Baknough ‘Woman's head covering’ Berber People, Libya
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century Wool Baknough (Woman's head covering) Berber People, Libya
This wool baknough is most likely from Libya, although similar pieces have b...
Category
1950s Libyan Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
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 Brazilian Folk Art Antique Tribal Art
Materials
Silver
African Shield Oromo from Ethiopia Early 20th Century
Located in Paris, FR
African shield Oromo from Ethiopia, early 20th century.
Base 34 x 20cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Art
Materials
Leather
Navy Framed Mud Cloth or Kuba Cloth in Floating Acrylic Frame Gold Standoffs
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Navy blue Kuba cloth or Mud cloth framed in acrylic with gold standoffs. Beautiful dark navy blue mud-cloth sandwiched between two pieces of custom acrylic. Four holes on the four co...
Category
1950s Nigerian Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Lucite
Woven Floral Vintage Textile
Located in San Diego, CA
Textile Art
This is a beautiful remnant of a vintage floral textile. The design is woven on lightweight cotton and runs lengthwise as in the fi...
Category
20th Century Unknown Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Early 19th Century Nigerian Iron Shield/Currency
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 19th century Nigerian Shield/Currency. Actual currency from Nigeria used to buy livestock, businesses and homes. Beautifully mounted to display the Shape and scale of the piec...
Category
Early 19th Century Nigerian Antique Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Henna-Dyed Moroccan Berber Woman's Ceremonial Wedding Veil Textile
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven wool veil used as a head cover in the wedding ceremony among the Ida Ou Zeddout Berber people of the Moroccan Anti Atlas region. The red tonality is obtained with...
Category
1930s Moroccan Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Wood and Brass Antique 19th Century Middle Eastern Camel Seat Saddle
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique, 19th century Asian Middle Eastern collector two person wooden camel saddle with ornate brass mountings and iron reinforcements.
19th Century Midd...
Category
Late 19th Century Egyptian Arts and Crafts Antique Tribal Art
Materials
Brass, Iron
Vintage Berber Moroccan Ourika Valley Eye Design Flat-Weave Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Woven with natural, undyed wool, flat-weaves such as the one illustrated here are characteristic of the Berber people located in the Ourika Valley, in the Moroccan High Atlas region....
Category
1940s Moroccan Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Bamileke Throne Stool with Leopard
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Bamileke throne made with wood, coated with jute, embroidered with polychrome glass beads, cowrie snails, embroidery with glass beads that are missing in some areas. In the Grassfiel...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Tribal Art
Pair African Gourd Storage Vessels, Kenya or Ethiopia, early-mid 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic pair of large African gourd storage vessels with native repairs, early to mid 20th century, Ethiopia or Kenya.
This pair of dried and hollowed gourd vessels would origin...
Category
20th Century Kenyan Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Yao Silver Chain Necklace
Located in Chicago, IL
This finely crafted piece was made high in the mountains above Thailand, Laos and Burma (modern day Myanmar) by an indigenous hill tribe. The Yao people are skilled silversmiths who ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Laotian Tribal Art
Materials
Silver
Shepherd's Tulu Hand Knotted Wool Rug Coat
Located in Milan, IT
An original Anatolian Tulu pile rug hand knotted with natural, undyed wool and tailored into a coat. This was used by the shepherds inhabiting the area of Karapinar, in central Anato...
Category
1930s Turkish Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Chi Wara Headdresses Animal Sculpture , Bambara People, Mali
Located in Antwerp, BE
Bamana old original pair Chi Wara headdress.
Chi Wara (Antelope Headdress.) The dry savanna permits no more than a subsistence economy and the soil produces,...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Mid-20th Century Tribal Baknough Woman's Head Covering, Tunisia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal baknough (woman's head covering), Chott Oulad Amar, Tunisia.
This is an unusual baknough from a very small area on the Tunisian ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tunisian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Pair of Antique Native American Dolls, Athapaskan, Alaska, 19th Century
Located in Denver, CO
Created in the late 19th century, these authentic Northwest Coast Native American Indian dolls are depicted wearing traditional Athapas...
Category
19th Century American Native American Antique Tribal Art
Materials
Hide
Yao Silver Chain Necklace
Located in Chicago, IL
This finely crafted piece was made high in the mountains above Thailand, Laos and Burma (modern day Myanmar) by an indigenous hill tribe. The Yao people are skilled silversmiths who ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Laotian Tribal Art
Materials
Silver
African Mother and Daughter Tribal Figures
Located in Asheville, NC
Graceful pair of sleek carved standing African female figures poised upon discs of contrasting dark hardwood most likely from the Ivory Coast.
Category
19th Century South African Antique Tribal Art
Materials
Bone, Hardwood
9th Century Silver Processional Priest's Hats, Chimu Culture, Peru
Located in Point Richmond, CA
9th century silver processional priest's hats, Chimu culture, Peru.
These silver hats were originally covered with fabric, as can be seen in the remaining surface pattern. The hol...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Tribal Antique Tribal Art
Materials
Silver
Papua New Guinea Bridal Shell Money
Located in Schellebelle, BE
A very exceptional bridal money as well in shape as in dimensions.
Category
20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art
Materials
Shell
Framed Akha Tribe Hand Embroidered Shoulder Bag
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand embroidered shoulder is from the Akha tribe and has been framed for display on a wall. The Akha are an indigenous hill tribe who live in small villages at higher elevations...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Glass, Wood, Hemp
Antique Grain Sack 'Open' Rug
Located in New York, NY
Antique grain sack 'open' rug. An old tribal cargo bag or rug from SW Turkey, opened up, still retaining its original carrying band. Can be a wall-hanging, a...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton, Goat Hair, Wool
Old Moroccan Saddle or Saddle Pad
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 1166 - I found this nomadic saddle among the various Moroccan carpets i bought many years ago from a young traveller, who sold me all his collection...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Archaistic Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Saddle or Saddle Pad Moroccan Carpet
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 1095 - I found this nomadic saddle among the various Moroccan carpets I bought from a young traveller, who sold me all his collection many years ago...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Archaistic Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Copper Alloy African Ankle Bracelet from the Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early 20th century African ankle bracelet made from copper alloy. These antique tribal bracelets were used as forms of currency, meant to be worn about the ankle. This beautiful a...
Category
Early 20th Century African Tribal Art
Materials
Copper
