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Place of Origin: South American
Pre Columbian Calima vessel Columbia ancient South America
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Calima vessel Columbia ancient South America
A Calima vessel featuring double spouted stirrup vessel with incised design in red clay
Calima circa 200 BC- 400 AD Col...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Clay
1960s Antique Large Penca De Balangandan Afro-American Amulet Tinplate, Brazil
Located in Andernach, DE
Absolutely unique very large creole 'Penca De Balangandan' from Brazil from around 1960.
Tin base, possibly silver plated.
Traditional slave amule...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Colonial South American Tribal Art
Materials
Tin
Antique South American Native Hand Woven Geometric Design Sling Bag
Located in New York, NY
South American native geometric design sling bag with shoulder strap.
Finely woven with natural dyed and undyed natural cactus fiber.
It has been stored impeccably over the years an...
Category
20th Century Tribal South American Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Pre Columbian Inca Early Colonial period Wood Kero South American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian INCA / Early Colonial period Wood Kero
A superb Inca Kero carved and painted in a mosaic style with Avian floral and animal designs
Height...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Tall Vintage Tribal Figure, South American Crystal, Totem, Ornament, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall vintage tribal figure. A South American, carved crystal and gilt metal decorative totemic ornament, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Distinctive tribal fi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern South American Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Brazilian Metal Hanging Amulet 'Penca de Balangadas'
Located in Barcelona, ES
Early 20th Century Brazilian Metal Hanging Amulet 'Penca de Balangadas' – Circa 1890
Discover the captivating history behind this early 20th-century metal hanging amulet, known as '...
Category
1890s Tribal Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Brass
An Amazon Indigenous Kayapo feather headdress
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Brazil, Pará or Mato Grosso, circa 1950’s-1960s
H. 55 x W. 38 cm (incl. stand)
Provenance:
Collection Rinck Hollnberger, Munich
(purchased in the 1980s)
Category
20th Century South American Tribal Art
Materials
String, Feathers
A Kayapo Amazon Indigenous feather headdress
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Brazil, Pará, circa 1950s-1960s
H. 97 x W. 106 cm
Provenance:
Collection Rinck Hollnberger, Munich
(purchased in the 1980s)
Category
20th Century South American Tribal Art
Materials
String, Feathers
Pre Columbian Large Inca Early Colonial period Wood Kero South American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Large Pre Columbian INCA / Early Colonial period Wood Kero
A superb Large Inca Kero cup profusely carved in the mosaic style with a image of the Inca or...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Totemic Figure, South American, Carved Crystal, Gilt Metal, Tribal Art
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage totemic figure. A South American, carved crystal and gilt metal decorative tribal ornament, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Fascinating tribal figure ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern South American Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Heavy Vintage Deity Head, South American, Carved Crystal, Gilt Metal, Artefact
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a heavy vintage deity head. A South American, carved crystal and gilt metal decorative artefact, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950
Highly distinctive and fascinati...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal South American Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Pre Columbian Rare Lambayeque Wood Figure
Located in London, GB
Pre columbian Lamabayeque wood figure Peru Circa 750 to 1375 AD
A rare standing figure of a deity with triangular tear drop shaped eyes holding a child,
Carved in very dense heavy hard wood
Measures: Height 14 inches, 36 cm weight, 1.5 kg approx
Ex collection of a Oxford Academic, reputed to have came from Pit rivers...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Rare Silver Balangandãs - 20th Century Brazilian Native Hanging Amulet
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Mid 20th century brazilian silver hanging amulet from native culture in Brazil. Known as "Penca de Balangandãs" was used in the ancient times as an amul...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other South American Tribal Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Peruvian Folk Art Framed Negreria Dance Cape
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce framed fragment of "Negreria" dance cape, circa 1940s, Huayucachi, Junin, Peru.
Dating to the mid-20th century, the rare large size South ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art South American Tribal Art
Materials
Textile, Cotton, Sequins
A large Kayapo Amazon Indigenous child’s feather headdress
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Brazil, Xingu River, collected between 1954 and1977
Made from a cotton thread, woven and decorated with colorful Orange-winged Amazon (Amazona amazonica) and Red-and-green macaw (Ar...
Category
20th Century South American Tribal Art
Materials
String, Feathers
20th Century Shipibo Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking 20th century Amazonian Shipibo pot hand-built from clay, decorated with wide red and orange lines, and glazed with the sap of a tree. Members of...
Category
20th Century Tribal South American Tribal Art
Materials
Clay
A set of 4 Wooden Spatels
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Set of 4 Spatula from the XINGU,an Indian Tribe in Brasil,
these wooden objects were used for cooking,
from the collection of Gunther Hartmann (1924-2012), a German Ethnologist,
very...
Category
1970s Vintage South American Tribal Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Fine Antique Woman’s Mantle (Awayo), Bolivia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine Antique Woman’s Mantle (Awayo), Bolivia
This exceptionally fine woman’s awayo, or mantle, displays three groups of tightly patterned vertical bands and colored stripes separate...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
An Amazon Indigenous Kayapo feather headdress
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Brazil, Pará or Mato Grosso, circa 1950’s-1960s
H. 50.8 x W. 33.5 cm (incl. stand)
Provenance:
Collection Rinck Hollnberger, Munich
(purchased in the 1980s)
Category
20th Century South American Tribal Art
Materials
String, Feathers
31 Brazilian Silver Amulets
Located in New York, NY
These 31 Brazilian amulets, or balangada, were hammered from sheets of silver in the 19th century to form pomegranates, sugar apples, guava, and other...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Silver
Large Brazilian or Guyana Amazon Indigenous Macana War Club, 18th or Earlier
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A splendid and rare Amazon indigenous wamara wood Macana war-club
Southern-Guyana or Northern Brazil, Wapitxana group of the Aruak peoples, 18th century, possibly earlier
Measure: H. 43 cm
The deep patina of the club present, and the residue on the part where it was held, attest to its great age.
This unusually large Macana is decorated with several incised whitened anthropomorphic and human figures, a decoration only found on one other documented club in the British Museum, which is illustrated in: Hjalmar Stolpe, Amazon Indian...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Beautiful Wooden Box with Silver Rim and Chancay Textile Fragment from Peru
Located in Mexico, DF
This beautiful box was hand carved into two pieces from Cumarú wood (also known as Brasilian teak), there are no screws or nails and no assemblies. The wood is brown with visible gra...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal South American Tribal Art
Materials
Silver
Rare Silver Balangandãs - 20th Century Brazilian Native Hanging Amulet
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Mid 20th century brazilian silver hanging amulet from native culture in Brazil. Known as "Penca de Balangandãs" was used in the ancient times as an amul...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other South American Tribal Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
circa 1900 Bolivian Alpaca Wool Poncho
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Circa 1900 Bolivian Alpaca wool poncho
Woven of alpaca wool and dyed with natural dyes, this small poncho from the highlands of Bolivia is patterned with two simple wide stripes i...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal South American Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Pre Columbian Inca Stone Canopa South Latin American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Inca Stone Canopa
A Inca stone Llama Canopa in dark basalt stone
Finely and realistically carved with old worn aged patina,
The Canopa is used to venerate the Pacha...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
Pre Columbian Chorrera swimmer Vessel South American art
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Chorrera swimmer Vessel
Chorrera Culture Circa BC 800-400 Ecuador.
A rectangular vessel surmounted by a recumbent personage in swimming pose with coffee bean eyes h...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Pottery
Pre-Columbian Alabaster Sculpture – Inca Llama-Shaped Canopa
Located in Madrid, ES
Pre-Columbian alabaster sculpture – Inca Llama-shaped canopa
Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 1 cm
Small pre-Columbian ritual canopy carved in alabaster, representing a llama, a sacred animal in...
Category
16th Century Tribal Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Alabaster
Antique Woman’s Shoulder Cloth (Mantita) or Head Covering (Phullo), Bolivia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Woman’s Shoulder Cloth (Mantita) or Head Covering (Phullo), Bolivia
This finely woven minimalist mantle or head covering is composed of two panels with a cochineal-dyed mono...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Carved Suriname Stool Tribal Interior Design Home Decoration
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage carved Suriname stool with geometric carved decoration, Tribal South Latin American Antiques
Suriname South America
Measures: 18 cm hei...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Hanging Cowbell Traditional Spanish Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hanging traditional Spanish fabric artwork decorated with cowbells. Made in Spain by unknown artist, circa 1950. In original condition, wear consistent with age and use, preser...
Category
1950s Tribal Vintage South American Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Small Pre-Columbian Figurine – Ritual Stone Amulet
Located in Madrid, ES
An expressive and finely carved miniature Pre-Columbian figurine, measuring just 4 cm in height, yet rich in symbolic character and presence. Crafted from stone, the figure depicts a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tribal Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
Pre-Columbian Alabaster Sculpture – Inca Llama-Shaped Canopa
Located in Madrid, ES
Pre-Columbian alabaster sculpture – Inca Llama-shaped canopa
Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 3 cm
Small pre-Columbian ritual canopy carved in alabaster, representing a llama, a sacred animal in...
Category
16th Century Tribal Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Alabaster
15th Century or Earlier Redware Tangas, Marajoara Culture, Marajo Island, Brazil
Located in Point Richmond, CA
15th Century or Earlier Redware Tangas, Marajoara culture, Marajo Island, Brazil
Tangas are thin concave triangular ceramic pubic covers found in burial mounds associated with fem...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tribal Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Earthenware
Pre-Columbian Cupisnique Stirrup Vessel from Peru
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pre-Columbian ceramic stirrup vessel in Cupisnique style circa 700-500BCE. This ancient vessel features a robust squatted body and a short thick stirr...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Ceramic
9th Century Silver Processional Priest's Hats, Chimu Culture, Peru
Located in Point Richmond, CA
9th century silver processional priest's hats, Chimu culture, Peru.
These silver hats were originally covered with fabric, as can be seen in the remaining surface pattern. The hol...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tribal Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Silver
Framed Pre-Columbian Proto Nazca Textile Frangment
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Proto-Nazca textile fragment from Southern Peru circa 100BC-200AD. The linked munecas ("dolls" in Spanish) figures were woven with fibers likely from l...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
An elaborate collection of stone tools used by the Mapuche culture
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Mapuche Culture, Southern Chile, Pre-Columbian
A collection of eleven stone tools all varying in sizes.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
American Diorama, Follower Gerrit Schouten, Carib Indigenous Village
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Follower of Gerrit Schouten (second half of the 19th century)
Diorama depicting a Carib Indigenous camp
Carved wood, papier-mâché, paint on paper...
Category
19th Century Antique South American Tribal Art
Materials
Clay, Twig, Wood, Paper, Feathers
An Achuar feather headring
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Achuar people, Perú, Amazon region, early 20th century
Category
Early 20th Century South American Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Feathers
