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...
Paint, Wood
Conical Leather and Straw Tribal Fulani Hat, Mali West Africa
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Conical leather and straw tribal Fulani hat, Mali West Africa Folk Art organic fiber hat with leather applications that comes from the Fulani people in West Africa. It is typically worn by the Wodaabe, a nomadic cattle-herder subgroup of the Fulani. The organic straw is covered in leather straps both at the brim and top and with decorative leather elements in the middle. At the very top of the hat there is a knob which is covered in leather. At the base of the hat there is a chinstrap. The hats were featured on dancers in the 2018 music video "All the Stars" by the artist Kendrick Lamar...
Wood
Framed Vintage Mali Indigo Cloth
Located in Istanbul, TR
First the fragment has been hand backed on a linen fabric, then stretched over a wooden stretcher and finished with a wooden frame. Mid 20th C. Mali Ready to go on a wall. Framed It...
Cotton
Framed Vintage Indigo Mali Cloth
Located in Istanbul, TR
First the fragment has been hand backed on a linen fabric, then stretched over a wooden stretcher and finished with a wooden frame. Mid 20th C. Mali. Ready to go on a wall. Framed I...
Cotton
$93
H 5.52 in W 9.06 in D 0.02 in
Antique Print of a Native of Ethiopia and West Africa by Prichard, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Abbas Gregorius, è gente Amharica - Native of Hausa'. Antique print of Abbas Gregorius, an Amharic Ethiopian, and Hausa man of West Africa. This print originate...
Paper
$450Sale Price|50% Off
H 9 in W 19 in D 0.25 in
Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sex Modesty Apron, Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal beaded cache-sex modesty apron (Pikuran), Mandara Mountains, Cameroon These colorful cache-sex were worn for celebrations, rituals...
Shell, Beads
Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sexe Modesty Apron, Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal beaded cache-sexe modesty apron (pikuran), Mandara Mountains, Cameroon These colorful cache-sexe were worn for celebrations, rit...
Shell, Beads
$440Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.5 in W 14 in D 0.25 in
Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sexe Modesty Apron, Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal beaded cache-sexe modesty apron (pikuran), Bana Guili people, Mandara Mountains, Cameroon An unusual cache-sexe made of blue and yellow beads so scattered ...
Shell, Beads
19Th Century - Four Liturgical Cloths
Located in Porto, PT
This lot presents a set of four Portuguese altar cloths, dating from the 19th century, which beautifully illustrate the artistry and devotion embodied in ecclesiastical textiles of t...
Wood
$3,743Sale Price|20% Off
H 44.1 in W 38.59 in D 1.58 in
Large Framed Textile Fragment of a Ceremonial Dance Skirt from the Kuba People
Located in London, GB
A rare women’s ceremonial dance skirt from the Kuba people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. With a strong artistic textile tradition, the Kuba people i...
Textile, Raffia
$2,600
H 28.75 in W 12.21 in D 3.94 in
ARKO Wall Art14 Contemporary Art Japanese Craft Rice Straw Art Wall Sculpture
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO. Title: Composition Marcato (B) This is one of the series named "Composition XX" Her works have the feelings of...
Canvas, Thread, Straw
$675Sale Price|25% Off
H 29 in W 59 in D 1 in
Mid-20th Century Man's Ceremonial (cofradía) Outfit, Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century man's ceremonial (cofradía) outfit, Chichicastenango, Guatemala. 25" (63.5 cm) shoulder to hem by 59" (274 cm) across shoulders It is rare to find a complete ceremonial cofradía outfit in such good condition. The blue zigzag embroidery at shoulders and cuffs is said to signify that the wearer was an astrologist or day-keeper of the ceremonial Maya calendar...
Wool
Tribal Mid-20th Century Zulu Women's Red Cotton Hat, Isicholo, South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century Tribal Zulu women's woven red cotton hat, Isicholo, from South Africa This woman's cotton Isicholo hat is a beautiful example of the hats worn during special ceremo...
Cotton
Noblewoman's Ceremonial Overskirt, Kuba People
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Noblewoman’s Ceremonial Overskirt Shoowa People, DR Congo Mid 20th century Raffia, palm fiber, stem stitch and cut pile embroidery 42.5 x 2 ins. (108 x 51 cm) An unusual overskirt ...
Raffia
Mounted 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 that floats off the wall in the shape of the k...
Raffia
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.
Sandstone
Sold
H 21.26 in W 14.18 in D 1.07 in
African Dogon door/20th century/wall hanging object/tribal sculpture
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
The Dogon people are an ethnic group that lives on the Bandiagara cliffs facing the Niger River basin in the Republic of Mali, West Africa, and have a population of approximately 250...
Wood
Hand Carved Wooden Door from the Dogon Tribe in Mali, Afrika
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
An impressive large hand carved wooden granary door from the Dogon Tribe in Mali. The Dogon symbols are believed to invoke ancestral spirits wich guard the stored grain. Each door is...
Hardwood
Mali West Africa Conical Leather and Straw Tribal Fulani Hat
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large conical leather and straw tribal Fulani hat, Mali West Africa Fiber hat with leather applications that comes from the Fulani people in West Africa. It is typically worn by the Wodaabe, a nomadic cattle-herder subgroup of the Fulani. It is covered in leather straps both at the brim and top and with decorative leather elements in the middle. At the very top of the hat there is a knob which is covered in leather. At the base of the hat there is a chinstrap. The hats were featured on dancers in the 2018 music video "All the Stars" by the artist Kendrick Lamar...
Leather, Straw
Unique Africain Tribal Midcentury Terracotta Storage Jar from Mali
Located in Salzburg, AT
Attractive tribal art and decoration object. Midcentury traditional terracotta grain storage jar from Mali (Dogon) Handmade vessel with fine ethnic geometrical decoration all around....
Terracotta
Mounted African Pestle
Located in Wainscott, NY
Primitive African pestle with gorgeous patina.
Metal
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