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Place of Origin: Sub-Saharan African
Pretty mid century African Bogolan hand painted Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful mid century Malian Bogolan tapestry with a nice tribal and artisanal design, from a scene of the village. Entirely hand painted on a hand woven cotton foundation.
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Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
Tribal Textile, Kuba Shoowa 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
An example of the continuation of the Kuba design tradition into the late 20th century. Technically superb, an amalgamation of traditional patterns interpreted by contemporary artist...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Natural Fiber
20th Century Prestige Cloth, Shoowa, Kuba Kingdom, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th century Prestige cloth, Shoowa people, Kuba Kingdom, D. R. Congo
A syncopated pattern of opposing forces lends this prestige cloth a sense of movement both horizontally and v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Natural Fiber
Bogolanfini "Mud Cloth" Woman's Wrapper
Located in Point Richmond, CA
WOMAN’S WRAPPER (BOGOLANFINI)
Mali, Bamana people
First half 20th century (probably made circa 1970)
Cotton (hand-spun), strip weave; painting with mud and plant dyes
These textil...
Category
1970s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
Antique Tetela Textile, DR Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Congolese Textile
Tetela
DR Congo
19th century
Measures: 68 x 41 inches (172 x 104 cm)
Provenance: Ambre-Congo gallery, Brussels
$5,000.
A very rare ...
Category
1880s Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Natural Fiber
Kuba Dye-Resist Tcaka Textile
Located in Chicago, IL
Visually dynamic and highly textured, this raffia textile expresses the irregular, geometric patterns typical of Kuba textile art. Created by an artisan of the Kuba people of the Dem...
Category
20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Raffia
Kuba Shoowa Textile 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Shoowa Prestige Cloth
Kuba Shoowa peoples
DR Congo, Kasai Region
Raffia palm fiber, natural and chemical dyes, cut-pile and stem stitch embroidery
24.5 x 24.5 inches (62 x 62 cm)
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Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Natural Fiber
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 Tapestries
Materials
Natural Fiber
Mid-20th Century Cut-Pile Raffia Panel, Shoowa People, Kuba, D.R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Cut-Pile Raffia Panel, Shoowa People, a northern group of the Kuba, D.R. Congo
A fascinating example of a cut-pile prestige cloth from the Shoowa people,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Natural Fiber
Tribal Textile, Kuba Shoowa 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A late 19th or early 20th century Kuba Prestige cloth, mostly embroidered with cut pile borders.
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Natural Fiber
Kuba Woman's Ceremonial Skirt, D.R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Noblewoman's Skirt.
Kuba People, DR Congo.
Raffia palm fiber, appliqué, embroidery.
Measures: 146 x 31 inches (371 x 79 cm).
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Raffia
Kuba Shoowa Textile 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Shoowa Prestige Cloth
D.R.Congo, Kuba (Shoowa) People
Mid 20th century
Raffia, natural dyes, cut pile embroidery
61 x 53.5 cm (24″ x 21”)
Provenance: Pierre Loos Collection, Bru...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Natural Fiber
Adire Eleko Yoruba Textile
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Adire Eleko “Spinning Tops"
Woman’s Wrapper
Yoruba People
Nigeria
Circa 1960s-1970s
Cotton brocade (bazin cloth) (3 panels), starch-resist and stencil dyed with indigo
76 ¼ x 66 ½ ...
Category
1960s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Hand Woven African Tapestry Depicting Village and Mountain Landscape
Located in Barrington, IL
Beautiful authentic piece of tribal textile art, this vintage handwoven African tapestry captures the serene beauty of a mountain landscape in the Kingdom of Lesotho. Crafted by skil...
Category
1970s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Wool
African Textile Showa Kuba
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare vintage African Kuba Textile, suitable for a modern wall panel, on a long table ; perfect as headboard.
Handwoven and hand dyed raffia fabric.
An IDEA: use this item as backrest...
Category
Mid-20th Century Archaistic Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Raffia
Vintage African Tapestry Wall Hanging with British Colonial Safari Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77336, vintage African rug tapestry. Reminiscences of an exotic journey and worldy sophistication, this vintage African tapestry wall hanging ...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Colonial Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Wool
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
First half 20th century
Inland Delta Region, Niger or Mal...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Ceremonial Raffia Fiber Dance Kerchief, Ivory Coast
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Ceremonial Raffia Fiber Dance Kerchief, Ivory Coast
These unusual Dida textiles are made from hand-plaited raffia fiber that is tie and stitch-resist dyed with natural pigme...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Raffia
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 Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Raffia
Antique Woman’s Ceremonial Beaded Cache-sexe (Pikuran), Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Woman’s Ceremonial Beaded Cache-sexe (Pikuran), Cameroon
Worn by the Bana Guilli (Kirdi) women of the Mandara Mountain region in northern Cameroon, pubic aprons, or cache-se...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Beads
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 ...
Category
1950s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Raffia
Mid-Century Modern African Tapestry
By Marguerite Stephens, Betty Cilliers-Barnard
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century tapestry designed by Betty Cilliers-Barnard (1914-2010) and handwoven by Marquerite Stephens in Johannesburg, South Africa. Entitled "African Multiplication" and woven i...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Tapestry
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 Tapestries
Materials
Raffia
A mounted rare mid twentieth century ewe cloth
Located in London, GB
A mounted special woman’s ewe cloth from south east Ghana with floating motifs, each with a proverbial meaning over strips of blue and green alternated with warp faced blocks of yell...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
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 Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Raffia, Palmwood
Adire Eleko Yoruba Textile
Located in Point Richmond, CA
An Adire Eleko women’s wrapper from a recently acquired, exceptionally fine collection of 1960-1970s-era adire cloths sourced in the early 1990s.
The cassava starch-resist and dye...
Category
1960s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
Framed Congolese kuba cloth mat, c. 1900's
Located in Kenilworth, IL
West African kuba cloth mat of palm fiber woven on a raffia ground laid in a geometric pattern of dyed and natural raffia fiber. Archival mount on a fabric screen and framed in an eb...
Category
20th Century Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Raffia
Mid-20th Century Fante Asafo Flag, Ghana
Located in New York, NY
A large and graphically stunning asafo flag.
Fante flags represent the merger of two cultural traditions, the Akan tradition of combining proverbs with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Mounted Shoowa Kuba Cloth Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking 20th century Shoowa Kuba cloth panel with a fantastic all-over interlocking meandering hook and knot pattern woven in black and natural flat-wea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Raffia
Framed West African kuba cloth mat, c. 1900's
Located in Kenilworth, IL
West African kuba cloth mat woven of dyed and natural palm fiber on raffia ground, laid in a diagonal diapered pattern in a consistent overall pattern. Archival mount on a fabric scr...
Category
20th Century Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Raffia
African Yoruba Diviner's Red Beaded Panel Sash 1950
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Yoruba Diviner's Red Beaded Wall Hanging Panel Sash 1950.
This extraordinary beaded wall hanging is a stunning example of Yoruba craftsmanshi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Beads
African Yoruba Diviner's Beaded Wall Hanging Panel Sash 1950
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Yoruba Diviner's Beaded Wall Hanging Panel Sash 1950.
This extraordinary beaded wall hanging is a stunning example of Yoruba craftsmanship, d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Beads
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 Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Raffia
Vintage Hand Woven Tapestry Depicting Life Scenes Around a Village
Located in Barrington, IL
Beauty in Simplicity! Vintage Hand Woven African Tapestry Depicting Life Scenes Around a Village. Beauty in Simplicity! A beautiful handwoven African tapestry depicting people ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Vintage West African Tunic with Geometric Design
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage West African Tunic with Geometric Design
This vibrant West African tunic was likely made in either Cameroon (Bamum people) or Nigeria (Yoruba people). The indigenous cotton ...
Category
20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
Large Blue Wildebeest Antelope Carpet / Rug from Kenya, British Colonial Era
Located in New York, NY
A noble and elegant African blue wildebeest rug or carpet from the British Colonial era in Kenya. Blue Wildebeest are known beautiful and subtle color r...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Colonial Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Felt, Animal Skin
Bobyrug’s Beautiful Long Antique Tribal Malian Woven Kilim
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful early 20th century long Malian soft Kilim with a tribal geometrical design and light colors with white, black and orange, entirely hand woven with wool on wool foundat...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Wool
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton
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 Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Hand Woven African Mohair Tapestry “Reflection in Pond”
Located in Barrington, IL
This captivating hand-woven mohair tapestry, titled “Reflection in Pond,” is a stunning example of traditional tribal art from the Kingdom of Lesotho, Africa. Crafted from fine, handspun mohair wool and dyed using natural vegetable-based pigments, the piece features a serene scene of an antelope gazing at its reflection in a still pond. Rich in texture and narrative, the tapestry reflects the refined skill and storytelling heritage of African weavers. A hand-stitched sleeve is sewn into the back for easy wall display with a tapestry rod. This textile artwork offers a sophisticated and meaningful accent for interior designers, collectors, and decorators seeking authentic African craftsmanship.
Dimensions: 31” x 33”
Date of Manufacture: 3rd Quarter of the 1900s
Place of Origin: Kingdom of Lesotho, Africa
Material: Wool, Mohair on Linen
Condition: Excellent
The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU: 2206
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Category
1970s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Wool
African Textile Kuba, suitable for table or Wall Hanging or Backrest Covering
By Kuba
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
B/1676. Old African textile from Kuba, Zaire: with small shells as ornament.
An IDEA: use this item as backrest covering of a sofa !
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Cotton, Raffia
Bobyrug’s Pretty Antique Hand Woven Weaving from Mali
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice mid century weaving from Mali with nice simple design and beautiful natural colors, entirely hand woven with wool on wool foundation.
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Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Wool
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 Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Korhogo Handwoven Mud Cloth Textile Ivory Coast Africa Folk Art
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Korhogo handspun, handwoven and hand-painted cotton mud cloth by the women of the Korhoga Village who spin the cotton, while the men weave and sew the cloth...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Korhogo Cloth
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 Tapestries
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Lucite
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 Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
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 Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
Large Scale N’dop Display Cloth Panel
Located in London, GB
A very large scale N’dop display cloth panel made of strips of indigo dyed mixed fibre cloth tie dyed with typical designs. With the original red and green...
Category
1950s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Fabric
Nigerian Striped Cloth
Located in London, GB
A very unusual cloth woven in shades of blue with coral and ivory stripes.
This type of cloth is woven to celebrate the coming of age of girls in the village.
Conservation mounted on...
Category
1930s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
