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Place of Origin: Sub-Saharan African
Yoruba Beaded Sash, c. 1950
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately-constructed colorful train was painstakingly created by Yoruba artisans in Nigeria in the mid-20th century. Recent designs such as this were based upon sashes that s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Fabric, Beads
Kuba Iron Currency Spear, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
While shield and spear were central to African combat, this iron example was most likely made to serve as a piece of trade currency. Many pre-colonization African currencies were modeled after objects of inherent value, resulting in sculptural combinations of function and beauty.
This large iron spear dates to the early 20th century and is attributed to the Kuba people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Secured to a narrow handle of iron and wood, the flattened blade has an elegant, sloping silhouette, subtly textured with raised lines and a rusted, antique patina. Forged as a broadleaf spear, the weapon contrasts a violent potential with images of peaceful branches swaying in the wind. We've set this unusual Kuba spear...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Early Danced Black Wood Mask From the Guro Peoples Ivory Coast Bird on top
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Danced Black Wood Mask From the Guro Peoples Ivory Coast Bird on top. Finely carved mask with carved open eyes, and pointed nose and slightly smiling mouth.
It is in good co...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Art of Africa Treasures from the Congo Hardcover Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Reference book on the art of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
180 mounted color illustrations + numerous b&w illustrations.
large heavy book, weight: 8 lbs
Art of Africa: Treasures from the Congo
Cornet, Joseph
Published by Phaidon Press, Ltd., London (1971...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Paper
Fine Bronze Bangle Featuring Two Animals. Burkina Faso/Ghana
Located in London, GB
This finely cast bronze bangle is possibly Gan, or a related culture, from Burkina Faso or northern Ghana. It depicts two animals resembling chameleons which flank a central decorati...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Set of 4 Ndebele Mapoto Beaded Aprons from South Africa Canvas Backed
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome set of four Ndebele Mapoto beaded aprons from South Africa. They are canvas backed and in awesome condition. We have not detected any loose beads...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Canvas, Beads
19th Century Ethiopian Headrest
Located in London, GB
This late nineteenth-century headrest, from the Oromo culture in Ethiopia, displays a rare form. Above a triangular-shaped base, the curved, crescent-shaped neck rest features four c...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Impressive and Seldom Nigerian Large Basket Garment and Cover
Located in Antwerp, BE
An impressive and seldom Nigerian large basket garment and cover, with dyed patterned band.
Those baskets where used to preserve grains.
Tall colorful handwoven lidded basket from ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Straw
Genuine carved wooden comb from the Baule / Baoule tribe ivory coast, early 1900
By Baule Tribe
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine carved wooden comb with a janushead (double head) in a fine carving
Each side have a different face
Warm tribal aged patina
early 1900
Heigth 16 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Beautifully Formed 1930's - 1940's Pokot Elder's Stool, Kenya
Located in London, GB
The form of this early twentieth-century Pokot stool from Kenya exhibits a beautiful sculptural quality, in which three curved, flared and flattened legs support the flat circular se...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Yaka Standing Wood Janus Male/Female Divination Figure DRC Congo, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved wood standing Janus back to back male/female divination figure from the Yaka people of DRC Congo, Africa.
Male figure side with open mouth with exposed carved teeth. Female ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Igbo Iron Spiral Currency (Manilla), Nigeria
Located in London, GB
This nineteenth-century spiral currency (Manilla), from the Igbo culture in Nigeria, is impressive in its size and exhibits a wonderfully exaggerated twisted, spiral form.
Spiral ir...
Category
19th Century Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Wooden Statue of the Suku Tribe – Congo – Early 20th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Wooden Statue of the Suku Tribe – Congo – Early 20th Century
Ex. Belgian colonial collection Ex. Kellim Brown, Brussels Ex. Zemanek-Münster
A superb wooden statue carved by the Su...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Slender 19th Century High-Backed Ethiopian Chair
Located in London, GB
This late nineteenth-century chair, from the Gindabarat in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, has been finely carved from a single piece of dense, heavy wood. The circular, narrow-in-siz...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century East African Carved Headrest, Ethiopia (Kambatta People)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Showing a crescent shaped headrest braced by flattened 'V' shaped supports rising from a cupped base, decorated overall with hand carved linear motifs and exhibiting an old rubbed su...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Male Baule Figure, Ivory Coast, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century male baule figure, ivory coast, Africa
A stylistically pleasing sculpture of a spiritual spouse (blolo bian) from the Baule culture....
Category
Early 20th Century Other Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Kuba Lidded Wooden Container – DRC, Early to Mid-20th Century
By Kuba
Located in Bilzen, BE
Kuba Lidded Wooden Container – DRC, Early to Mid-20th Century
A finely carved wooden container with lid from the Kuba people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This authentic piece...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Masque tribal en alliage de bronze ancien Mid - century
Located in THONON-LES-BAINS, FR
Masque tribal présumé Sénufo en alliage bronzier ancien circa 1950. D'une patine du temps vert de gris oxydée, ce masque est une création artisanale de talent et unique. Il représent...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
African Painting by Adingra
Located in Antwerp, BE
African painting stone on burlap by Adingra, 1983,
France - Cote d'Ivoire.
Measures: Height 61 cm,
width 39 cm,
depth 2 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Sandstone
1950's Nyamwezi Mask With Inserted Wooden Teeth, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
This finely carved Nyamwezi mask displays a powerful facial expression, with small rounded eyes and large ears, a long and slender nose, and an open mouth with inserted wooden teeth....
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Carved Aftican Wood Sculpture from Togo
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, carved wood sculpture representing the human figure from Togo, Africa.
A large, dramatic piece for a tribal art collection and creating a rare, unique and special presence.
Category
19th Century Primitive Antique Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Group of Three Traditional Medicine Containers. Luguru, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
Sold as a collection each of these medicine containers displays their own distinctive characteristics. One of the gourd containers features a carved wooden stopper depicting a male h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber, Wood, Beads
Bamileke Iron Double Gong, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Like many pieces of traditional African metalwork, this sculptural double bell served multiple purposes within the Bamileke communities of Cameroon. They were status symbols, ceremon...
Category
Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Yoruba Painted Veranda Post
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand carved with a figurative design, this TOTEM-like wooden post was crafted by an artisan of the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria. Resembling the tall houseposts used to support the roof of a home, this shorter post would have been placed on a veranda courtyard as a symbolic and decorative element and did not bear weight. This veranda post...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Tuareg Hand-Tooled Leather Pillow with Fringes
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large African Tuareg hand tooled leather pillow.
Great colors, hand painted with tribal geometric design with long leather fringes on each side.
Handcrafted in Africa with pieces of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Leather
Mbuti Ituri traditional handpainted Pygmee bark cloth
By Icons
Located in Zemst, BE
Mbuti Ituri (Congo) traditional handpainted Pygmee bark cloth.
+/- 1920
These cloths we're made from the inside of the bark of the Ficus latex tree.
After been prepared and dryed, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Wooden Cup Kuba/ndengese Kingdom, Dr Congo, Late 19th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
A palm wine cup from the Kuba Kingdom DR Congo with a beautiful tribal patina of use,
late 19th century
height 13 cm, Cup diameter 10.5 cm
Good condition
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Tsonga headrest Neck rest South Africa Tribal Art antiques
Located in London, GB
African Tsonga headrest Neck rest South Africa Tribal Art
A fine old Tsonga headrest
Carved from hard wood with 3 central pillars
Period Early 20th century
Height: 15 cm Conditio...
Category
19th Century Antique Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Woven African Tribal Bogalan Mud Cloth Textile
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handwoven Bogolan mud cloth textile from Mali, Africa, Bambara.
It is a handwoven tribal cotton fabric traditionally dyed with fermented mud.
Woven Afr...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Stone Mortar and Pestle, Nigeria
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Stone mortar and pestle
Nigeria
20th century
Measures: Mortar: 21 x 15.5 x 2 in. / 53 x 39 x 5 cm
Height on custom display stand: 26...
Category
20th Century Other Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
Nigerian Nupe Gourd-Form Water Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Inspired by the natural world, Nupe ceramicists fired this water vessel in the shape of a gourd. The vessel's varied surface textures and colors come from its functional design. The ...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Gurage Headrest With Double-Tiered Structure, Ethiopia
Located in London, GB
Dating to the late 19th century, this is a fine and rarer form of Ethiopian headrest with a double-tiered, cone-shaped base.
Decorating the base ar...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African 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 Sub-Saharan African 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 Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Sculpture African bust in wenge - Congo
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Mid Century Sculpture African bust in wenge - Congo
Bimbulu Signed - Ethnic African
Measures : 24x16cm H:47cm
Weight : ~5kg
Category
20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ewe Kente
By Green Grove Weavers
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a fine old piece of Royal Ewe Kente from arpund 1930.
Kente textile is a Royal Textile of the Ewe people of Ghana . This piece would have been worn...
Category
1930s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,772 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Antique Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Tribal Mid-20th Century Zulu Women's Red Cotton Hat, Isicholo, South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century Tribal Zulu women's woven red cotton hat, Isicholo, from South Africa.
The unusual spiral weave on this cotton Isicholo makes this a beautiful and rare example of t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,360 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Published:
‘The ...
Category
19th Century Antique Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Collection of Burkina Faso Currency
Located in Atlanta, GA
A collection of Burkina Faso currency from the mid-20th century. This assortment of three vintage African ritual iron snakes effigies originate from the L...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
$1,100 / set
African Wooden Female Igbo Agbogo Tribal Mask Brown-Red-Beige Nigeria 1970s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Tribal African Igbo Agbogo mwo mask
This African Igbo mask, known as a "young girl", is decorated with a tangle of thick braids and fulfils the mos...
Category
1970s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
African Yoruba Painted Gelede Headdress
Located in Chicago, IL
This painted mask was created by the Yoruba People of western Nigeria, and was worn during a tradition known as Gelede. A blend of ritual and artistic spectacle, Gelede pays homage to the women of their Community, understood to possess spiritual powers capable of the benefit or the destruction of society. The Gelede masquerade is an opportunity to honor or condemn behaviors within the Community, through dance, art, satire, and poetry. Worn by veiled dancers, Gelede masks...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Painted White Woven Cane Fabric Beater from the Lega People of D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th century woven cane fabric beater from the Lega People of D. R. Congo
A sculptural piece of African utilitarian ware used to beat the dust out of fabric as it would hang on a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Aluminum
Anthropomorphic Lele Or Kuba Cup In Carved Wood, Mid-20th Century
By Kuba
Located in Bilzen, BE
Lele or Kuba Anthropomorphic Palm Wine Vessel
Democratic Republic of Congo, Mid-20th Century
Wood, carved and incised
H: 14.5 cm
This striking anthropomorphic vessel originates from...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Fulani Currency Bracelet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Characterized by its open shape capped with geometric ends, this bracelet is but one form of the many types of body adornments favored the Fulani people of West Africa. The thick des...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Brass
African Tribal Benin Brass Armlets Nigeria Antique Jewelry
Located in London, GB
Benin brass Armlets or Anklets
A pair of heavy Brass armlets with three rows of cowrie shells, Certainly a well worn pair
one slightly twisted. They have been cleaned at some point.
Rare pieces. Benin 19th century and earlier.
For similar pair see re thinking pit Pitt Rivers pit rivers museum online collection Oxford UK.
Category
Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Wrought Iron Yoruba Ọ̀sanyìn Staff
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century Yoruba Ọ̀sanyìn staff, meticulously crafted from wrought iron, features a prominent central bird surrounded by several stylized avian figures, symbolizing spi...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
$712 Sale Price
25% Off
Two Mounted Mbole Woven Bark Fibre Panels, DRC
Located in London, GB
Woven panels such as this would have decorated the walls of a traditional meeting house.
The panels are made from woven bark fibre decorated with striking geometric designs. The da...
Category
1930s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Strong Marka Antelope Human Mask Wood with Metal, Mali Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Strong Marka antelope - human wood mask with metal, Mali Africa. Large square open eyes, long nose with horizontal lips, three projecting brass metal braids ending with feathered cl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Nigeria Epa Helmit Mask with Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Epa helmet mask, Nigeria, Africa.
Fully carved mother and child; painted red and black with touches of white;
Provenance: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis; The Eiteljorg Mu...
Category
1950s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Helmet Mask 'Gelede' from Yoruba Nigeria
Located in San Francisco, CA
Blacked wood helmet mask (Gelede), large human head surmounted by a dog eating a snake which curves around the head. No perforation for attachment to costu...
Category
20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Dida Woman’s Plaited Loin Cloth, Ivory Coast
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Dida Woman’s Plaited Loin Cloth, Ivory Coast
This unusual textile is made from hand-plaited raffia fiber that is then tie or stitch-resist dyed with natural pigments, creati...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Namji Doll with Beads, Cowries, Coins and Metal Rings, Cameroon Mid 20th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Sometimes referred to as dolls, this is a highly abstract figure with conical head, arms and legs held out from body, long columnar neck wrapped with mulitple strands of different si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Early Prestige Kuba Chieftain's Cap (Laket Mishiing)
Located in London, GB
Traditionally worn as a symbol of rank and title, this beautiful Kuba chieftain's cap (laket mishiing) is embellished with cowrie shells and rows of blue, white and black glass beads. The body of the hat has been fashioned from raffia fibre using the woven basketry technique, and displays the typical form of the Kuba 'laket' cap, with four scallop-shaped 'ears'. When worn, one of the 'ears' would have been squarely positioned at the front of the wearer's forehead.
Given to Kuba men upon completion of an initiation rite, small dome-shaped raffia hats signalled their transformation into mature members of Kuba society. As a Kuba man moved up the social ladder, his headgear would change, with male titleholders commissioning local artisans to produce splendidly decorated prestige hats to signal his rank. The accumulation of materials on a Kuba man’s hat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber, Beads
Small Used Senufo Bird Beak Face Weaving Heddle Pulley, Ivory Coast Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Small used Senufo stylized bird beak face weaving heddle pulley, Ivory Coast Africa I
Deep patina and polish from traditional use, circular wear inside from weaving bobbin, now absen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Bronze Statue of a Juju Man, Benin, 1930s
By People from Benin
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Statues of Juju Man or shamans were used for ceremonies connected with religious beliefs and magical practices. The general understanding of their meaning as including a supernatural...
Category
1930s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
African Baule statue Mother with Childs, Ivory Coast mid XXem
Located in Paris, FR
African Baule statue Mother with child, Ivory Coast mid XXem
Provenance: Swedish private collection, from the 1980s. Then inherited within the family.
B...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Fine Yoruba Ibeji Pair Ilorrin African Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
A pair of Ibeji figures from lIorin region Nigeria
A male and female pair with purple brown patination and encrusted with cam wood powder
Fine carvings from early 20th century
Siz...
Category
Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Cast Bronze Relief Plaque from Benin, 1950s
By People from Benin
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Intriguing cast bronze relief plaque from Benin, showing three guardians.
The plaque was modeled after ancient Benin bronzes but was made in the 20th century. The plaque is cast in b...
Category
1940s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
African Textile Showa Kuba
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare vintage African Kuba Textile, suitable for a modern wall panel, on a long table ; perfect as headboard.
Handwoven and hand dyed raffia fabric.
An IDEA: use this item as backrest...
Category
Mid-20th Century Archaistic Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
