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Place of Origin: Sub-Saharan African
Old small wooden door of African Dogon granary/wall hanging object/20th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A small wooden door from a Dogon granary or agricultural tool warehouse.
This is an ethnic group that lives on the cliffs (Mount Bandiagara) in the Republic of Mali, Africa.
Their ho...
Category
20th Century Other Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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
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
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
Monumental African Tribal Burkina Faso Horned Bobo Ceremonial Mask
Located in Miami, FL
Early 20th century zoomorphic African ceremonial mask or puppet head sculpture attributed to the tribes people of Burkina Faso. This meticulously crafted wooden African mask or head ...
Category
20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
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
Wrought Copper Low-Relief Depicting African Scenes with Cubist Figures
By Kalumba Tshung Manu Gabriel
Located in Paris, FR
Wrought copper panel by the acclaimed Zaïre artist Gabriel Kalumba Tshung Manu (1940-2019), worked in Congo between 1960s-1985s.
This low-relief depicting African scenes...
Category
1980s Art Deco Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Copper
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, 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
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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Hide
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
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-mounted Sculptures
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-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Hide, Wood
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-mounted Sculptures
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-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Leather
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
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
Wood, Glass
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
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
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-mounted Sculptures
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-mounted Sculptures
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-mounted Sculptures
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
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
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
African Gemsbok "Oryx Gazella" Antelope Shoulder Mount, 20th Century
Located in Hollywood, 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
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
Large Ethiopian Hide Shield
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully sculptural and three dimensional animal hide shield from Ethiopia. This fabulous handmade object was formed by carefully shaping the leather over stones to create its ...
Category
20th Century Sub-Saharan African Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Leather
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