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Material: Wood
Antique Tribal wooden Dance Shield, from the Tutsi tribe, Rwanda
By Tutsi People
Located in Bilzen, BE
A early 20th century wooden dancing shield of the Tutsi, Rwanda, painted with earth pigments
The shield is in good condition with traces of tribal use
Straight line height 30 cm, wid...
Category
Early 20th Century Rwandan Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Wayang Puppet Wood Carving Set, Java, Indonesia, Mid-20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This wood carving set depicts mythical characters that are popular amid "Wayang" puppet shows. "Wayang" is a type of shadow puppet show originating fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Javanese Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Painted Ibibio Polychrome Face Mask with Figure on Top, Nigeria Africa colorful
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine Painted Ibibio Polychrome Mask with Figure on Top, Nigeria Africa. Expressive small figure on top with one hand on top of head, other holding stom...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early Carved Wood Tribal Kuba Figural Cup, Congo, Africa Male with Beard
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early finely carved hard wood tribal Kuba figural cup, Congo with rich patina. In the form of a stylized male face with finely carved beard. Wonderful asymmetrical incised classic Kuba crisscross design for hair. Deep patina from extensive use, early 20th century. Chips to top rim. Decorated rim to base.
Measures 7 x 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Kuba palm wine cups...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Kenya Tribal Wood Headrest, Stylized Natural Animal Form, African Old and Worn
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Kenya tribal wood headrest, stylized natural animal form, early 20th century, African.
Early Rendille or Borana Headrest from Kenya. Using naturally found branch connections to form a stylized three legged animal form, these headrests were a treasured personal item...
Category
Early 20th Century Kenyan Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Modernist Dan Peoples Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
A chic modernist early 20th century Dan Peoples stool from Ivory Coast, carved from one piece of wood with a simple hourglass form, and the most wonderful p...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Modern Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Mother and Child Figure. Kwere, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
This finely carved figure with a prominent sweeping hairstyle sits upright with her knees bent and holding out her child in a forward position. The surface of the figure is smooth an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Luba Kifwebe Sandals
Located in Sharon, CT
Rare pair of African sandals, with beautifully articulated little Luba
'Kifwebe' (mask) heads as toe holds. Wonderful aged 'footprints'
produced from great use.
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Dan Mask
Located in Schellebelle, BE
An exceptional Bird DAN Mask from Ivory Coast,
from around the 1960ies,
ex-collection from Tony Berlant, Santa Monica, California, USA,
great patina and wear of the mask,
an exceptio...
Category
1960s African Vintage Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Mentawai Tribe Hand-Carved Wooden Bowl with Handle, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Crafted from ironwood this Mentawai tribe bowl features a handle and subtle wood detailing. A wonderful decorative bowl or table centrepiece certain to invoke conversation. The Menta...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Genuine wooden carved spoon from the Zulu tribe, South Africa, early 1900
By Zulu's
Located in Bilzen, BE
Zulu people are a native people of Southern Africa of the Nguni. The Zulu people are the largest ethnic group and nation in South Africa, living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Nat...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Rare Gabonese African Harp
Located in New York, NY
A rare figurative harp from made by the Vuvi or Tsogo people of Gabon. It is an instrument traditionally played by young men and boys. These rare instruments are well known for their...
Category
20th Century Gabonese Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Headrest. Karamojong, Uganda
Located in London, GB
A beautifully formed headrest from the Karamojong in Northern Uganda.
Estimated Period: Mid-20th Century (Or Before)
Ex Private Collection, UK
Category
Mid-20th Century Ugandan Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Old And Exceptional Anthropomorphic Statue Yombe Woyo Kongo Tribe Dr Congo 19th
Located in Leuven, BE
Old and exceptional funerary anthropomorphic statue from the Yombe / Kongo tribe DR Congo
Tribe : Yombe / Woyo / Kongo
Country of origin : DR Congo / Angola
Period: late 19th century...
Category
Late 19th Century Congolese Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Wooden Make-up Box From The Kuba Tribe, Dr Congo, late 19th century
By Kuba
Located in Bilzen, BE
A very old wooden make-up box Circa: late 19th century
Origin: DR Congo
Very rich tribal aged patina and traces
9.5 x 15.5 cm, height 9 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Female Caryatid standing Figure on a circular base, DRC
Located in Leuven , BE
A standing female figure with prominent breasts below a columnar neck resting between broad shoulders that lead to elongated arms which bend at the elbows to support the seat above. ...
Category
20th Century Congolese Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Thai Ceremonial Wooden Drum with Natural Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A tall antique Thai freestanding ceremonial wooden drum from the early 20th century, with natural finish, carved accents and circular flaring base. Create...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Salampasu Ritual Wood Boat with Four Masked Figure & Attendants Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A very rare example of an assemblage carved wood sculpture of a boat with a row of standing figures, the second wears the classic mask of the Salampasu people, of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Figures are attached with pins to the bottom of the boat...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Tall Slender Seated Wood Figure, Carribean Islands Mid 20th century Polynesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tall slender seated wood figure with long slender legs clasped at chest, holding fruit by feet. Carribean Islands or French Polynesia, Mid 20th century
It is in good condition with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polynesian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Genuine carved wooden statue from the Lobi tribe, Ghana Burkina Faso, early 1900
By Lobi People
Located in Bilzen, BE
Finely carved large geometric figure from the Lobi tribe, Ghana and Burkina Faso, dating from the early 20th century. I Carved from hard wood with fine small adze marks creating a v...
Category
Early 19th Century Ghanaian Tribal Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Striking Large Abstract Adan Figure Arm Up, Ghana, Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This is the largest Adan shrine figure we have ever seen at 27 1/2 inches high. Usually Adan figures are a third of this size or less. At this scale the sculptural skill of Adan arti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Konso Ancestral Figure, Ethiopia
Located in London, GB
This large figure, with a beautifully eroded surface, is a memorialisation in wood of a male Konso ancestor. Ancestral figures such as this (named 'waaka' or 'waaga') memorialise 'xh...
Category
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Afro Caribbean Wood Carving Male Ancestral Figure
Located in Rochester, NY
Exceptionally beautiful museum quality wood carving of a male ancestral type figure with perfectly aged original surface color patina. Ink stamped on underside West Indies and old pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Hand-Carved Backstrap Loom with Tribal Engravings from Timor Island, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Hand-carved from Iron Wood this is a wonderful example of a Backstrap Loom, an essential component of Ikat textile weaving. The Curved section would fit around the weavers back not o...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ethiopian Carved Wooden Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
So as not to muss their intricate hairstyles while sleeping, Ethiopian women would traditionally rest their heads on these petite wooden stands. The combination of conic base and con...
Category
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Primitive Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Massim Food Bowl Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea
Located in Sharon, CT
Ornately decorated rim, with abstract carvings on bottom. Beautiful rich patina.
Category
Early 20th Century Oceanic Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Tchokwé mask from Angola in wood and pigments - Circa 1900
Located in NICE, FR
Tchokwé mask from Angola once owned by the American Abstract Expressionist artist Merton D. Simpson (1928 - 2013) renowned both for his work and as a dealer and collector of early Af...
Category
Early 20th Century Angolan Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Kaolin, Wood
1930's Beaded Snuff Container. Zulu, Southern Africa
Located in London, GB
This intimately-sized 1930's Zulu snuff container has been beautifully decorated with glass beads. A circular opening features on one side, and on the other side, overlapping blue-an...
Category
1930s South African Tribal Vintage Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Beads
Lombok Tribal Tray / Bowl 'Dulang' / Small Table
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This is an exceptionally large 'Dulang' from Lombok. Dulangs amid Indonesia serve a number of purposes depending on the region they originate from. In Lombok 'Dulang' Tray were used ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Balinese Other Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African door in carved wood and bronze of chief Baboun, Cameroon, early 20th
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
African door in carved wood and bronze of chief Baboun, Cameroon, early 20th century
Art Baboun, Cameroon, early 20th century.
Unique and rare object.
C...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
Important Dan N'gere Mask, Pace Primitive Provenance
By Dan People
Located in Sharon, CT
Superb mask with typically strong features and kaolin around the eyes. Advertised by Pace Primitive in Arts D'Afrique Noire 74. Ex. collection Al Ross (1911-20...
Category
Late 19th Century Liberian Primitive Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Kuba Cup Bryce Holcomb Pace Primitive Provenance
By Kuba
Located in Sharon, CT
A Kuba Head as a cup. Rich dark patina. Mount included. From The Late Bryce Holcombe Collection. Bryce was the founding director of Pace Primitive, and a personal friend.
Category
Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Balinese Temple Offering Tray / Bowl 'Dulang' Floral Motifs & Red Polychrome
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Balinese offering tray; "Dulangs" served two main purpose, one purpose was to carry offerings atop woman’s heads during ceremonies. The present Dulang was used exclusively in temples...
Category
Mid-20th Century Balinese Other Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
New Guinea Asmat Large Serving Platter with Ancestor Head on top
Located in Point Richmond, CA
New Guinea, Indonesia from the Asmat people a large serving platter with ancestor head on top, crested with bird head. Scooped out inside with coating of white pigments. Outside wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African mask Toussiana bird Burkina Faso Mid XXem
Located in Paris, FR
Toussiana Plank Bird from Burkina Faso Mid XXem
Provenance: private Swedish collection , auction
The TOUSSIAN live in the Southwest of Burkina Faso. The mask presented here is a Loni...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Koulango Female Ancestral Statue, Ivory Coast, Early 20th Century
Located in CA, CA
The hard wood of this female Koulango statue, from the Ivory Coast in the early 20th century, has developed a beautiful black patina. With hands resting on the abdomen, and the neck ...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Balinese Offering Tray / Bowl 'Dulang'
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 ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Balinese Other Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Wooden Pende Antropomorphic Statue Congo Region Kasaï -19th century African Art
Located in Leuven, BE
Very rare Ancient And Exceptional Anthropomorphic Statue From The Pende Tribe
Country : DRCongo Kasaï Region
Age : late 19th century
Height : 48 cm
Excellent condition / missing t...
Category
Late 19th Century Congolese Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia, Hardwood
Standing Female Pende Wood Figure with Arms at Sides Cascading Hair Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rare carved wood standing female Pende figure with arms at sides cascading hair. Classic downturned Pende style face, feet absent.
Democratic Republic of Congo, early to mid-20th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material, Wood
Lance Joseph (Squamish, Salish B. 1957) Carved & Hand Painted Figural Column
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A strongly carved Figural Column by noted Coast Salish artist, Lance Joseph Joseph was born in 1957 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This carved figural totem, larger than l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Native American Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Early 20th Century Chokwe Mask (Ex Afrika Museum Collection)
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century mask, from the Chokwe culture in Angola, displays unusual features. Carved from a light wood and decorated with yellow pigments, this fine mask exhibits ...
Category
1940s Angolan Tribal Vintage Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Hedle Pulley from the Baoulé / Baule tribe, Ivory Coast
By Baule Tribe
Located in Bilzen, BE
Baoulé / Baule loom hedle pulley from the beginning of the 20th century
Rich tribal patina and using traces
Beautiful stylization of the face
with custom base as shown in the photo...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Figura tribal africana Baule
Located in VALÈNCIA, ES
Figura tribal africana de origen, Senegal o Costa de Marfil
Category
1940s Senegalese Tribal Vintage Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Eskimo Wood Carving of a Man with Seal Coat, North Coast, 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Eskimo wood carving of a man with seal coat, North Coast, 20th century
Crude carving of a man dressed in a seal coat. This miniature sculpture is shown st...
Category
20th Century American Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Powerful Makonde Portrait Helmet Mask Lip Plug Tanzania Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Powerful portrait of a Makonde man with a traditional lip plug in his upper lip, high carved cheek bones in the form of a finely carved helmet mask, with attached hair on top from Ta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-Twentieth Century Headrest in Animal-Like Form
Located in London, GB
This large mid-twentieth century headrest, carved from a single piece of wood, comes from the Dinka culture in South Sudan. With multiple upright supports, the headrest displays a wo...
Category
Mid-20th Century South Sudanese Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Swazi Headrest With Old Label Attached, Southern Africa
Located in London, GB
The form of this Swazi headrest consists of an upper section supported by two tapering legs, fluted with vertical grooves.
A central lug features on the underside of the headrest, ...
Category
20th Century South African Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Finely Carved Tanzanian Chieftain's Stool
Located in London, GB
This beautifully carved title stool, from the Gogo culture in Tanzania, features a wonderful looped and adjoining structure. Dating back to the mid-twentieth century, this fine examp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Conical Leather and Straw Tribal Fulani Hat, Mali West Africa
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Conical leather and straw tribal Fulani hat, Mali West Africa
Folk Art organic fiber hat with leather applications that comes from the Fulani people in West Africa.
It is typically worn by the Wodaabe, a nomadic cattle-herder subgroup of the Fulani.
The organic straw is covered in leather straps both at the brim and top and with decorative leather elements in the middle. At the very top of the hat there is a knob which is covered in leather. At the base of the hat there is a chinstrap.
The hats were featured on dancers in the 2018 music video "All the Stars" by the artist Kendrick Lamar...
Category
20th Century Malian Folk Art Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Reclining Lobi Backrest With Two Legs
Located in London, GB
With a low seat supported by two splayed legs, this Lobi backrest from Burkina Faso exhibits a wonderful form with a long, reclining back support. Throughout, the surface of the piec...
Category
Early 20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Impressive Baule Statue Ivory Coast Type Blolo Bla - Burkina Faso - Early 20th
Located in Leuven, BE
Impressive Baule Statue Ivory Coast Type Blolo Bla - Burkina Faso
Tribe : Baule
Country : Ivory Coast
Length: 33 cm
Early 20th Century
Perfect condition
Beautiful patina of use / red...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African mask Yaure tribe Ivory Coast Circa 1950
Located in Paris, FR
African mask from Yaure tribe in Ivory Coast Circa 1950. Beautiful dark patina.
Swedish private collection, from the 1980s then inherited within the family.
Yaure tribe art is renow...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Indonesian 'Wayang Golek" Shadow Puppet, Java, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This “Wayang Golek” is a visibly old shadow puppet carved using soft wood and cloth. It features an articulated head and arms connected to rods, the dress...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Fabric
Luba Royal antique caryatid enthronement emblem early 20th DR Congo Africa
Located in Leuven, BE
Rare Royal caryatid seat Luba Rd Congo in Cubist style and cascade shaped coiffure (see pictures).
Patina of use
Height: 35cm
Early 20th century (around 1920).
Superb and rare except...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
African Mask Makonde
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful African Mask from Mozambique,
Makonde Tribe, from around 1965,
the mask has a great old patina and shine,
made of wood and animal skin and human air,
powerful collecters item
Category
1960s Mozambican Vintage Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Located in London, GB
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Wood, metal
Old inscription and dated: ‘1892’
South Africa
19th Century
Size: 45.5cm long - 18 ins long
Provenance:
Taylo...
Category
19th Century South African Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
19th Century Balinese Offering Tray / 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
Mid-19th Century Balinese Other Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Tabwa Staff with Female Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand carved 20th century wooden staff, was crafted in the style of the Tabwa people located along the southwestern shores of Lake Tanganyika. The handle is finely decorated with...
Category
20th Century South African Folk Art Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
