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Item Ships From: Austin
Ashanti Mother and Child Maternity Figure Carved by Osei Bonsu, Ghana
By Osei Bonsu
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Ashanti maternity figure by the master carver Osei Bonsu. The mother figure is seated on a simple backless chair. An infant lays calmly in her la...
Category

1930s Ghanaian Tribal Vintage Austin - Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Ashanti Mother and Child Maternity Figure Carved by Osei Bonsu, Ghana
Ashanti Mother and Child Maternity Figure Carved by Osei Bonsu, Ghana

Ashanti Mother and Child Maternity Figure Carved by Osei Bonsu, Ghana

Kain Limar Songket, Silk Ikat, Metallic Thread, circa 1900, Palembang, Sumatra
Located in Austin, TX
A rich and luxurious kain limar songket, shoulder cloth for a woman, ikat dyed and woven silk (limar) with supplementary weft woven metallic gold thread brocade (songket), circa 1900...
Category

Early 1900s Indonesian Tribal Antique Austin - Tribal Art

Materials

Metallic Thread

Kain Limar Songket, Silk Ikat, Metallic Thread, circa 1900, Palembang, Sumatra
Kain Limar Songket, Silk Ikat, Metallic Thread, circa 1900, Palembang, Sumatra

Kain Limar Songket, Silk Ikat, Metallic Thread, circa 1900, Palembang, Sumatra

Papua New Guinea Chambri Lakes Pottery Vessel, Mid 20th century
Located in Austin, TX
A delightful and fanciful Chambri Lake fired and pigmented pottery vessel with applied molded face design, mid 20th century Aibom village, Chambri Lake, Middle Sepik River region, Pa...
Category

Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Austin - Tribal Art

Materials

Pottery

Papua New Guinea Chambri Lakes Pottery Vessel, Mid 20th century
Papua New Guinea Chambri Lakes Pottery Vessel, Mid 20th century

Papua New Guinea Chambri Lakes Pottery Vessel, Mid 20th century

Lake Sentani Carved Feasting Platter
Located in Austin, TX
A well carved festival feasting platter. One end featuring a long billed water bird head. The exterior carved with a traditional complex interlocking motif. The interior plain and di...
Category

Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Austin - Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood

Lake Sentani Carved Feasting Platter
Lake Sentani Carved Feasting Platter

Lake Sentani Carved Feasting Platter

Pair African Gourd Storage Vessels, Kenya or Ethiopia, early-mid 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic pair of large African gourd storage vessels with native repairs, early to mid 20th century, Ethiopia or Kenya. This pair of dried and hollowed gourd vessels would origin...
Category

20th Century Kenyan Tribal Austin - Tribal Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Pair African Gourd Storage Vessels, Kenya or Ethiopia, early-mid 20th Century
Pair African Gourd Storage Vessels, Kenya or Ethiopia, early-mid 20th Century

Pair African Gourd Storage Vessels, Kenya or Ethiopia, early-mid 20th Century

Indonesian Tribal Anteater Form Headrest, Irian Jaya, Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A whimsical and intriguing headrest carved from a single piece of hardwood in the form of an anteater. The curved back of the animal would have supported the neck and displays a wonderfully warm patina from tribal use. The anteater's over sized head has been carved in a charming manner. Found in Sumatra, but most likely traded from Irian Jaya.
Category

Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Austin - Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood

Indonesian Tribal Anteater Form Headrest, Irian Jaya, Mid-20th Century
Indonesian Tribal Anteater Form Headrest, Irian Jaya, Mid-20th Century

Indonesian Tribal Anteater Form Headrest, Irian Jaya, Mid-20th Century

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