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Place of Origin: African
Early 20th Century Shona Female Caryatid Stool, Zimbabwe
Located in London, GB
Supporting the flat, circular seat of this early twentieth-century stool from the Shona culture in Zimbabwe is a figurative sculpture of a sturdy-bodied female. The figure is depicte...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Pre-1940's Kete Mask With Powerful Expression, D.R.C. (Ex Penn Kent Collection)
Located in London, GB
This striking early twentieth-century mask, from the Kete culture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, previously belonged to the private collection of Penn Kent, the former Dire...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Small Kamba Prestige Stool With Copper and Brass Wirework Decoration, Kenya
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century prestige stool comes from the Kamba culture in Kenya. Consisting of a low-set, richly decorated circular seat supported by three finely carved legs, sto...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Tribal Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
African sculpture Kanuri-Hausa Headdress, "burtu" Kanuri-Hausa, Nigeria
Located in Paris, FR
Kanuri-Hausa Headdress, "burtu" Kanuri-Hausa, Nigeria
Headdress, "burtu Kanuri-Hausa, Nigeria wood leather horn. H 42 cm. Provenance : - Swedish private...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Tribal Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
African Metal Currency Exchange Object
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional African Currency Object in Patinated Metal,
Congo from around 1970,
the metal has a beautiful Green colored patina and shine and
has the correct signs and marks of use a...
Category
1970s Vintage African Tribal Art
Materials
Copper
Mid-Twentieth Century Tall Female Figure With Bead Decoration
Located in London, GB
This mid-twentieth century figurative sculpture, which comes from the Kwere culture in Tanzania, depicts a female standing in an upright stance, with her hands placed by her sides.
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Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Ethno Design early 20th Century, Drc, Selection of Three Bark Cloth Beaters
Located in Leuven , BE
Three old and well used bark cloth beater made out of a wooden shaft with a cross-hatched blackened tip which is lashed into position by a strip of cane. These grooved wooden beater were tools used to pound and soften tree bark, for the processing of bark cloth used as clothing. This tool has many different variations that are seen in indigenous cultures worldwide, yet all for a similar purpose. They vary in size, shapes, and materials. They are carved with parallel striations. Some bark beaters...
Category
Early 20th Century African 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 Vintage African Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Copper Konga Legband from, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early 20th century (possibly late 19th century) African Legband (ankle bracelet) of copper alloy, from Mongo Peoples of the Congo. These legbands were both currency and status sym...
Category
Early 20th Century African Tribal Art
Materials
Copper
Bronze Sculpture, African Warrior, End of the 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture in bronze figuring a stylized African warrior composed by wheelworks, bolts and nuts. He wears a necklace around his neck and a large headdress in orange lacquered iron wir...
Category
1990s Folk Art African Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
Currency Object from Africa
Located in Schellebelle, BE
African Currency from Ivory Coast, Senufo Tribe,
this is an Anklet or Boat Currency, used as an exchange object,
made of Brass, warm and shiny patina,
very decorative object,
mounted...
Category
Late 20th Century African Tribal Art
Materials
Brass
Senufo Stool Senoufo Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire African Tribal Art - 19th century
Located in Leuven, BE
A very big 19th century Senufo Stool
Tribe : Senufo / Senoufo
Country : Ivory Coast / Côte d'Ivoire
A very big Senufo stool carved from a single block of wood. The wood is tough, de...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique African Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Tribal African Iron Hook Currency
Located in Dallas, TX
Tribal African Currency.
Category
Early 19th Century Antique African Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Large African Tribal Art Metal and Parchment Wall Shade Sconce
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These ethnic Art pieces could be used as wall lamp shade or decorative wall hanging.
Great folk art African...
Category
20th Century Tribal African Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Wooden Ceremonial Club
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Elegant Ceremonial Wooden club from the Lobi Tribe in Burkina Faso,
dating from around 1960,beautifully carved and patinated,
mounted on a custom made iron stand,
very decorative piece
Category
1960s Vintage African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Bobo ceremonial top decorated with cowrie shells
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Bobo people, Burkina Faso/Mali, Early 20th century
The top, made in a vest-like form, consists of a base made out of cotton with an outer decorated layer of cowrie shells.
Provenan...
Category
Early 20th Century African Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Cotton
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...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tribal Antique African Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Bura Spirit Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Sometimes called a "Bura bell" due to its shape, this sculptural terracotta form would have been a critical component of burial rituals of the Bura people of Niger. Buried with its flared mouth facing down, this cylindrical storage...
Category
Early 20th Century African Tribal Art
Materials
Terracotta
Fine large Antique Ethiopian Coptic Cross Christian Folk Art African
Located in London, GB
A superb large Ethiopian Coptic processional cross,
Beautifully hand crafted in brass with fine detailed knotwork and scroll work detail.
Period: 19th century.
Provenance: Jea...
Category
19th Century Antique African Tribal Art
Materials
Brass
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 Antique African Tribal Art
Materials
Bone, Hardwood
1940s Double Gong Iron Currency
Located in Dallas, TX
1940s double gong iron African Currency.
Category
1940s Vintage African Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Lozi Milk Jug
Located in Richmond, VA
The Loss people of Zambia are known for their basketry and rarely work in wood, but their wooden milk jugs are sought after objects from collectors. Originally used to collect milk f...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Art
Materials
Rope, Wood
