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Color: Black
Creator: Unknown
Kuna Mola Reverse Appliqué Brightly Colored Bird Wall Tapestry, Central America
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large brightly colored fabric collage tapestry of a bird with fish in its mouth. This dramatic fabric piece features carefully cut geometric pieces of fabric, fashioned and stitche...
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Knife, Asian Decorations, Original, 1960
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This product will be inspected thoroughly at our professional workshop by our educated employees, who ass...
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Hanging Cowbell Traditional Spanish Artwork, circa 1950
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Yoruba Nigeria African Red Royal Beaded Headdress Crown on Lucite Stand
Located in North Hollywood, CA
West African hand beaded head dress crown from Yoruba, Nigeria.
This artistic beautiful and functional art piece is covered with beads in ivory, red and black colors with faces bird...
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African Moroccan Tribal Tuareg Khoumya Leather Dagger
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Moroccan Tuareg tribal Khoumya arm dagger in dark brown leather sheath.
Handcrafted by Artisans in south Morocco, very fine quality craftsmanship with a stamped leather engraved with Moroccan Tuareg geometric tribal designs.
The arm dagger was a weapon widely used by people across Africa in the Sahara and Sudanic Africa, from the central Sahara to North Cameroon, from Nigeria to Somalia.
It was worn in a sheath attached to the inner side of the left forearm by a loop,
Metal steel blade shows some rust, leather in very good condition.
Size: 13 inches length x widest part 1.5 inches. Blade is 1inch.
Africa, Morocco circa 1940s.
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Unknown Tribal Art
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Moroccan African Art Metal Sconce
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Tribal Art wall shade metal sconce shade.
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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...
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1950s Nigerian Tribal Vintage Unknown Tribal Art
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Cotton, Acrylic, Lucite
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...
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15th Century and Earlier African Tribal Antique Unknown Tribal Art
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Unknown tribal art for sale on 1stDibs.
Unknown tribal art are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Unknown tribal art, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original tribal art by Unknown were created in the folk art style in africa during the 20th century. Prices for Unknown tribal art can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $150 and can go as high as $24,458, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,600.