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Period: 1920s
Dayak Mango Wood Stool, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
An Indonesian low stool or seat, hand-carved from a single piece of dense and heavy mango wood, circa 1930. Dayak Benuaq tribe, Southeast Sulawesi. Presents age patina throughout.
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Category
Indonesian Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Small Ashanti tribal headrest stool
By Akan Ashanti
Located in London, GB
A wonderful small early 20th century Ashanti tribal stool, headrest. Carved from a single piece of wood. Well worn and genuine tribal stool or headrest.
Category
Ghanaian Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Moroccan Leather Bag Belonging to a Family of Water Carriers
Located in Munich, DE
This magnificent leather bag is covered on it's front entirely with old coins,
As has often been the case with this kind of bags, the strap might ...
Category
Folk Art Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Leather
Rare Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Stunning Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. It features a stunning array of distinct tribal patterns and motifs. Chickens are a common motif found amid sumba textiles...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
Reliquary Kota, Gabon, 1925
Located in Paris, FR
This exceptional Kota reliquary comes from the Mahogwe tribe, which lives along the Ogooué River in Gabon. The Mahogwe are part of the Kota ethnic group located in the northeastern r...
Category
Gabonese Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Brass
Collection of Tibetan Money
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional collection of Tibetan Money, exchange currency in shell
all of them with little holes to adjust them to a belt or object to hold them togeth...
Category
Tibetan Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Shell
Rare Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Stunning Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. It features a stunning array...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
Handmade Bow & Arrow Sheath Made In Natural Materials & Wood From Africa
Located in Lejre, DK
Handmade bow and arrow sheath from Africa, made of natural materials. The bow is made of wood with a string of twisted plant fibers and decorated with traditional windings. The arrow...
Category
Central African Other Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Wooden Decorative Tribal Art Drum with Hide & Rope Produced Early 1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare African tribal wooden decorative drum with hide and rope produced in Africa early 1900s. In good original condition.
Dimensions: H: 38 cm / 14.95" Diameter: 17 cm / 6.70"
Category
Burkinabe Folk Art Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Hide, Wood
Berber Stone Necklace, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A long Berber necklace, hand-crafted with stone beads and wool, with a round filigree silver accent. Morocco, early 20th Century.
Green and blue amazonite, red coral, glass and sto...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Stone, Silver
Berber Stone Necklace, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A Berber necklace, hand-crafted with stone beads and wool clasp, with a pair of copal amber center stones. Morocco, early 20th Century.
Green and blue amazonite, turquoise, red cor...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
Berber Copal Amber and Silver Necklace, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A long Berber necklace, hand-crafted with Copal amber large beads and silver accents. Morocco, early 20th Century.
Copal amber is a tree resin similar to amber but not fully fossil...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Silver
Genuine carved bone statue from the Lega tribe, DR Congo, early 1900
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine statue from the Lega tribe DR Congo carved in bone
Tribal using traces and aged tribal patina
Heigth 10 cm
The Lega people (or Warega) are a Bantu ethnic group of the Dem...
Category
Congolese Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Bone
Figura Tribal Cenefo
Located in VALÈNCIA, ES
Figura tribal Cenefo realizada en madera y de origen Senegal
Category
Senegalese Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Balinese Offering Bowl 'Dulang' with Floral Motif
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Balinese offering tray; these trays known as "Dulangs" were used to carry offerings atop Balinese women’s heads during ceremonial processions. This 19th century "Dulang" features a f...
Category
Balinese Other Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Rare Antique Zemmour Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare mixed technique Berber rug ascribed to the Zemmour people, located in the Moroccan Middle Atlas, originally used as a saddle cover - an item of great prestige among Berber tri...
Category
Moroccan Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Hampadong - Kalimantan Tribal Art Carved Figure - Maile with Child
Located in Hawthorne, CA
A carved wooden figure of Maile with child. A Hampadong Kalimantan carved standing sculpture by the Iban Dayak [Ot Danum Dayak] people from the interior rain forests of BORNEO. An ex...
Category
Malaysian Folk Art Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Sculpture Zaire Antique Copper Coin
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
That's a true antique copper coin from Zaire, very rare: a modern simple sculpture !
I saw only another one like this, but it was not authentic: done for ...
Category
Congolese Archaistic Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Copper
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
Congolese Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Ethnical Pair of Bracelets, Oceania
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Pair of Bracelets in Tridacna Gigas Shell,
Oceanie,
Collection of Dutch Monks, Pater Maristen,
great, good old patina,
very decorative pair of ob...
Category
Asian Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Shell
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Ashanti Mother and Child Maternity Figure Carved by Osei Bonsu, Ghana
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Moroccan Vintage Berber Tribal Ethnic Cuff
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan Berber tribal bracelet from the High Atlas of Morocco.
Handcrafted by Berber women using Moroccan silver nickel.
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Materials
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19th Century Ethiopian Royal Bed (Former Tekalegn Besapa Collection)
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Located in London, GB
Ga`u Box necklace with silver with Turquoise inlay with coral and turquoise beads
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Previously Available Items
Small Ashanti tribal headrest stool
By Akan Ashanti
Located in London, GB
A wonderful small early 20th century Ashanti tribal stool, headrest. Carved from a single piece of wood. Well worn and genuine tribal stool or headrest.
Category
Ghanaian Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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...
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Malian Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
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Metal
Ibeji
Located in Glasgow, GB
A fine example of a very early 20th century Yoruba Ibeji figure from the South West region of Nigeria. The cult of Ibeji (Twin) goes back hundreds of year...
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Nigerian Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ngabandi Yakoma Shield
By Coutheillas
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a very fine early 20th century Fighting Shield from the Ngabandi Yakoma people of Congo. Slightly smaller but exquisitely created by a master craftsman. The Ngabandi people w...
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Congolese Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
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Balinese Offering Bowl 'Dulang' with Floral Motif
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Balinese offering tray; these trays known as "Dulangs" were used to carry offerings atop Balinese women’s heads during ceremonial processions. This 19th century "Dulang" features a f...
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Balinese Other Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Ethiopian Chair
Located in New York, NY
This hand carved wooden chair is from the Jima people of Southern Ethiopia. A slightly concave seat sits on a tripod base connected by slender rods. The high rectangular back rest ha...
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Ethiopian Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
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Early 20th Century Carved Wooden Folk Art Indian Souvenir Figure
Located in London, GB
This unique item has stood the test of time, recently uncovered from a private collection in London. It would have originally been sold in gift shops of sort in India dating back to the early 20th century. We often see a wide variation of Grand Tour pieces, however original figures like this example are rare to obtain and this item is museum standard. Hand carved from a light wood, section jointed using wooden pins, painted by hand with amazing war paint...
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Indian Folk Art Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
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Grassland People, Clay Tobacco Pipe with Geometrical Designed Bowl and Stem
Located in Leuven , BE
A tobacco pipe bowl and assorted stem from the Grassland People from Cameroon, modeled with geometrical motifs. The pipe has been sculpted, not moulded.
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Cameroonian Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
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H 17.72 in W 3.15 in D 2.37 in
Grassland People, Cameroon, Figural Clay Tobacco Pipe
Located in Leuven , BE
This piece is a tobacco pipe bowl modeled with a face. The face is characterised by scarification on cheeks and chin, small ears and detailed eyelids. The wooden pipe stem shows a sm...
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Cameroonian Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Clay
Carved Wooden Coconut Grater, Animal Motif, Thailand, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rustic carved wooden coconut grater with animal (monkey?) motif. Thailand, early to mid-20th century.
Coconut graters are called Khood maprao in Thai...
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Thai Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
H 8.5 in W 8.5 in D 22 in
Earthenware Kendi with Raised Design. Lampung Sumatra. Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Earthenware Kendi with Raised Design. Lampung Sumatra. Early to Mid-20th Century.
Kendi are pouring and drinking vessels found throughout Southeast A...
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Indonesian Tribal Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
Materials
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H 12 in W 10 in D 8 in
Pair of Fine Sculptures, DRC, Zela, 1920-1930, J.Humblet
Located in Leuven , BE
Exceptionally refined and rare Zela couple in medium dense yellow colored wood with a clear shiny patina. The sculptures' cap-like hairstyles are typical for the Zela as are the ritu...
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Congolese Vintage 1920s Tribal Art
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Wood
