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Period: Mid-20th Century
Place of Origin: Sub-Saharan African
Central African Bust Wall Sculptures 'Male and Female'
Located in Pasadena, CA
One of a kind pair of beautifully-carved wooden wall sculptures of an African couple. Most probably from a region in DR Congo in Central Africa. One o...
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Rattan, Wood

South African Tribal Carved Wooden Figure of Naked Lady by G. Tandi, circa 1960s
Located in Richmond, Surrey
South African Tribal carved wooden figure of naked lady by G. Tandi, circa 1960s.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

Portait of African Male, Charcoal on Paper, Signed Banzyville, 1944
Located in Leuven , BE
C.P. Initials,Portait of African Male,Charcoal on Paper,Signed Banzyville 1944,Framed,Signed and Dated
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1940s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

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Paper

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 !
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Raffia, Cotton

1950s Carved Wooden Cabinet from Congo
Located in Antwerp, BE
One of a kind ethnic wooden cabinet from the 1950s depicting rural life in Zaïre (now the Congo). Bas-relief technique on solid wood. Great original condition. The front legs of this...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

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Wood

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.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

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Sandstone

Ivory Coast Hand Spun Cotton Natural Indigo Cloth
Located in Greenwich, CT
Ivory Coast hand spun cotton natural indigo cloth, circa 1930-1950.
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1940s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Cotton

Modernist Sculptural African Drum, Wire Iron Stand
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early African Drum,, Hand made,,Modernist iron stand,, Functional,,amazing sound as well as beautiful sculpture.
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Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

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Iron

Rare Child Size Ceremonial Kanaga Masks, Dogon Peoples
By Dogon Tribe Mali
Located in Buffalo, NY
Kananga masks form geometric patterns. These masks represent the first human beings and are normally made by carvers of the Awa society. The masks are worn during the Dama dancing ce...
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1930s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Paint, Wood

Nocturnal Bird Mask, Nigeria, Africa, circa 1950
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very beautiful mask with large pronounced eyes with the circular cavity shape. The mask depicts a nocturnal bird that can see in the darkness and manifest the presence of divinities ...
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Pair of Tall Wooden Ethiopian Milk Holders
Located in New York, NY
Hand-carved tall wooden milk holders with metal inserts.
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Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Dance Head Ornament Representing an Antelope Head, Burkina Faso, Africa
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A beautiful stylized antelope head used as headdress on ceremonial dances. Retains the old painting and patina over the carved wood. Traded by a professor working in Africa in the 19...
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Mid-20th Century Primitive Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Pair of Monumental African Ebonized Figures
Located in New York, NY
Pair of monumental African ebonized carved tribal figures of man and wife with child and drum standing on a round base (19/20th Cent)(from the World M...
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Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

At Manteto Ceramic Wall Mask
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ceramic mask, Baku Ghana. Signed:AT Manteto,Baku 1974. Measures: Height 32 cm. Width 17 cm. Depth 8 cm.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Kote Kono a African Puppets from Mali
Located in Paris, FR
African Puppets Kote Kono A, this "Kote Kono" animal puppets depicting the hornbill bird with a large beak during the Sogobo ceremony. This ancestral tradition continues in the region of Segou in Mali, along the Niger River and more particularly in the Bozo ethnic group. It is an opportunity to regroup the different villages and give rise to musical and theatrical performances whose highlight is the puppet show...
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1950s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Unique and Highly Decorative Congolese Hardwood Tree Trunk Floor Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
A unique and highly decorative Congolese hardwood tree trunk, displaying burly freak growths all-over and mounted as a standing lamp. Beautiful original 1970s lampshade...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Metal

Ukamba Beer Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Jalaba wood.
Category

1930s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Collection of Dagari Spirit Figures From Burkina Faso
Located in Hudson, NY
This impressive collection of four carved wood figures are from the landlocked African country of Burkina Faso. This nation bordered by 6 other countries ...
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1930s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Vintage African Tribal Mask
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage African tribal mask from the ivory coast now mounted on museum stand. Provenance available.
Category

Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Steel

20th Century Tuareg Wedding Tapestry from Niger, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Offered by Andres Moraga. Wedding blanket or tent hanging, "Arkilla Jenngo" Woven by Fulani weavers for a Tuareg noble family Inland Delta Region, Nige...
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Colonial Side Table
Located in Antwerp, BE
Colonial tribal side table from Congo. Diameter wood 50 cm. Diameter glass 70 cm. Height 65 cm.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Glass, Wood

Large African Painting by Ngasagras
Located in Antwerp, BE
Fantastic painting of an African market by Ngasagras who was a member of the Poto-Poto school in Brazzaville,Congo.This wonderful piece depicts a Market...
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Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

A Zulu Basket Weave Lamp
Located in London, GB
South Africa, 20th century A mid twentieth century Zulu basketweave lamp, with geometric decoration throughout. Please note: Does not include the la...
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Natural Fiber

A Small Zulu Basket Weave Lamp
Located in London, GB
South Africa, A mid twentieth century South African basket weave lamp of small scale and teardrop form, with geometric decoration. Please note: Does not include the lampshade. Lamp...
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Natural Fiber

A pair of Tutsi Prestige baskets, Rwanda, mid 20th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Pair of Inkangara Prestige Baskets Rwanda or Burundi, Tutsi and Hutu peoples 20th century (1960s/1970s) Left H 16 1⁄2 ins (42 cm); D 8 1⁄2 ins (21.5 cm) Right H 16 ins (40.5 c...
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1960s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Natural Fiber

Grouping of Ashanti Bronze Figurines, Asante People, Ghana, 1970s
By Akan Ashanti
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Grouping of Akan Ashanti cast bronze figurines. The Ashanti or Asante People from Ghana have a rich tradition of crafting bronze pieces to commemorate important figures from their cu...
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Cast Bronze Bell, Benin, 1940s
By People from Benin
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Heavy traditional Benin cast bronze bell with fine decorative bead ornaments on the shoulder and a nice deep and full sound. These bells were used to summon palace slaves. The bell h...
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1940s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Hand Carved Soapstone Tribal Bust 1940s
Located in London, GB
A beautiful soapstone hand-carved head of an African tribe-woman circa 1940. Dimensions: H 18cm x D 11cm x W 6.5cm
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1940s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Soapstone

Charlotte Perriand Cansado Bench with Drawer Steph Simon
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
In the late 1950s, Charlotte Perriand was commissioned to undertake the design and furnishing of Cansado, a town in Mauritania. This mining settlement was purpose-built to house the ...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Vintage Saharan African Tuareg Leather and Reed Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The carpets of the Tuareg, who are cattle herding nomads inhabiting a vast expanse of the Sahara desert, are among the most exciting group of weavings to appear on the market. These ...
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Leather, Reed

Vintage Rare Oversize Mauritanian Sahara Tuareg Leather and Reed Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The carpets of the Tuareg, who are cattle herding nomads inhabiting a vast expanse of the Sahara desert, are among the most exciting group of weavings to appear on the market. These ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Leather, Reed

1930's Mbole Woven Bark Fibre Decorative Panels
Located in London, GB
Woven panels such as this would have decorated the walls of a traditional Mbole meeting house in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These woven decorative Mbole panels are made fr...
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1930s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Natural Fiber

Charlotte Perriand Metal, Wood LowTable for Cansado, circa 1950
By Charlotte Perriand, Steph Simon
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Low table designed by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1950 from Cité Cansado, Mauritania, Africa. Painted steel, wood. Measures: 74.3 x 80 x 80 cm In good original condition, with mino...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Steel

Hand Carved Wooden "Nupe Tribe" Stool, Wabi Sabi, Made in Nigeria, 1950s
Located in Odense, DK
A marvellous hand carved wooden Nupe stool curated by the Nupe people who live alongside the Niger river in Nigeria. The stool would have been used as a prestige item used only for m...
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Mid-20th Century Primitive Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

Midcentury Masai Shield, Kenya/Tanzania
Located in Schagen, NL
Masai Shield hand painted with pigments on (Cow)hide. This stunning elliptical graphic shield was probably owned by a warrior herder as younger warriors w...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood, Hide

Ashanti Ghana African Art Sculpture
Located in Encino, CA
Ashanti Ghana African Art Sculpture Museum quality in African Art. Exceptional, and extremely rare Monumental wooden African sculpture depict...
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Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

Exotic African Wood 'Throne' Bantu Tribe, Malawi, Mid-Late 20th Century
Located in London, Charterhouse Square
Exotic African wood 'Throne' Bantu Tribe, Malawi. Mid-late 20th century.
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Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Wood

African Tribal Kuba Dance Cloth From Congo
Located in New York, NY
Handmade from rafia and hand-stitched with great artistry, this Kuba dance cloth is powerful as a graphic piece of art. It has some soiling consistent with its use. It would make a g...
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Furniture

Materials

Raffia

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