Wood Tribal Art

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Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

Offered by Zena Kruzick Mid-20th century gilded wood hand finial, Akan people, Ghana. This is a wonderful piece of African folk art, likely the top of a scepter, in the shape of ...

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Vintage 1970s Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

Small carved ceremonial cotton gin from the Atoni of West Timor. Mid-late 20th century, set on a wooden stand for stability and display. Offered by Bruce Hughes. This is a relative...

Early 20th Century Malian Decorative Boxes

Wood

Early 20th century African lidded food storage box Engraved with Primitive designs Dimensions: Box: 8 in. H with a 10-10.25 in. diameter on the top and a 12-13 in. diameter ...

Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Tribal Art

Wood

Hand-carved wooden Indian tribal trunk / box with hand-wrought iron hinges and straps, and handle. Early 20th century, Northern India.

Mid-20th Century Malian Figurative Sculptures

Wood

This intricately carved sculptural object by the Dogon people of Mali combines motifs from traditional Dogon ladders and toguna posts, monumental forked structures used to support th...

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Vintage 1980s Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

Vintage tribal cotton cleaning wood board, Kabiro, from Sumba, East Indonesia, mid-late 20th century. Mounted on a metal stand. Offered by Bruce Hughes. Sumba is well-known for her...

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Early 20th Century Sierra Leonean Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

Offered by Scott McCue Tribal African Mende Bundu Helmet Janus (Two Face) wood mask, early 20th century Early Mende women's society Bundu Mask, with two faces, some cracks, insect d...

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Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art

Kaolin, Wood

Offered by Callie Morgan Oakes mid-20th century Tami Islands Papua new guinea wooden feast bowl Of classic form, each end carved with raised and incised imagery depicting stylize...

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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Tribal Art

Wood, Beads

This is a very intricate hand beaded Mexican Huichol sun wall decor. This unique piece is comprised of vibrant glass beads in shades of red, yellow, orange, green, blue, grey, black,...

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Tribal Mounted Objects

Animal Skin, Wood, Feathers

Mounted ceremonial Nagaland spear or staff. Nagaland is a mountainous state in northeast India, bordering Myanmar. Feathers have been added for decoration and spear has been mounted ...

Antique Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

Dark patination and pigmentation lend an immediate visual appeal to this powerful Suku helmet mask. Its facial features which project a remarkably sensitive, introspective air – are ...

Early 20th Century Ugandan Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

An elegant headrest with chain-link carrying strap from Uganda. Headrests are used by the nomadic tribes in the Karamoja Savannah and come in various forms. They range from the si...

Antique Late 19th Century Australian Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

A lovely, elegantly carved hardwood boomerang. With its pointed arc silhouette, the weapon almost seems to depict an abstract avian form. Subtle striations run the length of the stic...

Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Collectibles and Curiosities

Wood

A beautiful interplay of raised planes and clustered incisions structures this impressive cephalomorphic Congolese pipe. Flowing line work textures the head, which joins with the bri...

Mid-20th Century Kenyan Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

A highly abstract wooden post from Kenya. The Giryama people of the Kenyan coast are known for their long standing tradition of carved wooden mortuary posts. The grave posts, call...

Antique 19th Century Ivorian Tribal Arms, Armor and Weapons

Metal

A stunning 19th century knife with choral-colored shells on the scabbard. Among the many remarkable art traditions for which the Baule people of Cote D'ivoire are known is their m...

20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Stools

Wood

A graphic Hehe stool with three ridged legs and old patina of use. The Hehe people lived in isolation on a highland in southwestern Tanzania, northeast of Lake Nyasa. With the exc...

Antique Late 19th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

Divinatory figures among the Baule were used as dwellings of asye usu, or bush spirits, incorporeal consciousness’s from outside the village bounds brought into communication with th...

Antique 19th Century Polynesian Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

A classic Austral Islands paddle featuring the intricate surface carving for which these objects are renowned. Ceremonial paddles are icons of Austral Islands art, and although their...

20th Century Kenyan Folk Art Tribal Art

Wood

An early colonial carving from Kenya. There is a rich tradition of carving colonial figures for sale to European colonists throughout Africa. Many of these master carvers carved f...

Antique 19th Century New Zealand Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

A traditional Maori staff (taiaha), carved from a single piece of hardwood and endowed with a deep, warm patina of age. The 'tongue' of the staff (arero), used to deliver stabbing bl...

Andrew Coon

20th Century Canadian Tribal Tribal Art

Cedar, Acrylic, Paint, Wire

This ceremonial dance mask depicts Tsonokwa, the Wild Woman of the Woods. It is carved red cedar with red paint and graphite, and it is signed and dated April, 1987 by the Kwakwaka'w...

Late 20th Century Gabonese Figurative Sculptures

Wood

Referred to as Byeri, this figure is a symbolic evocation of the ancestor, as well as a source of magical protection to the Fang people.

Mid-20th Century Central African Figurative Sculptures

Wood

Called Ngimfe by local residents, this figure was said to personify the messenger for an oracle named Sanko; messenger of good news of good luck. Was in the possession of Duke Unive...

Early 20th Century Ghanaian Stools

Wood

A carved wood chair, Ethnie Ashanti (Ghana), circa 1900. # E5421.

Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Art

Wood

Carved wood chair - Ghana - Ethnie Ashanti, circa1900. # E5425.

Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Art

Wood

Carved wood chair, Ghana, Ethnie Ashanti, circa 1900. # E5426.

Antique Late 19th Century Indonesian Tribal Art

Wood

A fine large Iban dayak female tribal guardian figure Borneo The female figure in hard iron wood with beautiful serene expression wearing a long robe and headdress standing holdin...

Antique Early 19th Century Beninese Tribal Art

Steel

Intended to ensure fertility and bountiful harvests, this carved-wood phallus is called a legba and was among many buried outside dwellings and in the fields of the Fon people of Wes...

Mid-20th Century American Tribal Decorative Art

Wood, Paint, Masonite

Midcentury Africana tribal Masonite relief panel art signed Jan de Swart.

Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Art

Wood

Created by the Dogon people of central Mali, this expressively carved stool continues a tradition of using stools as symbols of authority. Owning a finely made stool represented one'...

20th Century Zimbabwean Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

An elegant wooden tribal stool most probably originating from the Shona Tribe Zimbabwe, due to its linear carvings and scrolled circular details.

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20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

An Ashanti or Asante tribal stool. Carved from one piece of wood, this example has typical Ashanti geometric carvings with a central pierced support column. It has suffered one break...

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Vintage 1960s Indian Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

Tribal wooden food tray on stand with handle, Nagaland, mid-late 20th century. Offered by Bruce Hughes. Fashioned from one piece of wood. Used for serving food. Condition: Note th...

20th Century Ecuadorean Tribal Tribal Art

Leather, Wood, Feathers

Toucan head and wing feather breastplate from Ecuador, possibly from the Jivaroan peoples, early to mid-20th century, comprised of painted bark cloth, seeds, toucan wing feathers and...

Antique 1870s South African Tribal Tribal Art

Brass, Copper, Wood

An exceptional 19th century Zulu wirework prestige stick. This beautiful and exceedingly rare object would have been owned by a person of very high rank and status. The staff is deco...

20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

Early 20th century Ethiopian tribal head rest from the Omo valley area. This neckrest is of a good size and height and has a satisfying patina. Headrest sometimes doubled as stool...

Antique Late 19th Century Lesothian Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

This small wooden Sotho prestige vessel boasts a carved geometric design and a beautiful smooth finish. The blackened design was produced by using a hot poker. Perfect for displa...

Antique Mid-19th Century Samoan Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

A 19th century Samoan dance paddle or club. This old dance paddle has a fine old patina and geometric form. It is known as an anave. The club has a long lozenge-shaped blade and f...

Antique Late 19th Century Liberian Tribal Masks

Wood

A great sense of mass imbues this Bassa mask, imposing with its classically large brow, full cheeks, and heavy, almond-shaped silhouette. As the face sinks forcefully in at the eyes,...

Early 20th Century South African Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

Knobkerries were ubiquitously carried by Southern African men as weapons, dance staffs and symbols of status. While typically designed as somewhat utilitarian objects, they were ofte...

Antique 18th Century Tongan Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

Amongst the rarest objects from Polynesia is the Tongan tuki, or food pounder. These bulbous objects, mistaken by early collectors for Fijian throwing clubs, were used by Tongan wome...

Charles Combes

Vintage 1950s French Primitive Pedestals and Columns

Palmwood

Charles Alphonse Combes (1891-1968) An exceptional carved stele in solid palmwood, in the Africanist style of the 1931 Paris Exposition Coloniale. Carved on both sides.

20th Century Malian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Steel, Wood

Wonderfully carved, heavy and substantial. This monumental Tintam figure with raised arms and hands (widely interpreted as a gesture of prayer and an appeal to the Heavens for rain) ...

Antique 19th Century Yemeni Vases

Metal

19th century small wooden/metal Mortar from Yemen/Saudi Border.

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Antique 19th Century Burmese Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Wood, Paint

Offered by Vicki Shiba, 19th century carved wood seated Buddha, Burma (Myanmar).            

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Antique Late 19th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art

Aluminum, Iron, Wood

Offered by Zena Kruzick. Late 19th-Early 20th Century Tribal Ritual Scepter, Ashanti People of Ghana

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Costa Rican Prehistoric Tribal Art

Stone

Prehistoric hand hewn stone balls, set of four. Taino culture, Costa Rica and vicinity. Offered by Callie Morgan Oakes. #MO26 Each sphere would have been a symbol of the carver’s s...

Vintage 1940s Nigerian Folk Art End Tables

Mahogany

Octagonal mahogany end table with a carved elephant figurine base, with eyes made of bone, Nigeria circa 1940s. A similar, oval table was given to Mrs Roosevelt and presents almost...

20th Century Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art

Brass, Coconut

Finely cut coconut shell and brass "Kalabubu" headhunter warrior necklace from the Indonesian Island of Nias mounted on a black painted custom metal base, 20th century.

Kuba People

Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art

Iron, Wood

This African knife, with a flared iron blade and a wooden handle, was made in the Congo by the Kuba people.

Antique Late 19th Century Indonesian Primitive Figurative Sculptures

Wood

A hand-carved Indonesian ironwood hut post exhibiting a fine and weathered old surface overall. Detail images showing a sequence of both frontal and associated profile views. Intern...

Mid-20th Century Tribal Lounge Chairs

Wood

African lounge chair massive hand carded wood foldable. Nice for an ethnic interior design mix. Chair from West Africa, tribal Art Design.

20th Century Djiboutian Tribal Primitives

Wood

African Dogan wood ladder from the Ivory Coast. Great decorative object.

20th Century Indonesian Rustic Tribal Art

Wood

Large sculptural carved wooden trough from Indonesia. Great indoors or outdoors. Would make for a fantastic planter.

Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Art

Wood

The stools created by the Lobi People of Cote d'Ivoire are wonderfully simple in form. Each is traditionally carved from a single block of wood. This low stool has stout handles and ...

Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Art

Wood

In traditional Ashanti culture, stools indicated power, status, and lines of succession. The flat base, curved seat, and ridged supports of this hand-carved stool reference the Ashan...

Early 20th Century Tanzanian Stools

Wood

Most likely created by artisans of the Hehe peoples of Tanzania, this tripod stool embodies wonderful movement in its sweeping form. Playful lines drawn by graceful arched legs contr...