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Technique: Carved
A delicate tortoiseshell 'armband' from the Lower Sepik River Province
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Sepik River Province, Papua New Guinea, probably late 19th century
Tortoiseshell bracelets are frequently more than just ornaments in Sepik River civilizations; they are representat...
Category
Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Mambila Large Female Figure African Sculpture
Located in Sharon, CT
Authentic old piece, retaining some of the original painted surface. Art from the Cameroon tribes played a great role in influencing and inspiring the German Expressionists.
Though ...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Modern Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Stone Sculpture, Man Bust or Mask, 1960s
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
African Stone Sculpture, Man Bust or Mask, 1960s.
Small African stone statuette, standing at 11 cm tall, depicting a man's head and neck, resembling a t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Beninese Folk Art Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
Mwana Pwo Mask From The Chokwe / Tshokwe Tribe, Dr Congo
Located in Bilzen, BE
A serene-looking Mwana Pwo chokwe mask mounted on a custom-made base which is included
Early 20th century
The Mwana Pwo mask was the personification of the ideal woman among the Cho...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Makonde Comb From Zimbabwe Bantu Tribe 'Smaller'
Located in Dallas, TX
This comb was fashioned in the hand carved, traditional Makonde style. This fertility comb features a pregnant woman. Generally, local carvers make only a belly and breast comb to be...
Category
Early 20th Century Zimbabwean Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A wooden statue Siraha Salawa nobel Nias Ancestor Figure Indonesia
Located in Chonburi, TH
This wooden statue from Siraha Salawa, a noble Nias ancestor figure from Indonesia, is a striking example of Nias artistry and cultural heritage. Carved from a single piece of wood, ...
Category
19th Century Indonesian Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$2,661 Sale Price
20% Off
Large African Face Shield
Located in Norton, MA
It's a completed solid wood piece carved by hand with a very simple tool. The end result shows the process of hard work during the making period.
Category
Early 20th Century Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Prestige Stool – Zambia (bemba/lunda), Mid-20th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
"African Prestige Stool – Zambia (bemba/lunda), Mid-20th Century"
African Prestige Stool – Zambia (Bemba/Lunda), Mid-20th Century
A finely carved four-legged prestige stool from Zam...
Category
Mid-20th Century Zambian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Genuine Snuffbox/container from the Luluwa / Lulua / Bena Lulua tribe Dr Congo
Located in Bilzen, BE
A rare Luluwa / Lulua / Bena Lulua Snuffbox/container, from the first half of the 20th century
Tribal aged patina
Small piece missing on the rigth foot, see pictures
Height 15 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Dan Janus Double Face Protective Kinde Charm, Ivory Coast, West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Dan Janus double faced protective Kinde charm, from the Dan people of Ivory Coast, West Africa. Used as a charm for protection, with two different faces to show the duality of the w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Dayak Iban Shield
Located in London, GB
A rare hand carved Dayak tribal shield from Kalimantan/Borneo, Indonesia. These shields were made by the Dayak Iban tribes for real fighting use and ceremonial rites. Wonderfully car...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Primitive Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$2,239
Classic Dayak Wood Calendar Board with Aso or Dragon Motifs, Borneo Indonesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Classic Dayak carved flat wood calendar board with Aso or Dragon Motifs, Borneo, Indonesia. Traditional very dark wood with carving in relief and incised...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Oceanic Schouten islands Pounder Papua New Guinea Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
Oceanic Schouten islands Pounder Papua New Guinea
A Fine old hard wood Pounder or pestle with a standing female figure from the schouten islands off the north coast of Papua new Gui...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
A tip stool / seat backrest from the Kuba tribe DR Congo, late 19th century
By Kuba
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine tip stool / backrest carved in wood with a rich tribal using aged patina with geometrical motifs
this stool is dating from the end of the 19th century
Heigth in the middle...
Category
Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Senufo Staff Sotheby's Provenance
By Senufo
Located in Sharon, CT
A Senufo staff depicting a seated woman. It is important that the quality and authenticity of tribal art should be equal to the quality and authenticity of the modern art it is displ...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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
1920s Congolese Tribal Vintage Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Bone
Philippines Igorot Carved Wood Head Hunters Shield
Located in Lomita, CA
This is a Kalinga shield that is used by warriors who are headhunters from the Northern mountainous region of the Philippines. Art meets utility in this shield which has three prongs...
Category
Mid-20th Century Philippine Primitive Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Fruitwood
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
Kuba Palm Wine Cup
By Kuba
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a very rare Palm Wine Cup from the Kuba people of Congo. Carved in the early part of the 20th century , possibly earlier. Carved with classic Royal geometric patterns with a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Mid Century African Women Wood Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional African wood carving ,mounted on custom-made steel base of women graciously looking forward, beautiful facial expression, and very ni...
Category
1960s Vintage Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Steel
$1,100 Sale Price
34% Off
Small Papua New Guinea Sepik River Bird Mask Strong Face
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Small carved darkened wood bird faced mask with long nose/beak. Smaller squatting figure with curled arms carved on forehead. From Sepik River Area of Papua New Guinea. Signs of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Dan Mask With Metal Teeth – Ivory Coast / Liberia, Mid-20th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Dan Mask with Inset Metal Teeth – Côte d'Ivoire / Liberia
Mid–20th Century or Earlier
Wood, Metal Inlay
Height:22 cm, width 13 cm
Provenance: Private Collection, Europe
This strikin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Benin Carved Coconut with Provenance, Early 20th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unique antique African Benin carved coconut box presented to Mr Morris by J Morford, Education Nigeria. The coconut is relief carved with vario...
Category
Early 20th Century Beninese Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Coconut
Pair of Moroccan Berber Ethnic Silver Bracelets
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Pair of Moroccan Berber Tribal bracelets.
Moroccan Tribal bracelets from the High Atlas of Morocco.
Handcrafted by Berber women using Moroccan silver nickel.
The ethnic Nomadic and Bedouin jewelry...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Metal, Silver
Ancient carved minimalist Inuit Soapstone Sculpture, early 1900
By Inuit
Located in Bilzen, BE
An antique minimalist Inuit figurine, Alaska, carved steatite with a beautiful old original patina
Early 1900
Height 8.5 cm, length 9 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Native American Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
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 Congolese Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Nepal or Tibet Ghurra Churn Handle Carved Woven Knot, Old Worn Patina
Located in Point Richmond, CA
An old carved wood handle from Nepal, North India or other Himalayan culture. A butter churn handle called a ghurra. Created in the early 20th century. The handle with finely carved...
Category
Early 20th Century Nepalese Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Coconut Shell Carved Ritual Cup – Iatmul People, Sepik River, Png
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Coconut Shell Carved Ritual Cup – Iatmul People, Sepik River, Png"
Antique Carved Coconut Shell Ritual Bowl – Iatmul People, Sepik River...
Category
Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Coconut
Ere Ibeji Male Commemorative Figure, Yoruba People, Nigeria, early 20th C
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Yoruba people have one of the highest incidents of twin births in the world. As a result, twin children are regarded as extraordinary, divine beings protected by Sango, the deity of ...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ashanti tribal headrest
Located in London, GB
A good example of an African Ashanti tribal headrest. Ghana. Early to mid-twentieth century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Rubbing Oracle Of The Kuba/Bushoong Tribe, Dr Congo, 1st Half Of The 20th Centur
By Kuba
Located in Bilzen, BE
A rubbing oracle from the Kuba tribe DR Congo carved in wood with a strong expression
Patina tribal use
Length 31.5 cm, height 5 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Set of Three Rare Fang Wood Spoons, Gabon, Africa old collection provenance
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Set of three rare Fang carved wood spoons, from Gabon, Africa. Each with unique shape, wear and encrustations from traditional tribal use.
They are in good condition, appropriate f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Baimaru Kundu drum from the Schulze Westrum collection
Located in Amsterdam, NL
New Guinea, Papua Gulf, probably Baimaru people, late 19th–early 20th century
H. 81.5 x Diam. 15 cm.
Provenance:
- Collected by German biologist and cinematographer Thomas Schulze-...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
African Tribal Yoruba, Nigeria Rider Figure Offering Bowl Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Yoruba offering bowl in the from of a male figure with a beard riding on horse back surrounded by four small attendants, finely carved with nice patina from native use. Probabl...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
$1,267 Sale Price
35% Off
20th Century Naga People's Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
This 20th-century chair, hand-carved from a single piece of wood by the Naga people of India, is a remarkable blend of primitive charm and modern spirit. The Naga people, known for t...
Category
20th Century Indian Primitive Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Old or Antique Trobriand Islands Carved Wooden Crouching Tree Kangaroo Figurine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, older Melanesian ebony wood carving.
From the Trobriand Islands.
In the form of a crouching tree kangaroo (black dorcopsis) with geometric...
Category
20th Century Papua New Guinean Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Showa Drum Congo
By Kuba
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a very fine finger drum by the Showa people of Congo. Exceptional sculptural quality with the original skin sounding board. This drum would have been played at young boys ci...
Category
1890s Congolese Tribal Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,631
Genuine wooden mask from the Punu tribe, Gabon , first half 20th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
The Punu or Bapunu, are a Bantu meta-ethnicity of Central Africa, mainly in Gabon and a small population in Republic of Congo They are one of the four major people of Gabon, inhabiti...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Tribal Powder Flask – Morocco, Late 19th Century
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Drum-shaped body with geometric tribal motifs, brass nail decoration, and a beautiful aged patina.
Its unique form, reminiscent of a turtle with a long neck, features two sturdy sid...
Category
Late 19th Century Moroccan Folk Art Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Brass
Genuine wooden carved cup from the Pende tribe, DR Congo, early 1900
Located in Bilzen, BE
A carved wooden cup from the Pende tribe (Bapende) DR Congo
The Pende people (singular: Mupende; plural: Bapende, Bapindi) also known as the Phende people, are an ethnic group in the...
Category
1910s Tribal Vintage Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Cedar Wood Totem Kwakiutl Eagle.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Vintage Wooden Totem Kwakiutl Eagle Cedar Wood.
Early 20th Century hand carved cedar wood totem of a Kwakiutl eagle. It is created by a Native artist ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Cedar
Antique Tribal wooden Dance Shield, from the Tutsi tribe, Rwanda
By Tutsi People
Located in Bilzen, BE
A early 20th century wooden dancing shield of the Tutsi, Rwanda, painted with earth pigments
The shield is in good condition with traces of tribal use
Straight line height 30 cm, wid...
Category
Early 20th Century Rwandan Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Genuine zoomorphic statue from the Lega tribe, DR Congo, ca 1920
Located in Bilzen, BE
The Lega people (or Warega) are a Bantu ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This statue depicting a zoomorphic figure with a tribal aged and blackened patina
This ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Genuine Papua New Guinea Sepik area Maternity figure , middle 20th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine statue from Papua New Guinea depicting a meternity (child on shoulders)
The Sepik are a people who live along the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea. The peoples who bear the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Toba Batak Singa House Ornament, Sumatra, Indonesia 20th Century, Ex-Sotheby's
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Large carved hardwood ornamental structure used as a support and a decorative frontispiece. It bears a stylized face embedded within an ornately carved and painted geometric pattern....
Category
20th Century Indonesian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Antique carved wooden headdress from the Yoruba tribe, Nigeria, 1900-1920
By Yoruba Tribe
Located in Bilzen, BE
A carved wooden headdress from the Yoruba tribe, Nigeria
Strong expression face
Early 20th century
Rich tribal aged patina
Heigth 12 cm, diameter 12 x 13 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Large Hand-Carved & Painted Wooden Tribal Mask
Located in Miami, FL
A generously sized wooden tribal mask.
Hand-carved and painted this decorative mask that would look great in a western or country themed setting.
Measures: 39" High x 5 1/2" Wide...
Category
20th Century American Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Signed Northwest Coast Killer Whale Mask, Attributed to Johnny Johns
Located in Denver, CO
This striking hand-carved wooden mask from the Pacific Northwest Coast powerfully embodies the rich artistic traditions and cultural symbolism of Indigenous coastal peoples. Featurin...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Bentwood
Lance Joseph (Squamish, Salish B. 1957) Carved & Hand Painted Figural Column
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A strongly carved Figural Column by noted Coast Salish artist, Lance Joseph Joseph was born in 1957 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This carved figural totem, larger than l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Native American Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Wayang Puppet Wood Carving Set, Java, Indonesia, Mid-20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This wood carving set depicts mythical characters that are popular amid "Wayang" puppet shows. "Wayang" is a type of shadow puppet show originating fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Javanese Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Large Yoruba Ritual Shrine figure Abeokuta Nigeria African Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
Large Yoruba Ritual Shrine figure Abeokuta Nigeria African Tribal Art
A rare exceptionally large male Cup bearer ritual shrine figure standing upright holding a cup in front
carv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Tribal Art Fine Pair of Baule Sling Shots
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of Baule figurative sling shots / catapults.
Nicely Carved with figurative detail.
Hard wood with matured patina.
Period: mid-20th century
C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Luba Kifwebe Sandals
Located in Sharon, CT
Rare pair of African sandals, with beautifully articulated little Luba
'Kifwebe' (mask) heads as toe holds. Wonderful aged 'footprints'
produced from great use.
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,100 / set
Bamileke Figurative Round Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
Marked by the telltale Bamileke rounded disc seat and base, this stool features a group of pondering human figures as its vertical supports instead of the more common abstract carvin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Philippine Carved Wooden Maternity Figure From The Ifugao Tribe, Early 20th C
Located in Bilzen, BE
Ifugao, northern Luzon, early 20th century, a standing female figure carrying a baby on her back, the head abstracted in typical Ifugao style
Tribal patina
Height 18.5 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Philippine Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Wabi sabi solid wood "Oromo" stool, Ethiopia 1950s
Located in ECHT, NL
Wabi sabi hand crafted stool. Made by the Oromo people of Ethiopia around the 1950s. Carved from a single piece of hardwood. Skillfully made and highly decorative. The top is made co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Folk Art Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
$796 Sale Price
59% Off
Beaded Double Headed Snake Belt, Grassland People, Cameroon
Located in Leuven , BE
The double-headed snake is the symbol of the Bamum Kingdom. Initially, the King was the only person to wear the belt made of a raffia woven strip covered with cloth and beads. After ...
Category
20th Century Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Glass
Australian boomerang, 19th century
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A 19th century boomerang from Australia.
Good patina and presented on a stand.
Category
Late 19th Century Australian Tribal Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Tribal Art Large Madonna figure Makonde Vintage Folk Art
Located in London, GB
African Tribal folk Art Makonde Madonna figure
A very finely executed large sculpture of a African Christian Madonna, the standing figure wearing a l...
Category
Early 20th Century Mozambican Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$574 Sale Price
35% Off
Rare French 16th century primitive wool comb
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 16th century / wool comb / wood, metal / Rustic / Mid-century
A rare to find primitive wool comb from the 16th century.
Hand-crafted in France in wood with iron spikes.
This antique comb...
Category
16th Century French Rustic Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Bambara Standing Male Figure Powerful Shoulders Mali Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Bambara Standing male figure with powerful shoulders, arms at sides and large feet. From Mali, Africa
It is in good condition with wear, polish and erosion from traditional use, appropriate for its age, use, and medium. Scuffs and nicks here and there. Age, wear and staining inside. On vintage wood block...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
