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Place of Origin: Sub-Saharan African
African Vintage Shield, Tribal Wall Art, SONGYE SHIELD, Congo, Mid 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
The Songye Shield is a striking example of African tribal art from the Congo, dating back to the mid-20th century. This shield, traditionally used by the Songye people for protection...
Category
Late 19th Century Primitive Antique Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Vintage 3.3 Feet Tall African Hand Carved Wood Wall Masks, Set of Three
Located in Bochum, NRW
Set of 3 vintage hand-carved wood African wall masks, richly decorated with intricate tribal motifs and totemic animals (scorpion, salamander, owl).
Unusual hand painted in shades o...
Category
1990s Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Hammered Copper Wall Relief Sculpture Panel with African Pots
Located in Antwerp, BE
Hugh, lighted wall relief or object with African pots. This unique object is made by an Congolese artist and is in very good condition.
Measures: Width 121...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Moses Unokwah (Nigeria) "Divination" Metal Relief 1990
Located in Savannah, GA
Moses Unokwah
(Nigeria, b.1964)
Divination, 1990
foil relief
edition 8/45
signed lower right
sight: 22½ by 34¾ inches
frame: 25½ by 38 inches
This sculpted foil relief from Ni...
Category
1990s Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Baule Painted Ram Mask
Located in Chicago, IL
The Baule people of the Ivory Coast used ram masks in secular, public performances. Realistically carved, and wonderfully decorated, they were designed to draw attention and enhance ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Very large Decorative Tribal African Mask Gabon Wall Hanging
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
A wonderful, very large elongated Tribal fang mask from Gabon.
Hand carved and hand painted using tempura paint.
Used in ceremonies, the mask has very ni...
Category
20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Handcarved Beninese Tribal Mask
Located in Miami, FL
Acquired from Albert F. Gordon's Tribal Arts Gallery in Manhattan in the early 1970s, this is a handcarved wood mask that measures approximately 11.75" wide, 6.25" deep, and 17.75" t...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Shoulder Mounted Taxidermy Trophy of a Massive African Eland
Located in San Francisco, CA
Impressive and massive shoulder mounted trophy head of an African Eland (antelope) with glass eyes, In excellent condition from the mid-to-late 20th c...
Category
20th Century Rustic Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin
Sable Antelope Taxidermy
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite specimen features a table mount taxidermy Sable Antelope, expertly crafted and beautifully preserved. The Sable Antelope is a stunning sp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Fur
African Ghana Wood Decorative Mask Wall Sculpture
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage African Wood Decorative Mask Sculpture.
Hand-carved African Mask from Ghana.
African decorative wall mask sculpture, hand-carved of sese wood with intricate patterns.
The African mask is carved and embossed with geometrical designs that forms a symbol of power, love and serenity.
Great decorative piece of African wall art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Handmade Peacock hammered into a sheet of Copper .African 1970s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Crafted from a single plate of copper, this 3D relief of a Peacock . signed Kapingca Zambia, Africa at the time, back in the 1970's.
hammered into a sheet of copper.
Category
1970s Arts and Crafts Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Copper
1970s Hammered Copper Wall Art Panel Sculpture of a Dancing Warrior
By Kalumba Tshung Manu Gabriel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare and beautiful life-size hammered copper panel of a dancing African warrior with spear and shield.
Wrought copper panel in the style of acclaimed Zaïre artist Gabriel Kalumba Tshung Manu (1940-2019), worked in Congo between 1960s-1985s.This low-relief depicting dancing African warrior and is signed “Kalumba Tshung-Manu” (lower right).Kalumba was passionate by copper and influenced by his popular African culture.Gabriel Kalumba Tshung Manu brass drummer and brass maker, he won the Grand Prix at the World Festival of Negro Arts in 1966 in Dakar, Senegal, in the Plastic Arts category.Gabriel Kalumba, born in 1940 is the grandson of a traditional sculptor, his father was an ivoirier.After his humanities, he studied Fine Arts in Lubumbashi then brass work in Maredsous (Belgium), before introducing the technique to Zaire (current Democratic Republic of Congo).In 1966, at the initiative of the president and poet Léopold Sédar Senghor, the first "World Festival of Negro Arts" organized in Dakar (Senegal), was created. Personalities from all walks of life took part: Aimé Césaire...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Superb Old Senufo Door Sotheby's Provenance African Sculpture
Located in Sharon, CT
Beautiful old door with low relief carved figures and animals. Very old encrusted surface. Provenance: Sotheby's NY May 5 1997 lot 88.
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Wandala Shield from Chad
Located in Stamford, CT
Wandalà shield, from Cameroon/Chad. Made with cowhide and natural pigments.
For a similar example see- Benitez-Johannot, Purissima and Jean Paul Barbier, Shields: Africa, Southea...
Category
20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Cowhide
Vintage South African Wall Plaque in Embossed Copper, Signed Muko 82
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Hand-crafted embossed copper wall plaque depicting a tribe/traditional South African woman. Signed Muko and dated or numbered 82. Mounted on a wooden back-plate with nails.
Measure...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
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-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Hide, Wood
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-mounted Sculptures
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.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Fang-Style African Painted Mask
Located in Chicago, IL
Light masks like these represented the spirit of an ancestor and were used for social control by Ngil, the judiciary association. The facial markings, abstract features and strong, e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pende-Style Antelope Mask
Located in Chicago, IL
Masks from the Pende people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are considered some of the most dramatic works of African art. The Pende have defined an extensive range of mask forms, many with distinct characters embodied during ritual ceremony. Colored by red and white pigments, this Pende mask...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Rattan, Wood
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-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Copper
African Gemsbok "Oryx Gazella" Antelope Shoulder Mount, 20th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
African Gemsbok Oryx Gazella shoulder mount. The antelope is native to the arid regions of South Africa such as the Kalahari Desert, 20th century.
Category
20th Century Sporting Art Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Fur, Wood
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-mounted Sculptures
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 Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Large African Wooden Baule Kple Kple Tribal Mask, Ivory Coast, Mid 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
This large African Baule Kple Kple tribal mask from the Ivory Coast, crafted in the mid-20th century, is a striking embodiment of traditional craftsmanship and cultural significance....
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Leather
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-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Copper
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-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Moses Unokwah (Nigeria) “Mai Molo” Metal Relief 1993
Located in Savannah, GA
Moses Unokwah
(Nigeria, b.1964)
Mai Molo, 1993
foil relief
edition 9/45
signed lower right
sight: 7½ by 31 inches
frame: 10½ by 34 inches
This sculpted foil relief from Nigeri...
Category
1990s Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Moses Unokwah (Nigeria) "Mirrows and Combs" Metal Relief 1993
Located in Savannah, GA
Moses Unokwah
(Nigeria, b.1964)
Mirrows and Combs, 1993
foil relief
edition 8/40
signed lower right
sight: 24½ by 31 inches
frame: 26½ by 34 inches
This sculpted foil relief f...
Category
1990s Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Wood
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-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Selamawi Wall Vessel, Raffia by TheUrbanative
Located in Geneve, CH
Selamawi wall vessel (Raffia) by TheUrbanative
Dimensions: W18 x D7.5 x H26 cm
Material: Raw terracotta wall hung vessel, with glazed belly detail and long raffia fringe. Vessel co...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Selamawi Wall Vessel, Fin by TheUrbanative
Located in Geneve, CH
Selamawi wall vessel, fin by TheUrbanative
Dimensions: W16 x D7.5 x H28 cm
Material: Wall hung ceramic with glazed fin details. Vessel comes with steel plate wall hanging bracket.
...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Selamawi Wall Vessel, Dot by TheUrbanative
Located in Geneve, CH
Selamawi wall vessel (Dot) by TheUrbanative
Dimensions: W17 x D14 x H26 cm
Material: Raw terracotta wall hung vesse with glazed nodule details. Vessel comes with steel plate wall h...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Selamawi Wall Vessel, Blue by TheUrbanative
Located in Geneve, CH
Selamawi wall vessel, blue by TheUrbanative
Dimensions: W18 x D10 x H25 cm
Material: Glazed terracotta wall hing vessel.
Vessel comes with steel plate wall hanging bracket.
Als...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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-mounted Sculptures
Selamawi Wall Vessel, Comb by Theurbanative
Located in Geneve, CH
Selamawi wall vessel (Blue) by TheUrbanative
Dimensions: W 16 x D 7.5 x H 25 cm
Material: Wall hung raw terracotta ceramic with a comb detail. Vessel comes with steel plate wall ha...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
