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Place of Origin: Sub-Saharan African
Yoruba House Post - Ex-Christie's
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A European functionary, a cane in his right hand, carries a ledger in his left, he wears a visored CAP, collar and tie. He is moustached and has a cigar in his jacket pocket. Probab...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Mounted Kuba Cloth Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Kuba cloth panel with a fantastic all-over meandering motif woven in black and natural raffia. Kuba cloths are construc...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Raffia
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 sashes that s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Fabric, Beads
African Yoruba Painted Gelede Headdress
Located in Chicago, IL
This painted mask was created by the Yoruba People of western Nigeria, and was worn during a tradition known as Gelede. A blend of ritual and artistic spectacle, Gelede pays homage to the women of their Community, understood to possess spiritual powers capable of the benefit or the destruction of society. The Gelede masquerade is an opportunity to honor or condemn behaviors within the Community, through dance, art, satire, and poetry. Worn by veiled dancers, Gelede masks...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Jak Katarikawe East African Artist, Painting of Hut with Moon and Animals
By Jak Moses Katarikawe
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful oil on board by noted Ugandan painter Jak Moses Katarikawe, (b. 1940)
Untitled. Subject: Hut and Animals with Moon. In excellent condition, framed.
The painting measures:...
Category
1980s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
20th Century Bark Cloth Painting, Mbuti 'Efe' People, D.R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th Century bark cloth painting, Mbuti (Efe) people, Ituri Forest, D. R. Congo
A painted barkcloth from the Efe people in the Ituri forest of no...
Category
1970s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Natural Fiber
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Fabric, Beads
African Textile Showa Kuba also for Backrest Cover
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Vintage African Kuba textile, suitable for a modern wall panel, on a long table or to make pillows.
Handwoven and hand-dyed raffia fabric -
An IDEA: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Raffia
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 Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Raffia
Bamun Copper Necklace
Located in Chicago, IL
Composed of fifteen miniature heads welded onto a circular form, this intricate necklace is styled after the prestige collars worn by royalty of the Kingdom of Bamum, a pre-colonial ...
Category
20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
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.
The unusual spiral weave on this cotton Isicholo makes this a beautiful and rare example of t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
African Textile Showa Kuba, also for Backrest Cover
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Unusual vintage African Kuba Textile, suitable for a modern wall panel, on a long table (or to make pillows).
Handwoven and hand dyed raffia fabric.
An IDEA: use this item as backres...
Category
Mid-20th Century Archaistic Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Raffia
Mid 20th Century Hand Carved African Fertility Mask, Akan People
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very decorative fertility mask by the Baule tribe, associated with the Akan people who live both in Ghana and in the Ivory Coast. The sides with three...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
African Textile Panel with Shells
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Old African textile panel with shells,: You can mount on a panel for wall, or place on table, or mount as lampshade. Its colors are sunny. It's wonderful for a sea-house !
B/1677-1
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Raffia
Mid-20th Century Dance Skirt Panel, Kuba, D.R.Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th Century Dance Skirt Panel, Kuba, D.R.Congo
A wonderful, almost op-art Kuba dance skirt panel with an appliqued design of four squared spirals. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Natural Fiber
Mounted Early 20th Century Mende Country Cloth
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Mende handwoven Country Cloth composed of twelve narrow strips of indigo and cream dyed cotton and arranged to create a checkerboard pattern, and hand ...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
Set of 5 Sculptural Panels by Prince Tola Wewe, Nigeria
By Tola Wewe
Located in London, GB
Prince Tola Wewe's work is deeply influenced by the Yoruba culture and in particular its folklore and myths which he re-interprets to create the most intriguing visual rhythms. Each ...
Category
2010s Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Terracotta
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Textile, Raffia
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Beads
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.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Sandstone
2000s African Eland Taxidermy Shoulder Mount
Located in New York, NY
Impressive early 2000s East African eland taxidermy shoulder mount. Upright, forward mount. Great coloring and taxidermy in excellent condition. Please...
Category
20th Century Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Fur
Antique Ethiopian Hide Shield
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century Ethiopian animal hide shield with leather knots at the centre securing the crudely formed handle. This piece has significant and attractive wear showing it's ag...
Category
Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Hide
'Juan de Pareja' Photograph by Omar Diop, 2014
By Omar Diop
Located in London, GB
Photograph from the 'Diaspora' series
Limited edition no. 7/8 (edition of 8 + 2 AP)
Signed, titled and numbered
With certificate of authenticity
Image 120 x 80 cm
Framed 128 x 88.5 cm
Note: Omar Victor Diop...
Category
2010s Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Copper Panel Artwork by Pemba
By Pemba
Located in Antwerp, BE
African copper panel artwork by Pemba. Congo.
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Copper, Metal
Copper Hand-Hammered Birds Art Work Wall Decoration Panel, 1990
By Pemba
Located in Antwerp, BE
This original piece is a hand-hammered signed copper work of elegant stylish dancing birds in the African sun.
Width 120 cm.
Height 110 cm.
Depth 5 cm.
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal, Copper
Bidjogo Tribal Initiation Ox Mask, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
After oxen were introduced to Guinea Bissau by Portuguese sailors in the 15th century, its strength, aggression, and nobility quickly became integrated i...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Hide, Wood
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Raffia
Mid century South African Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian mid century painting with an African motif. Painting is made on cotton canvas and mixture of tapestry and paint.
Panted by the ar...
Category
1950s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton, Paint
Frontal of Kouri Beef 'Bos taurus belensis'
Located in Leuven , BE
Beef from Lake Chad, native to the banks and islands of this lake, is generally called Kouri. Unlike the Zebus, it does not have a hump and its coat is white. Its horns show great va...
Category
Late 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Bone
Kirdi Leather Shield on Custom Wall Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderfully sculptural Kirdi leather shield from Cameroon, with a beautiful geometric pattern that's been 'stamped' into the leather resulting a raise...
Category
20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Leather
Museum Quality West African Indigo Textile
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Museum quality West African indigo textile. From Dahomey (Benin), circa 1925.
The same piece is in the permanent collection of Musée de l'Homme in Paris.
There has been a lot ...
Category
1920s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, 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), Bana Guili people, Mandara Mountains, Cameroon
An unusual cache-sexe made of blue and yellow beads so scattered ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Beads, Shell
20th Century Fante Asafo Flag, Ghana
Located in New York, NY
A large and graphically stunning Fante asafo flag.
Fante flags represent the merger of two cultural traditions, the Akan tradition of combining pro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Fabric
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
African Bantu Art, Expressive, Surrealistic Gouache by Marcel Gotène 1980s
By Marcel Gotène
Located in Salzburg, AT
The famous painter, Marcel Gotène (Icon of the contemporary Bantu art)
combines surrealistic impressions with modern tapisserie elements.
Born in 1935 in Yaba, Republic of Kongo - d...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Namib Dunes, Landscape, Color Photogaphy, 2 Fine Art Prints by Rainer Martini
Located in Epfach, DE
Namib desert dunes 2 Fine Art Prints 60cm x 80cm by Rainer Martini
Rainer Martini is a well known German photographer from, born 1948
He started in sports photography, shooting all O...
Category
2010s Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Nigerian Mofu Patterned Metal Shield, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The Mofu tribe of Nigeria was particularly famed for their metal shields. Expertly forged, the defenses provided by metal far outstripped the wood and ree...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Bissau-Ginean Ox Initiation Mask, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
After oxen were introduced to Guinea Bissau by Portuguese sailors in the 15th century, its strength, aggression, and nobility quickly became integrated i...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Glass
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Portrait of a Kongo Chief with Feather Headdress, Plant Material on Jute, Framed
Located in Leuven , BE
Portrait of a Kongo Chief with feather headdress, plant material on Jute, Frameda Patchwork of bark and raphia finished with feathered headdress. This is was made for export and it i...
Category
Late 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Burlap, Grasscloth, Faux Fur, Beads
"Cantonese Iron Kung Fu" Ghanaian Movie Poster, c. 1985
Located in Chicago, IL
Starring Bryan Leung, "Cantonen Iron Kung Fu" was a martial arts film from Hong Kong made in 1979. Frequently, theaters in Ghana were unable to import off...
Category
1980s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint, Paper
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, 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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
20th Century Pair of Oil on Boards by Percy Wort of Natal South African Scenes
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of lovely little oil on boards by desirable South African artist, Percy Wort (Born 1900).
Early-20th Century, circa 1930, both signed on the front. Featuring scenes from Be...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Colonial Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
"Power Force" Ghanaian Movie Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
Power Force was an American-made martial arts movie from 1991. It starred Alphonse Beni, a Cameroonian born movie star as a crime-fighting ninja. Frequently unable to import official...
Category
Late 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Fabric
Mid-Century Modern Folk Art Eno Antacid Advertising Sign
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This advertising sign was made during the 1960s in the Mid-Century Modern style and likely originates from South Africa. The sign is a combination of a professionally made molded, and silk screened plastic advertisement, which has been crudely mounted to a framed piece of pegboard with Styrofoam board in between. There is also a very light cord, presumably from a battery operated light...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Navy Framed Mud Cloth or Kuba Cloth in Floating Acrylic Frame Gold Standoffs
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Navy blue Kuba cloth or Mud cloth framed in acrylic with gold standoffs. Beautiful dark navy blue mud-cloth sandwiched between two pieces of custom acrylic. Four holes on the four co...
Category
1950s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Lucite
"Crystal Hunt" Ghanaian Movie Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
Starring Donnie Yen, "The Bruce Lee of the 90s," "Crystal Hunt" was a martial arts film from Hong Kong made in 1991. Frequently, theaters in Ghana were unable to import official post...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Frontal of Kouri Beef 'Bos Taurus Belensis', Wingspan
Located in Leuven , BE
This head-on view of a Kouri beef is made to hang up on a wall. The Kouri beef are known for its very recognizable thick and sturdy horns. Beef from Lake Chad are native to the banks...
Category
20th Century Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Bone, Organic Material
Nigerian Afo Hoe Currency, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
In many pre-colonial regions of Africa, iron was so valuable that tools often doubled as currencies for rare but significant transactions. This large iron form is a currency piece from the Afo peoples of northern Nigeria, and is modeled after the blade of a hoe. Used to till the hard soil and harvest crops, the hoe was highly valued as a symbol of the community's reliance on the earth and traditional agriculture. With its clean lines and irregular surface texture, the currency blade...
Category
Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
Babanki Elephant Mask Cameroon
Located in London, Lambeth
The use of elephant masks is considered a special privilege because the elephant is a majestic animal.
These masks appear during festive ceremonies and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
"Universal Soldier" Ghanaian Hand-Painted Movie Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
Starring Jean Claude Van-Damme and Dolph Lundgren, Universal Soldier was a pulpy action/sci-fi from the early 1990s. The film's international success is...
Category
1990s Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint, Paper
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