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Place of Origin: Sub-Saharan African
African Kuba Textile Panel for Wall or Table or Backrest Covering
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Vintage Handwoven and hand died raffia panel - Suitable for wall decoration, a long table or to make cushions - An IDEA: use this item as backrest covering...
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1930s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Raffia

Baga a-Bamp Bird Headdress with Canoe
Located in Chicago, IL
This graceful sculpture of a long-necked bird is a headdress known as "a-Bamp," worn during ritual masquerades of Baga adolescents in Guinea. With strong themes of defiance, these ma...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Mid-20th Century Toguna Female Anthropomo Post from Mali
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early to mid-20th century Toguna support post from the Dogon Tribe of Mali, on custom metal stand. This West African hand carved wooden bean was origin...
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Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Iron

Ebony Thick 1 Bench with Backrest
Located in Paris, FR
Bench ebony thick 1 in natural solid ebony wood from Macassar. Hand carved piece, unique and exceptional piece.
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21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Ebony

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...
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Late 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Canvas, Beads

Rossana Orlandi Aqua Shelf C in Mirrored Gold by Francesco Messina for Cypraea
By Francesco Maria Messina, Cypraea, Rossana Orlandi
Located in Milan, IT
Designed by Francesco Maria Messina The collection is characterized by the use of two materials and two textures that are brought together to create a dialogue, mirroring the rela...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Copper Konga Legband from, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early 20th century (possibly late 19th century) African Legband (ankle bracelet) of copper alloy, from Mongo Peoples of the Congo. These legbands were both currency and status sym...
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Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Copper

Bambara Ci Wara Headdress Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved to honor the mythical being Ci Wara, a Bambara deity that’s half mortal and half animal, this wooden headdress combines the graceful head and horns of an antelope with the com...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

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

1920s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Organic Material

"Embrace" Luba Headrest Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The Luba people of Zaire believed that ancestors visited them through dreams. This belief led to elaborately worked headrests, known as "seats of dreams." Such headrests were used to...
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Rossana Orlandi Rochester Sideboard in Wenge by Francesco Messina for Cypraea
By Rossana Orlandi, Cypraea
Located in Milan, IT
Designed by Francesco Maria Messina The design of the items in this collection is complex and elegant. The Rochester collection features a sideboard, a cabinet, a shelf and a set ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Brass

Senufo Copper Reeds Currency Bracelet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The traditional form of the Senufo currency bracelet is stripped down in this more minimalistic version. Two gracefully upswept bands join to form a ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Copper

Hand Carved Wood Cone from Ethiopia, Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A single piece of solid mango wood, hand carved into a standing cone, circa 1960. Use it as door stoppers, or in a group for an eye-catching accent in any rustic or eclectic decor, i...
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1960s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Klaylife Elongated, XL, White Handmade Clay Beaded Chandelier, 21st Century
Located in Brighton, Victoria
Long, lean and ever so lovely. The elongated klaylife clay beaded chandelier is especially designed for tall, double volume spaces. Whether you have high ceilings or a large void ...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Clay

African Vintage Wood Statue of Couple from Celebrity William Holden Estate
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This statue was part of a collection that belonged to the late actor William Holden. He purchased all this African art for his beautiful estate in Palm Springs California. This piece...
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1920s Primitive Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Etosha Elephants, Black and White Photography, Fine Art Print by Rainer Martini
By Rainer Martini
Located in Epfach, DE
Rainer Martini is a well known German photographer from, born 1948. Measures: 90 x 60 cm. He started in sports photography, shooting all Olympic Games f...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Paper

Djerma Painted Water Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
The Djerma people of Niger are well-known for their gracefully shaped and delicately painted water containers. The surface paintings are applied after firing with all natural pigment...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Terracotta

Etosha Leopard II, Black and White Photography, Fine Art Print by Rainer Martini
By Rainer Martini
Located in Epfach, DE
Rainer Martini is a well known German photographer from, born 1948. He started in sports photography, shooting all Olympic Games from 1972-2006 for the official Olympic books and big magazines like STERN, SPORTS, l'EQUIPE, FOCUS and others. He won different prices like Sports Picture of the Year. Although covering the most important sport events worldwide. He took part at the exhibition "WHO SHOT SPORTS" A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY 1843 TO THE PRESENT, shown in the Brooklyn Museum of Modern Art, NY and more different cities in the world. In 2004 he started landscape an travel photography publishing in travel magazines like MERIAN, GEO, Globo and others. Photo taken in Namibia, Etosha in 2016 Signed and numbered verso Size of the photo 40 x 60cm Size with frame 53 x 73cm Print 1 of 3 limited edition Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Photo Rag Photo unframed...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Paper

Rossana Orlandi Aqua Shelf A in Mirrored Silver by Francesco Messina for Cypraea
By Francesco Maria Messina, Cypraea, Rossana Orlandi
Located in Milan, IT
Designed by Francesco Maria Messina The collection is characterized by the use of two materials and two textures that are brought together to create a dialogue, mirroring the rela...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Midcentury African Hand Carved Wood Sculpture of Maria with Child
By Par Makengo
Located in Antwerp, BE
Midcentury African wood sculpture wonderfully hand carved depiction of the Virgin Mary with Child, with great detailing and beautiful face sig...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Klaylife Sash, Large, Grey Handmade Clay Beaded Chandelier/Hanging Light,
Located in Brighton, Victoria
The klaylife Sash is a handmade, modern chandelier with a Classic style. An extension to the L.I.M klaylife chandelier, but with the added detail of a to...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Clay

Pair of Large Carved Moba Tchitchiri Sculptural Figures, Togo, circa 1930
Located in London, GB
Striking in form, of light highly textured wood, two highly stylized anthropomorphic figures carved by the Moba people in Togo, West Africa. These forms most probably we owned by a f...
Category

1930s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Pair of Antique South African Railway Cast Iron Locomotive Plaques or Badges
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and substantial pair of cast and cold-painted locomotive identification plaques show no foundry marks, but are presumed to have been cast in South Africa in circa 1910. Th...
Category

Early 20th Century Edwardian Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Iron

Africain Mid-Century Wooden Tribal Wall-Sculpture Mali-Dogon Golden Frame 1960s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Hand carved solid wooden doors of an African cabinet (Mali/Dogon). fixed on a white colored wooden plate, gold framed. The object shows typical African symbols...
Category

1960s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

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...
Category

Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Shell, Fabric, Beads

Rossana Orlandi Pieter Both Cabinet in Walnut by Francesco Messina for Cypraea
By Rossana Orlandi, Cypraea
Located in Milan, IT
Designed by Francesco Maria Messina Naturae collection is an ode to the endemic nature of Mauritius. The pieces that are included in the collection (FOLIAE, MANGROVIA, PIETER BOTH, BARK) all celebrate the unicity of the island flora and geological features through the use of pure materials such as solid wood, solid bronze, lava stone, coral stone, marble, bespoke glass...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Stone

klaylife Twist, Large, White handmade clay beaded chandelier, 21st Century
Located in Brighton, Victoria
For the lovers of traditional chandeliers who want a unique, clay beaded ‘twist’. The klaylife Twist is one of our best sellers - A perfectly proportioned Classic chandelier with a ...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Clay

Pair of African Mumuye Rain Wands on Stands
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of African Mumuye rain wands on custom stands. This pair of vintage tribal rain wands originate from the Mumuye peoples of West Africa, Nigeria. These forged-iron wands were utilized by the Mumuye shamans in rain-making ceremonies where they would place the bottom ends in small holes dug into the earth, and symbolically petition the gods for rain. This pair of Mumuye rain wands are each presented upon custom black iron stands, making a great pair of decorative objects...
Category

20th Century Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Iron

African Spear Currency on Stands
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a pair of vintage African spear currencies from the Mbole peoples, Democratic Republic of Congo which are nicely presented upon custom m...
Category

20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Metal, Iron

Vintage Embroidered African Wrap Textile
Located in New York, NY
A tribal textile from Nigeria. Excellent handspun cotton and hand embroidery, and great color. Measures: 4'5'' x 5'7''.
Category

1960s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Cotton

Rossana Orlandi Aqua Shelf A in Mirrored Gold by Francesco Messina for Cypraea
By Francesco Maria Messina, Cypraea, Rossana Orlandi
Located in Milan, IT
Designed by Francesco Maria Messina The collection is characterized by the use of two materials and two textures that are brought together to create a dialogue, mirroring the rela...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

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 Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Tribal Stool-Chair West Africa
Located in New York, NY
A hand-carved wooden stool from Tanzania with a native repair made from hand-hammered brass. This piece is very cool with a tribal vibe.
Category

Late 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

21st Century Steel Big Basket Hanging Daybed Chair
Located in Johannesburg, ZA
The big basket hanging chair or lounger in a twig pattern has an organic shape that creates a cozy feel. It is spacious and comfortable with ample room to r...
Category

2010s Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Steel

African Namji Fertility Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
Doted on like an actual child, this carved doll was once owned by a young girl among the Namji people of northwest Cameroon. Carted around by its owner wherever she went and lovingly...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Two Malachite Picture Frames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two malachite picture frames. One is Landscape measuring 10 inches wide x 7.75 inches high. The other is Portrait. Each have a bronze inner frame. Both hold pictures measured at 5.7...
Category

Late 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Malachite

Model of Wagenia Fishing Installation on the Kongo River
Located in Leuven , BE
This is a tourist model of a Wagenia fishermen installation made out of wood, wire and small stones. The model stands on a wooden base; on the front you can read “Pecherie Wagenia” w...
Category

20th Century Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Rossana Orlandi Aqua Shelf C in Mirrored Silver by Francesco Messina for Cypraea
By Francesco Maria Messina, Rossana Orlandi, Cypraea
Located in Milan, IT
Designed by Francesco Maria Messina The collection is characterized by the use of two materials and two textures that are brought together to create a dialogue, mirroring the rela...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Pair of Yoruba Culture Ibeji 'Nigeria' Statues
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A pair of Yoruba Culture Ibeji (Nigeria) statues, a male and female carved figural statues with exaggerated features. Both figures have elongate...
Category

Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Etosha Leopard, Black and White Photography, Fine Art Print by Rainer Martini
By Rainer Martini
Located in Epfach, DE
Rainer Martini is a well known German photographer from, born 1948. Measures: 60 x 40 cm. He started in sports photography, shooting all Olympic Games from 1972-2006 for the officia...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Paper

African Shield Wallaïta from Ethiopia Early 20th Century
Located in Paris, FR
African shield Wallaïta from Ethiopia, early 20th century. Base: 40 x 17cm.
Category

Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Leather

19th or Early 20th Century Tribal Copper Snake Currency Sculpture Zaire Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
19th or early 20th century copper snake currency sculpture Zaire Africa Ngelima culture, Zaire, hand-forged, copper rod in an anthropomorphic styli...
Category

Late 19th Century Other Antique Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Copper

Etosha Lion, Black and White Photography Fine Art Print by Rainer Martini
By Rainer Martini
Located in Epfach, DE
Rainer Martini is a well known German photographer from, born 1948. Measures: 90 x 60 cm. He started in sports photography, shooting all Olympic Games ...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Paper

Etosha Elephant, Black and White Photography Fine Art Print by Rainer Martini
By Rainer Martini
Located in Epfach, DE
Rainer Martini is a well known German photographer from, born 1948. Measures: 90 x 60 cm. He started in sports photography, shooting all Olympic Games ...
Category

2010s Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Paper

Antique African Stool, Congo
Located in Schellebelle, BE
African stool with a great patina, Decorated with African Tribal Figures, Good great old patina of the wood,warm finish and glanze, Dates fro...
Category

1960s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

White and Indigo Dyed Yoruba Textile from Nigeria, West Africa
Located in New York, NY
This textile is made from heavy weight hand spun cotton with luminous natural indigo dyed details. The white is in fabulous condition, it is an unusual cotton or linen based fiber wi...
Category

2010s Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Cotton

Three-Low Slung Hand Carved African Lounge Chairs from Congo
Located in Antwerp, BE
Three-low slung African lounge chairs, probably from Congo, circa 1950s-1960s. Each chair is hand carved and unique and has a slightly different design.
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Collection of Three Lobi Snake Currencies on Stand
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...
Category

Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Iron

Etosha Elephants, Black and White Photography Fine Art Print by Rainer Martini
By Rainer Martini
Located in Epfach, DE
Rainer Martini is a well known German photographer from, born 1948. Measures: 90 x 60 cm. He started in sports photography, shooting all Olympic Games ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood, Paper

African Dan Mask from Ivory Coast
Located in Montreal, QC
African Dan mask from Ivory Coast with stitched and nailed cloth.
Category

1970s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Argile Balls Large Vase
Located in Paris, FR
Vase Argile Balls Large hand-made with argile balls assembled on a metal structure. Exceptional piece. Weight: 100kg. Also available in Medium Size.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Clay

Rossana Orlandi Bark Cabinet in Walnut, Bronze by Francesco Messina for Cypraea
By Cypraea, Rossana Orlandi
Located in Milan, IT
Designed by Francesco Maria Messina Naturae collection is an ode to the endemic nature of Mauritius. The pieces that are included in the collection (Foliae, Mangrovia, Pieter both, bark) all celebrate the unicity of the island flora and geological features through the use of pure materials such as solid wood, solid bronze, lava stone, coral stone, marble, bespoke glass...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare mid-20th century Dida hand-plated Shibori tie-dyed raffia ceremonial kerchief mounted on a linen stretched board. This kerchief was not woven on a loom, but ra...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Raffia

Rossana Orlandi Rochester Cabinet in Walnut by Francesco Messina for Cypraea
By Rossana Orlandi, Cypraea
Located in Milan, IT
Designed by Francesco Maria Messina The design of the items in this collection is complex and elegant. The Rochester collection features a sideboard, a cabinet, a shelf and a set of three floor lamps. The design emulates Rochester Falls’ columnar basalts through a wooden–brass topography, as though the whole pieces originated from a single block of timber crystalized into a multitude of hexagonal columns...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Brass

Rossana Orlandi Mangrovia Low Table Set Bronze by Francesco Messina for Cypraea
By Rossana Orlandi, Cypraea
Located in Milan, IT
Designed by Francesco Maria Messina Set of four low tables with green marble tops and legs in solid bronze hand casted from real mangrovia trees. Naturae collection is an ode to the endemic nature of Mauritius. The pieces that are included in the collection (FOLIAE, MANGROVIA, PIETER BOTH, BARK) all celebrate the unicity of the island flora and geological features through the use of pure materials such as solid wood, solid bronze, lava stone, coral stone, marble, bespoke glass...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Rossana Orlandi Rodrigues Low Table Coral Stone by Francesco Messina for Cypraea
By Rossana Orlandi, Cypraea
Located in Milan, IT
Designed by Francesco Maria Messina The Rising Ocean collection aims to create awareness about the global issue and to warn that some of the Islands of the Mauritian archipelago are...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Stone

Rossana Orlandi Aqua Shelf B in Mirrored Gold by Francesco Messina for Cypraea
By Francesco Maria Messina, Rossana Orlandi, Cypraea
Located in Milan, IT
Designed by Francesco Maria Messina The collection is characterized by the use of two materials and two textures that are brought together to create a dialogue, mirroring the rela...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Pair of African Spear Currencies on Stands
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a pair of vintage African spear currencies from the Mbole peoples, Democratic Republic of Congo which are nicely presented upon custom m...
Category

20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Metal

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