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Item Ships From: Bay Area
Nepal Mahakala Wood Dance Mask with Open Eyes Fierce Mouth Teeth
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved wood smaller dance mask from Nepal with powerful expression, open eyes and open mouth with carved teeth and fangs, representing the Buddhist Mahakala, the demon chaser. The to...
Category
Early 20th Century Nepalese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Pal Kepenyes Bronze/Brass Necklace, 20th Century
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Pal Kepenyes bronze/brass necklace, 20th century.
This Hungarian born artist worked in Mexico for decades, known for free-form sculptural jewelry...
Category
20th Century Mexican Modern Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Congolese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Expressive Early Classic Cubist Dan Mask Early 20th Century Liberia, ex Sothebys
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Expressive early classic cubist Dan mask with refined expressive look, narrow open eyes and mouth and fine line scarification marks around outside of face. Created early 20th century by the Dan People...
Category
Early 20th Century Liberian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th Century Man's Ceremonial (cofradía) Outfit, Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century man's ceremonial (cofradía) outfit, Chichicastenango, Guatemala.
25" (63.5 cm) shoulder to hem by 59" (274 cm) across shoulders
It is rare to find a complete ceremonial cofradía outfit in such good condition. The blue zigzag embroidery at shoulders and cuffs is said to signify that the wearer was an astrologist or day-keeper of the ceremonial Maya calendar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Guatemalan Spanish Colonial Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
$675 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid-20th Century Globular Vessel, Mangbetu People, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th Century Globular Vessel, Mangbetu People, D. R. Congo
An unusually large and striking non-figurative vessel from the Mangbetu people, comprised of six lobes joined to a c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Ceramic
Abaca Tapis Skirt, Philippines, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Abaca Tapis Skirt
Bagobo people, Mindanao, Philippines
Mid-20th century
Hemp family
Measures: H 23.25 in x W 27.5 in
Fully opened: H: 46.5 in x W: 55 in
Abaca is a textile unique to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Philippine Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Hemp
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Skull Face Mask Nepal Citipati Wood Dance Mask with Open Eyes Mouth Carved Teeth
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Oval skull face dance mask from Nepal with powerful expression, open eyes and oval mouth with finely carved teeth. Representing the Buddhist Citipati, the skull faced protector. Hea...
Category
Early 20th Century Nepalese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Tribal Style Songye Kifwebe Mask, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This graphic Songye Kifwebe mask has fine carved lines curved over the eyes and diagonal lines radiating from the nose and mouth in classic Kifwebe form. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Congolese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Large Tibetan Chest with Hand-Painted Front
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Tibetan storage chest with traditional hand painted Dragons
Tibet
Wood, Iron, Paint
19th century.
27 x 59.5 x 22.5 in./ 69 x 151 x 57
Height on custom display St...
Category
19th Century Tibetan Other Antique Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
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 Congolese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Nepal Wood Dance Mask with Open Mouth Teeth, Late 19th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Oval dance mask from Nepal with powerful expression, open eyes and oval mouth with finely carved teeth, nicely carved ears. Heavy black encrusted patina inside and out from tradition...
Category
Late 19th Century Nepalese Tribal Antique Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Old Jar-shaped Rice Storage Basket, Philippines, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old Jar-shaped rice storage basket (Ulbung), Philippines, early to mid-20th Century
This basket comes from Ifugao, Philippines. Made by hand from bamboo ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Philippine Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Bamboo
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)
...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Large Dogon Ladder, Mali
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Dogon ladder, Mali
Wood
Early to mid-20th century
Measures: 75.5 x 14 in. / 192 x 36 cm
With a textured, eroded patina, this ladder was originally used outdoors. Ca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Other Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$3,900
Early 20th Century Shield, Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Shield, Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
This large, post contact, shield is traditionally decorated in bold colors with a central circle. This ...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Other Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Enamel, Wire
An antique Tutsi Basketry Woven Screen, Rwanda
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Insika (Screen or Wall Panel)
Rwanda-Burundi, Tutsi people
Circa 1900 or earlier
Natural fibers and dyes
H 23 ins (58.5 cm)
W 16 ins (40.5 cm)
Depth 3 1/2 ins (9 cm)
This superb ...
Category
Early 1900s Rwandan Tribal Antique Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
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 Congolese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia, Palmwood
$1,250
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 Malian Tribal Vintage Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Bembe Bearded Male Figure Bust with Beard Hands on Stomach Staff Top DRC Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Striking Bembe bearded male bust figure with hands on sides of projecting stomach and finely carved beard. Stacking square hair style on top of head and projecting element hair on b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Angular Cubist Dan Kran Mask Open Mouth Triangle Eyes Ivory Coast Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Great Angular Cubist Dan Kran Mask with expressive open mouth with metal teeth, triangle eyes and projecting angular cheeks. From Ivory Coast, West Africa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Turkana Tribal Wood Headrest, Stylized Human Form, African Beaded Attachments
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Turkana tribal carved wood headrest, stylized human form, early 20th century, Kenya, African.
Headrest from Kenya with attached leather, beads, buttons and a metal finger knife. Great sculpture...
Category
Early 20th Century Kenyan Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Red Mola Quilt, Kuna People, San Blas Islands, Panama
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th century Mola quilt, Kuna People, San Blas Islands, Panama
This large quilt is composed of thirty-six molas, including some depicting various animals and sea creatures, Jesus Ch...
Category
1970s Panamanian Tribal Vintage Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Baule Standing Female Figure With Scarifications Hands Ivory Coast Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Baule Standing Female Figure with finely carved raised scarifications, hands on side of stomach with long figures. From Ivory Coast, Africa
It is in good condition with wear, polis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Large Early Papua New Guinea Carved Coconut Scoop or Spoon with Figure
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Early Papua New Guinea Carved Coconut Scoop or Spoon with Figure
Scoop is 3 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4", on custom wood and metal base total height 7 1/2 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Hand-Forged Iron Currency, Southern Chad, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century iron currency, kurr, Sara-Madjingaye peoples, Southern Chad.
These rare currencies have a wonderfully minimalist anthropomorphic form, but were inspired...
Category
Early 20th Century Chadian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Mapuche Chief's Poncho, Chile or Argentina
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mapuche Poncho
Mapuche People, Chile or Argentina
First half of 20th century
Wool, double-cloth technique, indigo dyed
59 x 63 inches (150 x 160 cm)
With long fringes and of a pl...
Category
Early 20th Century Chilean Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Fon Carved Wood Ceremonial Seat with Multiple Figures, Benin, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fon carved heavy hard wood ceremonial seat with multiple figures, from Benin, Africa. Dark stained wood with worn areas from use, "U" shaped seat supported by four caryatid figures, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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 Congolese Tribal Antique Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Geometric Barmbara Sukuru Animal Mask with horns, teeth, Mali, West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Geometric Barmbara Sukuru Animal Mask with horns, teeth, from Mali, West Africa. Inserted wood teeth, abstract face with open eyes, with raised eyebrows and framed face. Old native...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Tutsi Beaded Prestige Bottles
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Prestige display bottles
Tutsi People
Rwanda and Burundi
First half of 20th century
European glass bottles, glass beads, cotton net stringing
Height: tallest is 11.25 inches.
Category
Early 20th Century Rwandan Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton, Glass, Beads
$3,500 / set
Baule Antelope Human Wood Old Heddle Loom Pulley Ivory Coast Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Baule antelope-human wood old weaving heddle loom pulley. From Ivory Coast, Africa
It is in good condition with wear, polish and erosion from traditional use, appropriate for its ag...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th Century Tribal Tapa Cloth, Fiji
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tapa cloth made from mulberry fiber with natural pigments, Fiji, mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Fijian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Kumu Wood Mask Orange/Faded White Quadrant or Maniema Region DRC Congo Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early to mid century danced light wood mask from the Kumu or Maniema region, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa with face divided into four opposing quadrants with orange and trace...
Category
Mid-20th Century Gabonese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Chinese Folk Wood Dance Mask with Beard large Ears traces of paint China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved wood dance mask from China with open expression, attached moustache and beard, large ears. Traces of many layers of paint, including red, blue, black and white pigments.
Ex- ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Tribal Dance Shield, Tutsi, Rwanda
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tutsi ceremonial dance shield.
Rwanda-Burundi
Second quarter, 20th century.
Wood, natural pigment
Provenance: Colonial period collection, Belgium...
Category
Early 20th Century Rwandan Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Nupe Carved Wood Stool With Openwork Geometric Design, Niger Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Well used and loved Nupe carved hardwood wood stool with four legs and central post, openwork geometric design, with stylized multiple dancing animal or lizard forms. Large conical ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerien Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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 Congolese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Old Cedar Wood Sweet Refined Egyptian Mummy Mask
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Elegant old cedar wood sweet Egyptian mummy mask, 8 3/4 Inches high. Soft weathered surface and great expression. Areas of chips erosion and little bits mis...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Tribal Antique Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material, Wood
Antique Nupe Carved Wood Openwork Geometric Stool
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Well used and loved Nupe carved wood stool with openwork geometric design,
It is in good condition, appropriate for its age, use, and medium. Well used with deep patina, chips and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerien Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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 Congolese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Late 19th/Early 20th Century White Tribal Wood Figure for Protection, Nepal
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th/Early 20th Century White Tribal Wood Figure for Protection, Nepal
A guardian figure with a round flat face and minimally carved features in the typical crouching posture w...
Category
Early 20th Century Nepalese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Tami Islands Papua New Guinea Tribal Wooden Feast Bowl
Located in Point Richmond, CA
mid-20th century Tami Islands Papua new guinea wooden feast bowl
Of classic form, each end carved with raised and incised imagery depicting stylized sea cr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Kaolin, Wood
Early 20th Century Leather Shield, Taposa/Turkana, South Sudan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Leather Shield, South Sudan
A small leather shield typical of the region known as an upwal, concave hide is attached to a reed spine with plaiting to form a strong grip. Mounted on ...
Category
Early 20th Century Sudanese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Leather
Early 20th Century African Antique Wood Comb with Human Head
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century African Antique Wood Comb with Human Head
From the Chokwe Culture of Angola. A fine, old, much used comb with a glossy, glasslike patina...
Category
Early 20th Century Angolan Other Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Tribal Yoruba, Nigeria Rider Figure Offering Bowl Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Yoruba offering bowl in the from of a male figure with a beard riding on horse back surrounded by four small attendants, finely carved with nice patina from native use. Probabl...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
$1,400 Sale Price
28% Off
Aboriginal Desert Shield Red Pigment Fine Incised Lines Australia on Stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early to mid-20th century Aboriginal Desert Shield of lightweight wood with finely incised carved vertical lines on front and back, encrusted red pigment, simple curved oval shape, b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Australian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Early Hardwood Mexican Mask, Man With Moustache and Beard early 20th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early hardwood Mexican mask, representing a man with moustache and beard with curly hair on forehead. Strong, sharp carving with high relief detaisl. Heavy staining and wear inside...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Classic Dayak Wood Calendar Board with Aso or Dragon Motifs, Borneo Indonesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Classic Dayak carved flat wood calendar board with Aso or Dragon Motifs, Borneo, Indonesia. Traditional very dark wood with carving in relief and incised...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Dan Prestige Wood Spoon with Legs, Ivory Coast, West Africa on custom base
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Dan carved wood prestige spoon or ladle, from the Dan people of Ivory Coast, West Africa. Spoons like this were used by the most prominent woman in the village as a sign of her powe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Akan ‘Ghana’ Tribal Standing Female Figure Arm Out Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Standing Akan Ghana female figure, early 20th century, Africa. Intense expression with large eyes.
Female figure with one hand on her breast, representing p...
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,560 Sale Price
40% Off
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 Congolese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Fine Kuba Cup with Incised Textile Designs, early 20th century Central Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine Kuba wood cup with incised designs similar to the famous Kuba textiles, early 20th century, from Central Africa.
The woven cris cross designs that are typical of the Kuba currency...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Folk Wood Dance Mask with Open Eyes Red Lips Traces of Paint China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved hard wood dance mask from China with powerful expression, open eyes. Traces of many layers of paint, including red green black and white pigments.
Ex- private collection in C...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Large Woven Painted Basketry Wall Mask Blackwater Rivers, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large woven painted basketry wall mask created in Blackwater Rivers area, Papua New Guinea. With open expressive mouth and mask fringed with feathers, striking mask that easily hang...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
$1,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Early Round Wood Yela M'Bole Mask DRC Congo Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early to mid century danced light wood round mask from the Yela or M'bole people, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa. Finely carved mask with carved raised eyes and diagonal scarif...
Category
Mid-20th Century Gabonese Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Tribal Mask, West Nepal
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century Tribal mask, West Nepal
A mask from West Nepal with a sharp straight nose, squinting eyes and a square mouth showing upper and lower teeth. There are re...
Category
Late 19th Century Nepalese Tribal Antique Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Tribal Mask, West Nepal
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century Tribal mask, West Nepal
A mask from West Nepal with slanted almond shaped eyes, very small ears and an oval mouth showing carved upper and lower teeth o...
Category
Late 19th Century Nepalese Tribal Antique Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Extra Large Curved Hoe Currency, Angas, Nigeria
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Extra Large Curved Hoe currency
Angas, Nigeria
Early 20th century
Iron
Measures: 29.5 x 20.5 in. / 75 x 52 cm
Height on custom display stand: 33.25 in. / 84 cm
Weight: 20.6 pounds / 9.34 kg
Combined weight with base: 43.8 pounds / 19.9 kg
The large currency forms are comprised of a heavy sheet of iron forged into the shape of a curved hoe. They were customary gifts for a bride’s father as well as having a function during wedding celebrations (Ballarini, The Perfect Form...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Other Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Bambara Standing Male Figure Powerful Shoulders Mali Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Bambara Standing male figure with powerful shoulders, arms at sides and large feet. From Mali, Africa
It is in good condition with wear, polish and erosion from traditional use, appropriate for its age, use, and medium. Scuffs and nicks here and there. Age, wear and staining inside. On vintage wood block...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Bay Area - Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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