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Item Ships From: Benelux
Genuine wooden carved spoon from the Zulu tribe, South Africa, early 1900
By Zulu's
Located in Bilzen, BE
Zulu people are a native people of Southern Africa of the Nguni. The Zulu people are the largest ethnic group and nation in South Africa, living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Nat...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Malachite chessboard
Located in Nivelles, BE
Malachite chessboard
This chess game comes from Congo in the 1960s.
Each piece is meticulously hand-carved from two exquisite, contrasting materials: gleaming malachite and luxurious...
Category
1960s Congolese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Malachite
$803 Sale Price
28% Off
Kuba Lidded Wooden Container – DRC, Early to Mid-20th Century
By Kuba
Located in Bilzen, BE
Kuba Lidded Wooden Container – DRC, Early to Mid-20th Century
A finely carved wooden container with lid from the Kuba people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This authentic piece...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Industrial Iron Book Press - 1930/40s
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Antique Industrial Iron Book Press - 1930/40s
Industrial deco - percussion press
Measures : 39x39cm H: ~95cm
Materials : Iron - Wood
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
20th Century Industrial Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Gogotte de Fontainebleau
Located in MILL, NL
Selection of 3 fragments Gogottes de Fontainebleau. On modern black oak stand.
Fontainebleau Gogottes, a rare masterpiece of natural art originating from the Fontainebleau region of...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Other
$3,485 / set
Handmade French wooden bucket from the 18th century
Located in Meulebeke, BE
A rare antique wooden bucket from the 18th century. Handmade in France in hardwood with ironwork. This bucket is made of wooden staves and a bas...
Category
18th Century French Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Selection of Authentic Kongo Knives
Located in Leuven , BE
The knives were handmade with heavily decorated Forged Iron blades with embellished wooden handles. They would use brass or leather wrappings and tacks that turned their weapons into...
Category
1930s Congolese Vintage Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$12,287 / set
16th century sculpted oak Gothic panel, Belgium
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 16th century / wooden sculpted panel / oak / Gothic / Rustic / Antique
A panel in oak wood enriched with Gothic graphic carvings. Hand carved in Belgium in the 16th centur...
Category
16th Century Belgian Gothic Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Luba Caryatid Stool – Upemba Region, D.R. Congo, late 19th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Luba Caryatid Stool – Upemba Region, D.R. Congo
Late 19th century to 1900
Wood lightweight, rich patina
Height: 50 cm, diameter top 29 x 27.5 cm
Provenance: Danish colonial collectio...
Category
Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Roman bronze head attachment of a youth
Located in UTRECHT, UT
A finely detailed appliqué with the face of a youth, wavy hair framing the circular face, with well defined eyes, pierced for inlays.
5.5 cm (h)
Provenance:
Ex Jean-Phillipe Mariaud de Serres...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
A Sepik 'panggal' sago spathe or tree bark painting of an ancestral figure
Located in Amsterdam, NL
East-Sepik Province, Keram River, early 20th century
The painting in non-binded pigment on sago spathe, bark of a sago palm, depicts an ancestral figure surrounded by a saw fish...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Set of 3 Shell Bracelets from Papua New Guinea
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful set of 3 Bracelets from Papua New Guinea made out of
the Tridacna Gigas Shell, these bracelets were hand sawn and decorated with refined notching,...
Category
1970s Asian Vintage Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Shell
$2,894 / set
Tribal Wooden mask from Papua New Guinea
Located in Schellebelle, BE
A tribal Wooden mask from Papua New Guinea, Sepik region,
good patina and wear of the mask,
the mask is decorated with small shells and shell parts,
powerful object
Category
1970s Asian Vintage Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Early 20th Century, Antique Wooden Rocking Horse
Located in Leuven , BE
The rocking horse was made in the first half of the 20th century in the United Kingdom. The ears and the reigns are in light brown leather. The main and the tail of the horse are mad...
Category
Early 20th Century British Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Large Danish Ceramic Giraffe, 1960s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Large Danish ceramic giraffe, 1960s. In beautiful blue and brown tones.
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Mannekin Head
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A 19th century French mannekin head in beech with original polychrome remains.
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Beech
Paul Poiret Headdress 1913
By Paul Poiret
Located in LU
Artist and fashion designer Paul Poiret designed this coiffed (Headdress) in 1913. The piece is adorned with colours of turquoise and reds. The coiffe was acquired from the piaza auc...
Category
1910s French Vintage Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$36,625
Rustic Wabi Sabi Console, France, 1940s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Console, planter, Sculpture, wabi-sabi, Decorative item, Rustic, Artwork, 1940's, France;
What was once a drinking trough for animals, is now a dec...
Category
1940s French Rustic Vintage Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mangbetu Female Figure, D.R. Congo, early 20th century
By Mangbetu People
Located in Bilzen, BE
Mangbetu Female Figure
Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
Early to mid-20th century, likely Lang period (c. 1920–1945)
Hardwood
Height: 45 cm
Provenance: Privat...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Barons Delaware Boston Joined Chest of Drawers, US American Colonial
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A joined enclosed American walnut, white oak, pine, beech, maple, krappa (crabwood), and letterwood Boston chest of drawers with lidded top
Ipswich/Bosto...
Category
Mid-17th Century American American Colonial Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$368,000 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Catholic Altar Front
Located in Brecht, BE
A rare find this 18th century Spanish altar front, original gilt on chestnut,
hand painted, highly decorative wall art, different, genuine, love t...
Category
Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Chestnut
A Kuosi society elephant mask
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Bamileke, Cameroon, early 20th century
Among the Bamileke people, only members of the Kuosi society (the elephant society) are permitted to perform elephant masquerades, symbolizing...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Beads
Large Delft Blue Tile Panel "the smiling boy" Frans Hals
By Delft
Located in Den Haag, NL
Love this painting. The original "The smiling boy" by Frans Hals, 17th century. This Delfs blue tile panel image is hand painted by Nico Koelewijn in the 19...
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Baule “Blolo Bian” Statue – Côte d’Ivoire, Early 20th Century
By Baule Tribe
Located in Bilzen, BE
Baule “Blolo Bian” Statue – Côte d’Ivoire, Early 20th Century
Height: 39 cm Material: Wood with dark, aged patina Provenance: Piasa, Paris, June 20, 2008
This elegant male figure,...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Kilim Rug Caucasian
Located in Antwerp, BE
A beautiful old tribal Caucasian flat-weave. Weave characteristic geometrical motifs, Caucasian Kilim rug. With excellent wool and highly saturated natural dyes, this rug is a great ...
Category
20th Century Caucasian Folk Art Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$954 Sale Price
57% Off
Kuba Anthropomorphic Palm Wine Cup, 19th century - provenance Didier Claes
By Kuba
Located in Bilzen, BE
Democratic Republic of Congo, Late 19th Century
Wood, glass bead (inlay)
Provenance: Didier Claes – Danisc Collection (Ole Christiansen)
A rare and elegant example of a Kuba palm wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century Polynesian Hardwood Ula Tavatava or Throwing War Club from Fiji
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Polynesian hardwood Ula tavatava or throwing war club
Fiji, probably 18th century
All-over decorated in incised pattern, the bulbous top seems to have a stone grown into it.
H. 42 cm
Including museum-quality powder-coated stand.
Provenance:
Private collection, France
Polynesian culture is traditionally a culture of power and prestige, and there was a fine line between battle and ceremony. Warrior people par excellence, the Fijians had at their disposal a large panoply of weapons, each for a specific use.
The elegant Gata are called gun-sticks by Europeans due to the recognizable form. However, they are designed after a snake, gata in Fijian language. The Ula throwing clubs...
Category
18th Century Fijian Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Exceptional Wooden Heart
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Wooden Heart made out of different layers of Wood,
refined and elegant design, very decorative object,
from an unknown Belgian Artist,from around 1980,
nice and warm colo...
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Plywood
$1,358
A delicate tortoiseshell 'armband' from the Lower Sepik River Province
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Sepik River Province, Papua New Guinea, probably late 19th century
Tortoiseshell bracelets are frequently more than just ornaments in Sepik River civilizations; they are representat...
Category
Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Tortoise Shell
19th Century Italian Naive Flower Painting
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A anonymous Italian 19th century flower painting, oil on wood. The flowers in a gold colored bouquet vase with a scrolled base. Resting o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Solomon Islands red feather money coil or 'Tevau'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Santa Cruz, Nendö, late 19th/early 20th century
Retaining an original leaf in which these coils were wrapped.
L. 72 cm (stretched out)
Diam. 34 cm (roll)
One of the most remarkabl...
Category
Late 19th Century Solomon Islands Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Feathers
Rare Tuareg Nomadic Boots
Located in Antwerp, BE
Tuareg nomadic people leather boots.
Category
19th Century Nigerien Folk Art Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Leather
$1,417 / set
French 1950s Enamel Sign
Located in Brecht, BE
These enamel signs were used nearby schools, great decorative object, collector’s item.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
$2,158
Chi Wara Headdresses Animal Sculpture , Bambara People, Mali
By Chi Wara Mali
Located in Antwerp, BE
Bamana old original pair Chi Wara headdress.
Chi Wara (Antelope Headdress.) The dry savanna permits no more than a subsistence economy and the soil produces,...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Rattan, Wood
An Amazon Indigenous Kayapo feather headdress
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Brazil, Pará or Mato Grosso, circa 1950’s-1960s
H. 50.8 x W. 33.5 cm (incl. stand)
Provenance:
Collection Rinck Hollnberger, Munich
(purchased in the 1980s)
Category
20th Century Brazilian Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
String, Feathers
Set of 4 Antique Bilboquets, France
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful set of four antique Bilboquets from France,around 1920,
cup-and-bowl children toys in turned Beechwood, dark tinted,
pretty patina,
a set full of charm and authenticity
...
Category
1920s French Vintage Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Beech
$1,476 / set
A Naga necklace made of red glass paste beads and bronze trumpets
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Ao tribe, Nagaland, Eastern India, Early 20th century
Made from red glass paste beads and bronze trumpets and bells.
The Ao tribe primarily inhabits the Mokokchung district of Naga...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Wooden Hand of an Antique Mannequin, Italy, 18 th Century
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful sculptured hand of a wooden Mannequin,
Italy late 18 th Century mounted on a wooden stand,
very fine sculptured and good, old Patina of the wood,
very beautiful decorati...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Genuine carved wooden spoon from the Kulango people, Cote d'Ivoire, early 20th C
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine wooden spoon from the Kulango people Cote d'Ivoire, from the early 20th century
These spoons are also get used as a pestle
These spoons are also said to originate with the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
AR Drachm Bagadat, kingdom of Persis, Persepolis
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head right, with mustache and earring, wearing diadem and kyrbasia
Reverse: fire temple of Ahura-Mazda, above, half-figure of Ahura-Mazda, to inner left, Baydād (Bagadat) st...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Bronze Portrait Bust of a Black Man 'Marbruk' by Arthur Kaan
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Artur Kaan (Austrian, 1867-1940)
'Marbruk'
Signed and dated A. Kaan '95 and Verwielfältigung vorbehalten (reproduction reserved)
Bronze on marble base, H 28.5 cm?
Note:
...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Maasai throwing club or 'rungu'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Maasai, African Great Lakes Region, Probably early 20th century
The 'rungu' is a traditional weapon and emblem of authority among the Maasai people of East Africa, especially in Ken...
Category
Early 20th Century Kenyan Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
The four Jorissen brothers 332 years old Together
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: OPRECHTE DANKBAARHEIT – WORD GOD HIER TOEGEWEIT, brothers behind burning altar under beaming cloud with the name of God in Hebrew
Reverse: DRIE EEUWEN TEIDS, EN TWEENDERTIG ...
Category
1760s Dutch Neoclassical Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Artisan abstract nail art, Netherlands 1950s
Located in ECHT, NL
Abstract artisan folk art wall hanging. It is made of wood with nails hammered into it in a rectangular grid. The nails are hammered in at differ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Folk Art Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$897 Sale Price
57% Off
Beaded Royal Headress with Leopard Figure, Bamileke People, Cameroon
Located in Leuven , BE
The Beaded Royal Headdress is made of a palm tree fibre structure, enfolded with burlap cloth embroided with European glass beads that cover the entire object with geometric symbolic...
Category
20th Century Cameroonian Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Beautiful and intriguing advertising statue for Christian Dior.
This would have been used on a shop counter or to draw attention in a shop windo...
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Goat Ceramic by Dominique Pouchain
By Dominique Pouchain
Located in bruxelles, BE
Ceramics in the shape of a goat stamped Dominique Pouchain.
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
A rare Papua 'Gope' Spirit board from the Schulze Westrum collection
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rare Papua 'Gope' Spirit board from the Schulze Westrum collection
New Guinea, Papua Gulf, probably Urama people, late 19th–early 20th century
Attached to the back are several 'b...
Category
Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
AR Denarius Julia Paula, wife of Elagabalus (219-220)
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: IVLIA PAVLA AVG, draped bust right, showing later coiffure with small bun
Reverse: CONCORDIA, Concordia seated left, holding patera, star in left field
Beautifully detaile...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Silver
19th century African wicker shield from the Ngombe/Doko tribe, Ubangi area DRC
Located in Bilzen, BE
A rare wicker war shield with a fine woven and dyed natural pigment patern from the Ngombe/Doko tribe from the Ubangi area DR Congo
Late 19th century
The shield is intense used in ba...
Category
Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Old Wooden Netsuke Japanese Peanuts Meiji Period, Japan, 19/20th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned. Japan 19th or 20th century.
Weight: 9 grams
Provenance: Collected in the 1980’s. From the collection of Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$761 Sale Price
20% Off
A pair of monkey skull amulets
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Probably Papua New Guinea, or Borneo, Dayak, late 19th/early 20th century
H. approx. 12 cm (incl. stand, each)
Provenance:
Private collection, Flanders
Category
Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Beads
Hardwood Chokwe Bench, Angola, 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
A fine and elegant hardwood Chokwe (Angola) bench, carved all-over with geometric patterns, human and animal motifs.
The front rain supported with caryatids in the form of male figu...
Category
Late 19th Century Angolan Tribal Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
AR drachm Mithradates I, Hekatompylos
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head left in bashlyk
Reverse: archer seated right on omphalos, three line legend, H
Not known to Sellwood, unpublished coin of Hekatompylos mint
Weight: 3.95 g
Grade: Abou...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Pig Carved Wooden Carousel Figure: Antique
Located in Mortsel, BE
Add a touch of whimsy to your space with this charming antique carousel figure featuring a carved wooden pig. Crafted with precision and mounted on a sturdy metal base, this carousel piece showcases the craftsmanship of yesteryears. Perfect for collectors and those who appreciate the timeless appeal of vintage carousel art...
Category
Early 20th Century Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mbuti Ituri traditional handpainted Pygmee bark cloth
By OTHR
Located in Zemst, BE
Mbuti Ituri (Congo) traditional handpainted Pygmee bark cloth.
+/- 1920
These cloths we're made from the inside of the bark of the Ficus latex tree.
After been prepared and dryed, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
An Asmat ceremonial trophy necklace
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Asmat People, South Papua, Indonesia, probably late 19th century
The Asmat people of Papua are known for creating "trophy necklaces," intricate pieces often made from human bones an...
Category
Late 19th Century Indonesian Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Natural Fiber
Decorated Dutch Antique Copper Bowl / Pot with Lid, 18th Century, Dated 1750
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Antique copper bowl with lid, 18th century
Beautiful and richly decorated antique copper pot with lid with a very attractive decorated dec...
Category
18th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Metal
Wooden Toy Horse
Located in Brecht, BE
Charming wooden toy horse, always a great decorative item in a child’s room.
Category
Early 20th Century French Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
$2,953
A Huli wigman's ceremonial headdress
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Papua New Guinea, Central Highlands, Huli people, 1st half 20th century
Crafted from the wearer’s own hair and adorned with colorful bird-of-paradise feathers, flowers, scarab beetl...
Category
20th Century Papua New Guinean Benelux - Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Feathers
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