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Place of Origin: Angolan
Early 20th Century African Antique Wood Comb with Human Head
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century African Antique Wood Comb with Human Head From the Chokwe Culture of Angola. A fine, old, much used comb with a glossy, glasslike patina...
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Early 20th Century Other Angolan Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century African Antique Wood Comb with Human Head
Early 20th Century African Antique Wood Comb with Human Head

Early 20th Century African Antique Wood Comb with Human Head

Hardwood Chokwe Bench, Angola, 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
A fine and elegant hardwood Chokwe (Angola) bench, carved all-over with geometric patterns, human and animal motifs. The front rain supported with caryatids in the form of male figu...
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Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Angolan Tribal Art

Materials

Leather, Wood

Hardwood Chokwe Bench, Angola, 19th Century
Hardwood Chokwe Bench, Angola, 19th Century

Hardwood Chokwe Bench, Angola, 19th Century

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 ...
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1940s Tribal Vintage Angolan Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Fine Early 20th Century Chokwe Mask (Ex Afrika Museum Collection)
Fine Early 20th Century Chokwe Mask (Ex Afrika Museum Collection)

Fine Early 20th Century Chokwe Mask (Ex Afrika Museum Collection)

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...
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Early 20th Century Tribal Angolan Tribal Art

Materials

Kaolin, Wood

Tchokwé mask from Angola in wood and pigments - Circa 1900
Tchokwé mask from Angola in wood and pigments - Circa 1900

Tchokwé mask from Angola in wood and pigments - Circa 1900

Figurative Ax From The Tshokwe / Chokwe / Lwena Tribe DR Congo Early 20th Angola
Located in Leuven, BE
Figurative Ax From The Tshokwe / Chokwe / Lwena Tribe - DR Congo Early 20th century Tribe : Tshokwe / Lwena Country DR Congo or Angola Period: ca 1920 Copper blade Handle in wood len...
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Early 20th Century Angolan Tribal Art

Materials

Copper

Figurative Ax From The Tshokwe / Chokwe / Lwena Tribe DR Congo Early 20th Angola
Figurative Ax From The Tshokwe / Chokwe / Lwena Tribe DR Congo Early 20th Angola

Figurative Ax From The Tshokwe / Chokwe / Lwena Tribe DR Congo Early 20th Angola

African Decorative Armchair
Located in Montreal, QC
A Chowke wood chair with figural carvings Africa, Angola
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1970s Vintage Angolan Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Decorative Armchair
African Decorative Armchair

African Decorative Armchair

Early Twentieth-Century Chokwe Title Staff Resembling a Bird, Angola
Located in London, GB
Resembling the upturned beak of a bird, the shape of this early twentieth-century title staff from the Chokwe culture in Angola exhibits a beautiful, simplistic form. A series of not...
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Early 20th Century Tribal Angolan Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Early Twentieth-Century Chokwe Title Staff Resembling a Bird, Angola
Early Twentieth-Century Chokwe Title Staff Resembling a Bird, Angola

Early Twentieth-Century Chokwe Title Staff Resembling a Bird, Angola

Early 20th Century Female Figure. Lwena/Chokwe, Angola-Zambia
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century figurative sculpture, from the Lwena/Chokwe culture in the Angola-Zambia Border Region, depicts a female standing in an upright stance. A defining char...
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Early 20th Century Tribal Angolan Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Female Figure. Lwena/Chokwe, Angola-Zambia
Early 20th Century Female Figure. Lwena/Chokwe, Angola-Zambia

Early 20th Century Female Figure. Lwena/Chokwe, Angola-Zambia

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Angola Tchokwe Pipe with Provenance

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