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Tribal Art For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1920s
Collection of Tibetan Money
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional collection of Tibetan Money, exchange currency in shell
all of them with little holes to adjust them to a belt or object to hold them togeth...
Category
1920s Tibetan Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Shell
Bronze Statue of a Juju Man, Benin, 1930s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Statues of Juju Man or shamans were used for ceremonies connected with religious beliefs and magical practices. The general understanding of their meaning as including a supernatural...
Category
1930s Beninese Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Headdress "God of Thunder" - Protection, Yoruba People, 1930s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Forged bronze headdress or kind of crown/tiara "God of Thunder" which was used for protection. The size is slightly changeable, as the headdress bronze band is open on one side. Yoru...
Category
1930s Beninese Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
Tall Carved Wooden Oracle or Divination Tapper "Iroke Ifa", Yoruba People, 1930s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tall hand-carved wooden oracle or divination tapper "Iroke Ifa" statue, showing a kneeling woman holding her breasts. Yoruba, Nigeria, circa 1930s.
Yoruba belief specifies that each ...
Category
1930s Nigerian Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ewe Kente
By Ewe People
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a fine piecevof Kente Textile from the Ewe people of the Volta region of Ghana. Woven from handspun cotton and natural dyes. This is a prestige cloth worn by a high ranking Elder of the Ewe people. The pattern denotes the individuals high status within the community with the dark blue background indicating the wisdom and knowledge of the owner. This piece will date from the 1930's and is in very fine condition. Ewe Kente...
Category
1930s Ghanaian Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Exceptional Kota Reliquary collected in situ in 1925, Gabon
Located in Paris, FR
This exceptional Kota reliquary comes from the Mahogwe tribe who lives on the river Ogooué in Gabon. The Mahogwe are part of the Kota ethnic group based in the North-East of Gabon. T...
Category
1920s Gabonese Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Brass
Ngabandi Yakoma Shield
By Coutheillas
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a very fine early 20th century Fighting Shield from the Ngabandi Yakoma people of Congo. Slightly smaller but exquisitely created by a master craftsman. The Ngabandi people w...
Category
1920s Congolese Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wicker
Antique Early 20th Century Traditional Toy Kitchen Reproduction, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vintage iron toy kitchen figure of a traditional antique kitchen representation.
Made by unknown manufacturer in Spain, circa 1930.
In original cond...
Category
1930s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Brass
Rare Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Stunning Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. It features a stunning array of distinct tribal patterns and motifs. Chickens are a common motif found amid sumba textiles...
Category
1920s Indonesian Other Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
Rare Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Stunning Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. It features a stunning array...
Category
1920s Indonesian Other Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
Ibeji
Located in Glasgow, GB
A fine example of a very early 20th century Yoruba Ibeji figure from the South West region of Nigeria. The cult of Ibeji (Twin) goes back hundreds of year...
Category
1920s Nigerian Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Balinese Offering Bowl 'Dulang' with Floral Motif
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Balinese offering tray; these trays known as "Dulangs" were used to carry offerings atop Balinese women’s heads during ceremonial processions. This 19th century "Dulang" features a f...
Category
1920s Balinese Other Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Moroccan Leather Bag Belonging to a Family of Water Carriers
Located in Munich, DE
This magnificent leather bag is covered on it's front entirely with old coins,
As has often been the case with this kind of bags, the strap might ...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Leather
Antique Moroccan Berber Henna-Dyed Woman's Ceremonial Head Cover
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven wool veil used as a head scarf 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
Ethnical Pair of Bracelets, Oceania
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Pair of Bracelets in Tridacna Gigas Shell,
Oceanie,
Collection of Dutch Monks, Pater Maristen,
great, good old patina,
very decorative pair of ob...
Category
1920s Asian Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Shell
Antique Moroccan Berber Henna-Dyed Woman's Ceremonial Head Cover
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven wool veil used as a head scarf 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
African Sculpture Zaire Antique Copper Coin
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
That's a true antique copper coin from Zaire, very rare: a modern simple sculpture !
I saw only another one like this, but it was not authentic: done for ...
Category
1920s Congolese Archaistic Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Copper
Antique Moroccan Berber Henna-Dyed Woman's Ceremonial Head Scarf
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven wool veil of an unusual format, sparsely embellished with touches of embroidery, used as a head cover in the wedding ceremony among the Ait Abdellah Berber people...
Category
1930s Moroccan Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
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
Ethno Design Selection of 7 Cache-Sexe Made of Palm Leaf, Mangbetu People, DRC
Located in Leuven , BE
Back aprons (negbe, pl. egbe) such as these were particularly popular among upper-class Mangbetu women at the turn of the 20th century. This distinctive kidney-shaped ornament pad wa...
Category
1930s Congolese Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Pair of Large Carved Moba Tchitchiri Sculptural Figures, Togo, circa 1930
Located in London, GB
Striking in form, of light highly textured wood, two highly stylized anthropomorphic figures carved by the Moba people in Togo, West Africa. These forms most probably we owned by a f...
Category
1930s Togolese Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ethno Design Mbole People, DRC, Chief Scepters Collection Made of Palmtree Leaf
Located in Leuven , BE
The Sceptres are made of the Midrib of Palm tree leaves. They were uses by the members of the Lilwaa Secret Society of the Mbole Tribe that live in the ...
Category
1920s Congolese Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Hampadong - Kalimantan Tribal Art Carved Figure - Maile with Child
Located in Hawthorne, CA
A carved wooden figure of Maile with child. A Hampadong Kalimantan carved standing sculpture by the Iban Dayak [Ot Danum Dayak] people from the interior rain forests of BORNEO. An ex...
Category
1920s Malaysian Folk Art Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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
Rare Antique Zemmour Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare mixed technique Berber rug ascribed to the Zemmour people, located in the Moroccan Middle Atlas, originally used as a saddle cover - an item of great prestige among Berber tri...
Category
1920s Moroccan Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
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
Collection of Dagari Spirit Figures From Burkina Faso
Located in Hudson, NY
This impressive collection of four carved wood figures are from the landlocked African country of Burkina Faso. This nation bordered by 6 other countries ...
Category
1930s Burkinabe Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Kurdish Polychrome Wool Flat-Weave Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Perdehs were used as tent dividers by the Kurdish tribes of Eastern Anatolia. Each flat-woven wool panel is individually dip-dyed and subsequently hand-stitched to the other panels. ...
Category
1930s Turkish Minimalist Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Embroidered Central Asian Felt Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Felts are among the first woollen structures made by mankind. Some of the earliest we know date from the 5th century B.C. and were found under ground in the frozen kurgans of Siberia...
Category
1930s Kyrgyzstani Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Central Asian Felt Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Felts are among the first woolen structures made by mankind. Some of the earliest we know date from the 5th century B.C. and were found under ground in the frozen kurgans of Siberia....
Category
1930s Kyrgyzstani Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Kirghiz Embroidered Tent Band
Located in Milan, IT
A rare complete tent band, embroidered in wool on a felt background, embellished at its bottom by polychrome tassels. The Kirghiz people of Central Asia empl...
Category
1930s Kyrgyzstani Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
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
Small Ashanti tribal headrest stool
By Akan Ashanti
Located in London, GB
A wonderful small early 20th century Ashanti tribal stool, headrest. Carved from a single piece of wood. Well worn and genuine tribal stool or headrest.
Category
1920s Ghanaian Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
1930's Mbole Woven Bark Fibre Decorative Panels
Located in London, GB
Woven panels such as this would have decorated the walls of a traditional Mbole meeting house in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These woven decorative Mbole panels are made fr...
Category
1930s Congolese Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Handcrafted Wooden Dogon Ladder, Mali, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
A classic Dogon ladder made of dark wood and mounted on a sturdy metal stand.
The Dogon people live in southeastern Mali and Burkina Faso. Despite being surrounded by Muslims, th...
Category
1920s Malian Tribal Vintage Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
