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Material: Wood
Nautical Wood Sculptures
Located in Sheffield, MA
Set of three tall early rustic painted ships rudder transformed into artistic sculptures.
Measure: Grey D 16.50, D 2.50", H 58"
Brown D 17", D 2", H 68".
Category
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Mother and Child Maternity Figure Carved by Osei Bonsu, Ghana
By Osei Bonsu
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Ashanti maternity figure by the master carver Osei Bonsu. The mother figure is seated on a simple backless chair. An infant lays calmly in her la...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Mother and Daughter Tribal Figures
Located in Asheville, NC
Graceful pair of sleek carved standing African female figures poised upon discs of contrasting dark hardwood most likely from the Ivory Coast.
Category
19th Century South African Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Bone, Hardwood
Framed Akha Tribe Hand Embroidered Shoulder Bag
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand embroidered shoulder is from the Akha tribe and has been framed for display on a wall. The Akha are an indigenous hill tribe who live in small villages at higher elevations...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Glass, Wood, Hemp
Sleep Guardian or Kata Sergo Ethiopian TOTEM 2 in Solid Natural Cedar Wood
Located in Paris, FR
TOTEM 2 sleep guardian or Kata Sergo from the ethnic
Gorague´, South / South West Ethiopia. Different ridges
are intended to evacuate the bad vibes from the fireplace
to the top h...
Category
Late 19th Century Ethiopian Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Lake Sentani Carved Feasting Platter
Located in Austin, TX
A well carved festival feasting platter. One end featuring a long billed water bird head. The exterior carved with a traditional complex interlocking motif. The interior plain and di...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Indonesian Tribal Anteater Form Headrest, Irian Jaya, Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A whimsical and intriguing headrest carved from a single piece of hardwood in the form of an anteater. The curved back of the animal would have supported the neck and displays a wonderfully warm patina from tribal use.
The anteater's over sized head has been carved in a charming manner.
Found in Sumatra, but most likely traded from Irian Jaya.
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Kings Island Inuit Eskimo Powerful Old Cubist Mask, Alaska
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early powerful cubist mask from King Island, Alaska 1st nation peoples. King Island, created late 19th to early 20th century
Mask is 10 1/2 inches high. old oxidized wood.
Category
Early 20th Century American Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material, Wood
Tsonga / Shona headrest
Located in London, GB
Tsonga / Shona headrest
South Africa / Zimbabwe
Wood
late 19th - early 20th C
13.5cm x 12cm
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Ceremonial Iron and Wood Spears
Located in Skokie, IL
African Ceremonial Iron and Wood Spears
A set of five tribal spears from Central Africa. The spears were likely created for ceremonial use. Ceremonial or...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
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 Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Pair of Male and Female Lobi Bateba Statues, Burkina Faso, Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
These paired statues, one male and one female figure, show a beautiful patina of use to the hard and dense wood. Made by the Lobi Birifor people of Burkin...
Category
Early 20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Masai Shield, Kenya/Tanzania
Located in Schagen, NL
Masai Shield hand painted with pigments on (Cow)hide. This stunning elliptical graphic shield was probably owned by a warrior herder as younger warriors w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kenyan Folk Art Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Hide
19th Century African Zulu War Club "Knobkerrie" Killing Stick
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century Zulu war club known as a Knobkerrie made from the wood of a root ball or wad and carried by Zulu warriors in South Africa. Made from the har...
Category
19th Century South African Antique Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Maori New Zealand Hand Carved Wood Hand Club Patu
Located in Studio City, CA
Great piece made by the Maori People of New Zealand. Hand carved and decorated.
A patu is a club or pounder and was originally designed and carved from wood by the Maori people a...
Category
Mid-20th Century New Zealand Wood Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
