Tribal Art

Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Art

Wood

Carved wood chair - GHANA - ETHNIE ASHANTI - Ca 1900. # E5423

Early 20th Century Turkish Turkish Rugs

Wool

Wonderful antique Turkish Bandirma rug with classic prayer design. Very good condition, minor area of lower pile. All 4 sides in very good original condition without any restoration....

Late 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs

Wool

Never seen one of a kind tribal vintage Beni Ourain rug. Very unusual design, reminds on a view from a skyscraper into New York. Extraordinary piece, very good condition.

Early 20th Century Philippine Tribal Art

This unique standing statue of Ifugao warrior stands tall and proud. Originally purchased in an antique shop in Luzon, Philippines in the 1950s. This tall statue is one solid piece o...

H.H. Tammen Company

20th Century American Native American Tribal Art

Fabric, Felt, Plastic

Large pair of male and female skookum dolls of braided hair, plastic faces, and wooden legs with fabric and felt clothes attributed to H.H. Tammen Co.

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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

Nickel

Circa 1900 heavy Nigerian trade currency cuff style bracelet made of embossed nickel on custom made iron stand.

Antique 19th Century Mozambican Folk Art Sculptures

Wood

This pair of seated male figures, carved of light-hued wood and treated with pokerwork details, depicts two colonial administrators. With the advent of colonization, African carver...

Myra Ann Tipiloura

20th Century Australian Tribal Tribal Art

Collected in Tiwi Island off the coast of Northern Australia, this Bima Figure Carving was carved and painted by Myra Ann Tipiloura out of Iron wood. It was painted in the clan patte...

Allison Guwanjguwanj

Vintage 1970s Australian Tribal Tribal Art

Fiber art by contemporary aboriginal artist Allison Guwanjguwanj. It depicts a dreamtime creature called "Yawkyawk" which is the ancestor of the clan. It is a mermaid-like creature ...

Vintage 1930s American Native American Tribal Art

Ceramic

Native American (Hopi) vase, probably First Mesa. The vase, having burnished buff color ground and decorated with two stylized birds with traditional banding at neck. From the co...

Vintage 1970s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs

Wool

Vintage Berber rug from the Taznakht tribe in south eastern Morocco. Rare piece with beautiful color combination

Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs

Wool

Antique collectors rug with typical tribal motives. Handknotted by women of the Quashgai tribe in the Zagros highland mountains in southern persia. Very good condition and natural ve...

Vintage 1960s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs

Wool

Very beautiful vintage moroccan tribal carpet. Handknotted by tribal women in the moroccan mountains. Joyfull colors and design.

20th Century Papua New Guinean Other Tribal Art

Wood

This wooden carving with pigment decoration is a quality example of the type carved from a used canoe in the style of Papua New Guinea . The prow is in the form of a stylized crocod...

Antique 19th Century Nepalese Tibetan Sculptures

Brass, Rock Crystal

The four Vahari are Newari (or Nepalese) boar-faced goddesses that protect Temples in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. This rare, rock-crystal sculpture surrounded with generous amount...

Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Quilts and Blankets

Early 20th Century indigo dyed Yoruba (Nigeria) woman's weave cloth.

Vintage 1930s Burkinabe Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

This impressive collection of four carved wood figures are from the land locked African country of Burkina Faso. This nation bordered by 6 other countries including Mali is home to ...

Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Quilts and Blankets

Cotton, Silk

Fine early 20th Century hand spun indigo cotton and Trans-Sahara silk cloth.

Vintage 1960s Burkinabe Tribal Tribal Art

Wood, Pigment

A large wood mask on custom iron stand with a dramatic presence. The bobo mask is from Burkina Faso used in ceremonical dance. The mask is finely carved and decorated with polychrome...

Vintage 1950s Angolan Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

The Figure represents the hero Chibinda Ilunga, royal ancestor of the Chokwe people. According to legend, llunga, the son of a great Luba chief, wooed Lweji, a Lunda chieftainess. He...

John Patrick Kelantumama

20th Century Australian Folk Art Tribal Art

Pukumoni Pole is a clan totem pole from Tiwi Island off the northern Australian coast. It is made of the dense iron wood and decorated with clan specific symbols using ochre pigment....

Allison Guwanjguwanj

21st Century and Contemporary Australian Tribal Tribal Art

Fiber art by contemporary aboriginal artist Allison Guwanjguwanj. It depicts a dreamtime creature called "Yawkyawk" which is the ancestor of the clan. It is a mermaid-like creature ...

Pre-Columbian

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Colombian Pre-Columbian Tribal Art

This pendant was most likely meant to represent a sort of portrait of the bearer, an important chieftain or "cacique." The depicted male figure wears a crown or headdress, necklace, ...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Colombian Pre-Columbian More Folk Art

This gorgeously detailed pendant comes from the pre-Columbian Tairona culture. The pendant probably represents a Harpy Eagle (the largest on the American continent), and the triple h...

Vintage 1950s Tribal Tribal Art

An Epa Helmet Mask, Nigeria, Africa. Fully carved mother and child; painted red and black with touches of white; Provenence: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis; The Eiteljorg Mu...

Wally Kerinauia

21st Century and Contemporary Australian Tribal Tribal Art

Blanket Lizard Kurruporani was a male ancestor figure in Dreamtime for the Tiwi clan. The statue was carved from dense local ironwood and decorated with clan specific pattern and coc...

Tess Tipungwuti

21st Century and Contemporary Australian Tribal Sculptures

Tiwi Woman Figure From Tiwi Island off the Northern coast of Australia. The statue was carved from the dense iron wood and decorated with clan specific patterns and coconut fibers. ...

Vintage 1970s American Collectible Jewelry

Ormolu

Large Tribal 1970's Gilt Bronze Pendant

20th Century Mexican Tribal Tribal Art

Leather, Gesso, Fabric, Wood, Paint

Wood and leather "helmet" type mask used in the crop fertility ceremonies in Guerrero, MÉXICO. This ceremony has ancient connections to rain, fighting and sacrifice. Th...

Early 20th Century New Zealand Tribal Tribal Art

Wood, Abalone

A powerfully carved Maori Revival feather or treasure box. The body of the box carved with a ferocious seated tiki at each end, bodies covered in tattoos, and tongues out. The eye...

Vintage 1930s Tribal Art

Wood

Antique hand carved bookends.

20th Century Canadian Native American Objects

Stone

2 signed Eskimo Inuit carvings of 2 women wearing amauti - a specialized jacket for carrying babies. They are signed by YOUTIE SUDLOO (1946-) The taller man is approx 6 inches tall ...

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Tribal Art

Clay

We have a collection of exceptional early Precolumbian Xalitla figures form Guerrero, Mexico circa 1200-900 B.C. Over 80 figures in all.

20th Century African Tribal Art

African Ashanti Kente Cloth, hand loomed textile, ceremonial regalia worn by the tribe early to mid 20th Century

20th Century Papua New Guinean Masks

Wood, Shell, Paint

Large triple mask probably from the Upper Sepik River, Papau New Guinea, Oceania. Carved heavy single wood plank. The mask is adorned with shell eyes, fiber and polychrome paint. ...

Korhogo Tribe

Antique 19th Century Tribal Art

This is a hand spun, hand woven and hand painted cotton cloth for which an entire village takes part in its creation. Women of the Korhoga Tribe spin the cotton, while the men weave ...

Shiva Lingam

20th Century Indian Tribal Art

Stone

Monumental and very decorative stone, symbolizing many spiritual forms. Measures are for the stone only.

Antique 19th Century Sculptures

Wood

Two distinct 19th century objects make up this simple "assemblage": a Zulu weapon called a knobkierrie, and an old Japanese cutting block. Each component is blessed with a beautiful ...

Antique 19th Century Chinese Tribal Art

Tin

19th c. Chinese wedding headdress in nickel and tin with circular applied decorations and dangling tassels. Custom iron stand.

Antique 19th Century African Folk Art Sculptures

Iron

Pair of 2 spears or lances: African Kuba spear and possibly BaranaPiercing spear.

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Thai Sculptures

Pair of Asian Temple goddess. Items dimensions: 47.13", 6.38", 6.25" 41.13", 7.13", 7.13"

Antique 19th Century South African Tribal Tribal Art

Hide, Beads

Ceremonial hide Apron called Mapoto with white and colored beads, circa late 19th C from South Africa. Mapoto iis worn by the women in Ndebele tribe at their wedding night. Made of g...

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20th Century African Tribal Art

Wood

This bed is slightly concave in the middle where a body would rest.

20th Century African Tribal Art

Wood

This chair was a birthing or "star gazing" chair. It is made from a single piece of wood.

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Unknown Primitives

This is a very early and delicate wooden puppet head. It could be Chinese but that's just a guess. I'll say it's late 1700's but could be a lot earlier. The mouth is a 2nd piece and...