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Technique: Hand-Woven
Ikat Textile from Flores Island, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Flores, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations....
Category
1950s Indonesian Other Vintage Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
Belgium Linen Covered Blue and Yellow Throw Pillow
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage handwoven Belgium linen throw pillow.
The front and the back are made from a different color, front is plain blue and back is plain canary...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Organic Modern Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Linen
Woven Mat, Kuba People
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Kuba mat from the Kasai region of the D.R.Congo
These were used on the ground, there are photos showing the Kuba King seated on similar ones.
Raffia cord is wrapped around the thic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia, Palmwood
Ikat Textile from Sumba Island with 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
Late 20th Century Indonesian Other Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
Kain Limar Songket, Silk Ikat, Metallic Thread, circa 1900, Palembang, Sumatra
Located in Austin, TX
A rich and luxurious kain limar songket, shoulder cloth for a woman, ikat dyed and woven silk (limar) with supplementary weft woven metallic gold thread brocade (songket), circa 1900...
Category
Early 1900s Indonesian Tribal Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Metallic Thread
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 Bolivian Tribal Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Shaman Body Bag
Located in Chicago, IL
Shaman body bags from the early 20th century were sacred and significant artifacts used in certain cultural practices and rituals among various indigenous communities and shamans in ...
Category
Early 20th Century African Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Goat Hair
Noblewoman's Ceremonial Overskirt, Kuba People
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Noblewoman’s Ceremonial Overskirt
Shoowa People, DR Congo
First half 20th century
Raffia, palm fiber, stem stitch and cut pile embroidery
49 x 23 ins. (124.5 x 58.5 cm)
The eroded ...
Category
Early 1900s Congolese Tribal Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Antique Tapestry-Woven Carriage Cushion Cover (rölakan), Skåne County, Sweden
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Tapestry-Woven Carriage Cushion Cover (rölakan), Sweden
This finely woven, nine-color rölakan displays a detailed yet balanced composition of three large eight-pointed stars...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Tribal Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Man’s Ceremonial Beaded Vest (Kuton), Gadding, Philippines
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Man’s Ceremonial Beaded Vest (Kuton), Gadding, Philippines
This Gaddang man’s ceremonial vest is from the Cordillera region in northern Luzon, Philippines. It’s composed of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Philippine Tribal Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Antique Panel from Young Girl’s Skirt, Myanmar (Burma)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Panel from Young Girl’s Luntaya-Acheiq Hta-mein (skirt), Myanmar (Burma)
Skirt panel of interlocking-tapestry woven silk in three shades of jade green, purple, reddish pink,...
Category
Late 19th Century Burmese Tribal Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Silk
Rare Antique Formal Japanese Silk Tsutsugaki Futon Cover
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rare Antique Formal Japanese Silk Tsutsugaki Futon Cover
An exceptional example of tsutsugaki from the late Meiji period. The abstract rendering of the auspicious phoenix and paulo...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Antique Japanese Stencil-Dyed Han-Juban
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Stencil-Dyed Han-Juban
Han-juban are worn under kimono. This example, without its original cotton sleeves, displays a unique stencil-dyed pattern with indigo. A ve...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Antique Japanese Recycled Zanshiori Jacket
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Recycled Zanshiori Jacket
Zanshi-ori cloth is woven from leftover cotton and silk threads, either from commercial kimono production or from home-produced recycled y...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Antique Navajo Chief Blanket
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sometimes categorized as the fourth-phase chief blanket, this wonderful piece of Navajo textile art is well preserved and can be dated to 1890-1910. Wov...
Category
1890s American Navajo Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
20th Century Bamileke Textile Hanging, Ndop
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Ndop Panel
Bamileke people
Cameroon Grasslands
Cotton strip weave with a two part dyeing process: stitch-resist indigo dye on a pre-dyed cloth.
Measures: 39 x 59 1/2 inches (99 ...
Category
20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Stunning Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This exquisite ikat textile from Sumba Island, Indonesia, is a handwoven treasure that speaks to centuries of tradition, artistry, and cultural...
Category
1950s Indonesian Other Vintage Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
African Textile by Kuba, Zaire - for Backrest Cover
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
B/874/1 - Vintage African Kuba textile, suitable for Wall hanging or table -
An IDEA: use this item as backrest covering of a sofa !
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Folk Art Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia, Cotton
Very Large Ikat Textile from Sumba Island with 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
Late 20th Century Indonesian Other Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
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 Peruvian Tribal Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Silver
Antique Beaded Ceremonial Dance Sarong (Lawo Butu) East Flores, Indonesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Beaded Ceremonial Dance Sarong (Lawo Butu) East Flores, Indonesia
A rare beaded tube sarong from the Lio people in south eastern Flores, Indonesia, reportedly worn by young ...
Category
Late 19th Century Indonesian Tribal Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton, Beads
Papua New Guinea Iatmul People Initiation Mask, Middle Sepik River, Mid-20th C.
Located in San Francisco, CA
A mid-20th century large ceremonial initiation mask likely by the Iatmul people of the middle Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, located between the Blackwater River and Karawari River in East Sepik Province.
Impressively sized and well executed fantastical bird-like form with a 20-inch-long beak or nose and wide-open mouth, comprised of tightly hand-woven wicker basketry over a bent wood frame. Darkened surface is hand-painted with black, white, and salmon-colored natural earth pigment details and shapes.
A copper-colored, hand-knotted raffia fringe embellishes nearly the entire perimeter of the piece. A fluffy tuft of cassowary feathers decorates the tip of the beak or nose, while a few more cassowary feathers remain at the top of the head. Opening on underside is 9.5 inches in diameter.
Papua New Guinean masks...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Wicker, Raffia, Paint, Feathers, Bentwood
Antique Bakhtiari Sumak Bagface, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Persia Bakhtiari Sumak Bagface, 19th Century
Flat woven bags executed in various sumak techniques were crucial items for Persian and Caucasian nomads as they traveled with t...
Category
19th Century Persian Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Panel from Young Girl’s Skirt, Myanmar (Burma)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Panel from Young Girl’s Luntaya-Acheiq Hta-mein (skirt), Myanmar (Burma)
Skirt panel of interlocking-tapestry woven silk in shades of pink, mauve, cream, light blue and indi...
Category
Late 19th Century Burmese Tribal Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Silk
Very rare Melanesian armbands made of woven palm fibers and tiny shells
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Melanesia, Southwestern Pacific Ocean, 19th century
Some very rare Melanesian armbands made of woven palm fibers and tiny shells, dating from the 19th century (at least).
This typ...
Category
19th Century Solomon Islands Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber
Tribal Raffia Hat from Africa
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Tribal Art piece, an African ceremonial hat made out of
hand-woven Raffia,the raffia has a nice warm and natural Brown color and has hand-painted African decorations and ...
Category
1990s Congolese Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
19th century African wicker shield from the Ngombe/Doko tribe, Ubangi area DRC
Located in Bilzen, BE
A rare wicker war shield with a fine woven and dyed natural pigment patern from the Ngombe/Doko tribe from the Ubangi area DR Congo
Late 19th century
The shield is intense used in ba...
Category
Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
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
1920s Indonesian Other Vintage Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Stunning Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This exquisite ikat textile from Sumba Island, Indonesia, is a handwoven treasure that speaks to centuries of tradition, artistry, and cultural...
Category
1950s Indonesian Other Vintage Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
From the Rush Limbaugh Collection Korhogo Cloth from Ivory Coast of Africa
By Korhogo Tribe
Located in Asheville, NC
This is a hand spun, hand woven and hand painted cotton cloth for which an entire village takes part in its creation. Women of the Korhoga Tribe spin the cotton, while the men weave ...
Category
19th Century Primitive Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Ikat Textile from Sumba Island, 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. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Indonesian Other Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
Ikat Textile from Sumba Island, 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. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Indonesian Other Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
Early 20th Century Prestige Cloth, Dida People, Ivory Coast
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century prestige cloth, Dida people, Ivory Coast
Raffia, natural dyes
An engaging example of resist-dyed prestige cloths, this raffia fragment is professionally mounted o...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Antique Persian Baluch Bagface, Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Persian Baluch Bagface Rug, Late 19th Century
Additional information:
Dimension: 2'9" W x 3'0" L
Origin: Persia
Period: Late 19th Century
Condition: Good condition with a s...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
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 Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
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
1950s Indonesian Other Vintage Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
Antique Tibetan Sitting Rug or Runner
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Tibetan Sitting Rug or Runner
This unique Tibetan carpet is somewhat unusual, both in size and design layout. It’s narrower and shorter than most classic khaden sleeping rug...
Category
Late 19th Century Tibetan Tribal Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
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 Bolivian Tribal Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Papua New Guinea Talipun, Boiken, Sepik River Region
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Papua New Guinea: Talipun, Boiken, Sepik River Region
Northern Papua New Guinea, 20th Century
A fine example of the rich cultural heritage of Papua New ...
Category
20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Paint, Feathers, Wicker
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
1950s Indonesian Other Vintage Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
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 Bolivian Tribal Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Tribal Head Wrap, Northern Laos
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century tribal head wrap, tai daeng ethnic group, northern laos
This head wrap is silk supplementary weft patterned panels stitched to a length...
Category
Early 20th Century Southeast Asian Tribal Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Silk, Cotton
Vintage Rattan Basket Dayak Tribe Hand-Woven from Kalimantan, Borneo
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This vintage hand-woven basket originates from the Dayak tribe of Borneo crafted with rattan fibres and an ironwood frame and rim. These baskets are used to carry leaves, fruit, grai...
Category
Late 20th Century Indonesian Other Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Antique Grain Sack 'Open' Rug
Located in New York, NY
Antique grain sack 'open' rug. An old tribal cargo bag or rug from SW Turkey, opened up, still retaining its original carrying band. Can be a wall-hanging, a...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton, Goat Hair, Wool
Early Anatolian Kilim Fragment
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning early Kilim from Central Anatolia distinguished by a rare apricot background, by a spectacular array of early colors including aubergine and by a bottom compartment decorated by stylized carnations (or Mother Goddess fertility figures...
Category
1750s Turkish Kilim Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Large Ikat Textile from Sumba Island 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
1980s Indonesian Other Vintage Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
Pair of Tamberma Shields on Stands
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of wonderfully sculptural early 20th century handwoven wicker shields from the Tamberma people of Togo, mounted on custom steel stands.
Category
Early 20th Century Togolese Tribal Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Wicker
Kozak Saddlebags
Located in New York, NY
An old tribal bag, originally meant to be carried over the shoulder or the back of a donkey. A very nice example with lots of details.
Can be used in a variety of ways - wall hangin...
Category
1960s Turkish Tribal Vintage Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Brocade, Goat Hair, Wool
Tongue-in-Cheek Mounted Kuba Cloth Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
A provocative late 20th century Kuba cloth panel with a bold zigzag and diamond pattern woven in black and natural cut pile raffia surrounding a tongu...
Category
Late 20th Century Congolese Tribal Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Rattan Basket Dayak Tribe Hand-Woven from Kalimantan, Borneo, Mid 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This mid-20th century hand-woven basket originates from the Dayak tribe of Borneo crafted with rattan fibres. These baskets were used to carry leaves, fruit, grain and wood and featu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Other Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Pair African Gourd Storage Vessels, Kenya or Ethiopia, early-mid 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic pair of large African gourd storage vessels with native repairs, early to mid 20th century, Ethiopia or Kenya.
This pair of dried and hollowed gourd vessels would origin...
Category
20th Century Kenyan Tribal Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Oceanian Mask made of Vegetal Fibers
Located in Miami, FL
Ceremonial Oceanian Mask made of Vegetal fibers covered with colored clay in certain parts probably used for ceremonial events .
The organic and strange shape is well known in these ...
Category
1950s New Zealand Folk Art Vintage Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Ikat Textile from Sumba Island 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
1950s Indonesian Other Vintage Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
19th Century Tribal Handwoven Rattan Backpack with Inner Pockets
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique hand-woven rattan backpack with three inner pockets and rustic character. Experience a slice of Thailand's rich cultural history with this u...
Category
19th Century Thai Tribal Antique Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Rattan
Anatolian Ornate Design Handwoven Wool Kilim Rug
Located in New York, NY
Ornate handwoven flat-weave kilim rug with natural pigment dyed wool. The designs woven in to the rug are all symbolic that have been passed done through generations of weavers for h...
Category
20th Century Turkish Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Very long Ikat Textile from Sumba Island with 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
Late 20th Century Indonesian Other Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
Ikat Textile from Timor Island with Stunning Naturally Coloured Dye, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Timor, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. The dark background brings to life the array of coloured detailing and distinct tribal patterns. This textile is know as a "Tais" – meaning woman’s skirt...
Category
1940s Indonesian Other Vintage Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
Ikat Textile from Dayak Tribe, Kalimantan, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations amid the Dayak Tribes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Other Hand-Woven Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
