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Item Ships From: Europe
19th Century Berber Scarf
Located in Brecht, BE
A very rare find this mid 19th century unique berber scarf, sublime natural dye colors.
Category

Mid-19th Century Moroccan Antique Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Wool

Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in Warsaw, PL
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic Extraordinary art and decorative items, these masks come from the shamanic beliefs and rituals of indigenous Embera t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Panamanian Primitive Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Cane

Ancient Zoomorphic Mask Senufo Kponyungo Poro Ivory Coast Early 20th Century / A
Located in Leuven, BE
Ancient Senufo zoomorphic helm mask of the Kponyungo type (Poro secret society) Tribe : Senufo Country of origin: Ivory Coast Early 20th Century Length: 56 cm Very good/Perfect condi...
Category

Early 20th Century Ivorian Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Early Twentieth-Century African Madonna
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century African Madonna figurative sculpture from the Makonde culture in southern Tanzania, close to the border of Mozambique, exhibits a wonderful sense of move...
Category

Early 20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood

Luba Royal antique caryatid enthronement emblem early 20th DR Congo Africa
Located in Leuven, BE
Rare Royal caryatid seat Luba Rd Congo in Cubist style and cascade shaped coiffure (see pictures). Patina of use Height: 35cm Early 20th century (around 1920). Superb and rare except...
Category

Early 20th Century Congolese Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood

African Metal Currency Exchange Object
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional African Currency Object in Patinated Metal, Congo from around 1970, the metal has a beautiful Green colored patina and shine and has the correct signs and marks of use a...
Category

1970s Congolese Vintage Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Copper

19th Century Low Reclining Ethiopian Chair
Located in London, GB
Carved from a single piece of dense, heavy wood, this nineteenth-century Gurage low-set chair from Ethiopia exhibits an unusual, rare form. Consisting of a circular double-tiered seat with an angled, reclining back-support, the chair exhibits a deep glossy surface patina, particularly on the back-support and seat as a result of use. The chair is functional, and is reasonably comfortable to sit on. ‍Estimated Period: 19th Century Ex Private Family Collection, Addis Ababa...
Category

19th Century Ethiopian Tribal Antique Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Sculpture Zaire Antique Copper Coin
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
That's a true antique copper coin from Zaire, very rare: a modern simple sculpture ! I saw only another one like this, but it was not authentic: done for ...
Category

1920s Congolese Archaistic Vintage Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Copper

Antique spoon Lower Sepik Papua New Guinea Murik Lakes Ramu Maprik Oceanic Art
Located in Leuven, BE
Antique and exceptional spoon of the Murik Lakes or Schouten Island , Mouth Of The Lower Sepik / Ramu Papua New Guinea Available @ art Gallery Decoster Belgium A lovely patina and t...
Category

Early 20th Century Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

An Achuar feather headring
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Achuar people, Perú, Amazon region, early 20th century
Category

Early 20th Century Peruvian Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Natural Fiber, Feathers

A collection of four Ifugao warrior bracelets
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Bontoc or Ifugao people, Northern Luzon, Phillipines, 19th century The Bontoc and Ifugao peoples of northern Luzon crafted armbands like this one, made from two pairs of wild boar o...
Category

19th Century Philippine Antique Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Rattan, Wood

Rare Form of Beaded Doll, Kenyan Coastal Region
Located in London, GB
This mid-twentieth century beaded doll, which likely originates from the Kenyan Coastal Region around Mombasa, exhibits a rare form with a wonderfully simp...
Category

Mid-20th Century Kenyan Tribal Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood, Beads

Horse Saddle Rug with an Idea
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 1316 - It's a good old saddle rug, simple with its hex-proof pendants: pleasant to rest on the back of the sofa. But it can become the seat of an armch...
Category

Early 20th Century Turkish Other Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Wool

Early 20th Century Shona Female Caryatid Stool, Zimbabwe
Located in London, GB
Supporting the flat, circular seat of this early twentieth-century stool from the Shona culture in Zimbabwe is a figurative sculpture of a sturdy-bodied female. The figure is depicte...
Category

Early 20th Century Zimbabwean Tribal Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood

African sculpture Kanuri-Hausa Headdress, "burtu" Kanuri-Hausa, Nigeria
Located in Paris, FR
Kanuri-Hausa Headdress, "burtu" Kanuri-Hausa, Nigeria Headdress, "burtu Kanuri-Hausa, Nigeria wood leather horn. H 42 cm. Provenance : - Swedish private...
Category

Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Leather, Wood

Pre-1940's Kete Mask With Powerful Expression, D.R.C. (Ex Penn Kent Collection)
Located in London, GB
This striking early twentieth-century mask, from the Kete culture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, previously belonged to the private collection of Penn Kent, the former Dire...
Category

Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Metal

Naga Konyak double fish tail trophy necklace
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Nagaland, North-east India, early 20th century Made of old glass beads with a bronze adornment in the shape of a double fish tail. Provenance: - Collection Rinck Hollnberger, Munic...
Category

19th Century Indian Antique Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Bronze

Fine Mid-Twentieth Century Mother and Child Figure
Located in London, GB
This beautiful mid-twentieth century figurative sculpture depicts a mother, crowned with a sweeping double-parted coiffure, holding her child at her side. Multiple strands of glass b...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood, Beads

Small Kamba Prestige Stool With Copper and Brass Wirework Decoration, Kenya
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century prestige stool comes from the Kamba culture in Kenya. Consisting of a low-set, richly decorated circular seat supported by three finely carved legs, sto...
Category

Early 20th Century Kenyan Tribal Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Brass, Copper

Ethno Design early 20th Century, Drc, Selection of Three Bark Cloth Beaters
Located in Leuven , BE
Three old and well used bark cloth beater made out of a wooden shaft with a cross-hatched blackened tip which is lashed into position by a strip of cane. These grooved wooden beater were tools used to pound and soften tree bark, for the processing of bark cloth used as clothing. This tool has many different variations that are seen in indigenous cultures worldwide, yet all for a similar purpose. They vary in size, shapes, and materials. They are carved with parallel striations. Some bark beaters...
Category

Early 20th Century Congolese Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Pendant in Shell from Papua-New-Guinea
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful pendant made out of 3 different Shell species, from Papua-New-Guinea from the 1960 ies, the shells have a good and old patina and shine, the pendant was used during ceremon...
Category

1960s Papua New Guinean Vintage Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Shell

Mid-Twentieth Century Tall Female Figure With Bead Decoration
Located in London, GB
This mid-twentieth century figurative sculpture, which comes from the Kwere culture in Tanzania, depicts a female standing in an upright stance, with her hands placed by her sides. ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood

Ethno Design Mbole People, DRC, Chief Scepters Collection Made of Palmtree Leaf
Located in Leuven , BE
The Sceptres are made of the Midrib of Palm tree leaves. They were uses by the members of the Lilwaa Secret Society of the Mbole Tribe that live in the ...
Category

1920s Congolese Vintage Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Organic Material

Antique spoon Lower Sepik Papua New Guinea Murik Lakes Ramu Maprik Oceanic Art
Located in Leuven, BE
Antique and exceptional spoon of the Murik Lakes or Schouten Island , Mouth Of The Lower Sepik / Ramu Papua New Guinea Available @ art Gallery Decoster Belgium A lovely patina and t...
Category

Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Asafo Banner
By Fante People
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a very rare example of an Asafo Banner from the Fante people of the Cape Coast of Ghana . The Asafo have been a highly militarised society long before the Europeans set foot ...
Category

1940s Ghanaian British Colonial Vintage Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Cotton

A male ceremonial armband made with bat-teeth
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Papua New Guinea, late 19th/early 20th century Male ceremonial 'armband' made of bat teeth drilled and tied in a double row to a woven band of palm fibre.
Category

Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Natural Fiber, Beads, Teeth

Portait of African Male, Charcoal on Paper, Signed Banzyville, 1944
Located in Leuven , BE
C.P. Initials,Portait of African Male,Charcoal on Paper,Signed Banzyville 1944,Framed,Signed and Dated
Category

1940s Congolese Vintage Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Paper

Ethno Design Standing Human Skeleton Sculptured in Wood, South East Asia
Located in Leuven , BE
The sculpture dates from the beginning of the 20th century and has a wonderful patina.
Category

Early 20th Century Burmese Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

West African Tribal Senufo Daybed, 21st century
Located in Munich, DE
Beautiful antique African daybed. Hand-carved daybed from West Africa (Ivory Coast or Mali). The Senufo bed belongs to some of the most elegant examples of African design. Carved fro...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Malian Tribal Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Bronze Sculpture, African Warrior, End of the 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture in bronze figuring a stylized African warrior composed by wheelworks, bolts and nuts. He wears a necklace around his neck and a large headdress in orange lacquered iron wir...
Category

1990s African Folk Art Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Bronze

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 Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Bronze

Currency Object from Africa
Located in Schellebelle, BE
African Currency from Ivory Coast, Senufo Tribe, this is an Anklet or Boat Currency, used as an exchange object, made of Brass, warm and shiny patina, very decorative object, mounted...
Category

Late 20th Century African Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Brass

American Diorama, Follower Gerrit Schouten, Carib Indigenous Village
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Follower of Gerrit Schouten (second half of the 19th century) Diorama depicting a Carib Indigenous camp Carved wood, papier-mâché, paint on paper...
Category

19th Century Surinamer Antique Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Clay, Twig, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Senufo Stool Senoufo Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire African Tribal Art - 19th century
Located in Leuven, BE
A very big 19th century Senufo Stool Tribe : Senufo / Senoufo Country : Ivory Coast / Côte d'Ivoire A very big Senufo stool carved from a single block of wood. The wood is tough, de...
Category

Late 19th Century Ivorian Antique Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood

Set of 3 Yua Rings In Shell, Papua New Guinea
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional set of 3 You Rings from Papua New Guinea decorated with shells and cords, used as exchange objects made of the Tridacna Gigas Shell, ...
Category

1960s Asian Vintage Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Shell

A beautiful black-and-white beaded necklace
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Bonda people, Orissa, early 20th century The Bonda people are an indigenous tribal group predominantly found in the hilly areas of Malkangiri district in Odisha (Orissa), India. Recognized as one of the oldest and most traditional tribes in the country, they are often regarded as part of the "Adivasi," or the original inhabitants of the region. Bonda women are renowned for their distinctive traditional attire and adornments. They wear a minimal garment called nala around their waist and embellish themselves with heavy jewelry crafted from beads, metal, and coins. Their hair is typically styled into a bun and covered with a beaded headpiece...
Category

Late 19th Century Indian Antique Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Natural Fiber, Beads

Early Papua Korwar Statue, Collection of Missionary Starrenburg, Collected 1909
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Papua wood figure of a Korwar North West Irian Jaya, Vogelkop area, coastal Geelvink Bay, present-day Cenderawasih Bay, early 20th century The seated Korwar is holding an ope...
Category

Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

An Asmat head ornament made from Cuscus fur
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Asmat, Papua Province, Indonesia, Late 19th century Made from a long piece of Cuscus fur decorated on the sides with shell beads and strings of natural fiber. Provenance: - Collec...
Category

Late 19th Century Indonesian Antique Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Fur, Shell, Natural Fiber

A very colourful beaded necklace
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Bonda people, Orissa, early 20th century The Bonda people are an indigenous tribal group predominantly found in the hilly areas of Malkangiri district in Odisha (Orissa), India. Recognized as one of the oldest and most traditional tribes in the country, they are often regarded as part of the "Adivasi," or the original inhabitants of the region. Bonda women are renowned for their distinctive traditional attire and adornments. They wear a minimal garment called nala around their waist and embellish themselves with heavy jewelry crafted from beads, metal, and coins. Their hair is typically styled into a bun and covered with a beaded headpiece...
Category

Early 20th Century Indian Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Metal

A Bobo ceremonial top decorated with cowrie shells
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Bobo people, Burkina Faso/Mali, Early 20th century The top, made in a vest-like form, consists of a base made out of cotton with an outer decorated layer of cowrie shells. Provenan...
Category

Early 20th Century Burkinabe Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Shell, Cotton

Konyak naga-necklace with brown beads
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Naga Konyak, North-India, early 20th century The Konyaks, the largest of the Naga ethnic groups, reside primarily in the districts of Tirap, Longding, and Changlang in Arunachal Pra...
Category

Early 20th Century Indian Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Beads

Antique Wooden Ceremonial Club
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Elegant Ceremonial Wooden club from the Lobi Tribe in Burkina Faso, dating from around 1960,beautifully carved and patinated, mounted on a custom made iron stand, very decorative piece
Category

1960s Burkinabe Vintage Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Papua New Guinea Bridal Shell Money
Located in Schellebelle, BE
A very exceptional bridal money as well in shape as in dimensions.
Category

20th Century Papua New Guinean Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Shell

A Baimaru Kundu drum from the Schulze Westrum collection
Located in Amsterdam, NL
New Guinea, Papua Gulf, probably Baimaru people, late 19th–early 20th century H. 81.5 x Diam. 15 cm. Provenance: - Collected by German biologist and cinematographer Thomas Schulze-...
Category

Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood

Horse Turkoman Saddle Rug with Ideas
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 1034 - This horse saddle is rare because Turkoman nomads prepare this type of saddle only for their internal use, not for export. Besides its workmanship is very accurate: may be...
Category

Mid-19th Century Turkmen Other Antique Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Wool

Fine large Antique Ethiopian Coptic Cross Christian Folk Art African
Located in London, GB
A superb large Ethiopian Coptic processional cross, Beautifully hand crafted in brass with fine detailed knotwork and scroll work detail. Period: 19th century. Provenance: Jea...
Category

19th Century Ethiopian Antique Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Brass

Ethnical Pair of Bracelets, Oceania
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Pair of Bracelets in Tridacna Gigas Shell, Oceanie, Collection of Dutch Monks, Pater Maristen, great, good old patina, very decorative pair of ob...
Category

1920s Asian Vintage Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Shell

Set of Five Blue Glass Earrings, Bang Chiang, South East Asia, 200AD-4000BC
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Set of five blue glass earrings from Ban Chiang culture, South East Asia Measures: Different heights in stands 14/12/12/11/9 cm.
Category

15th Century and Earlier Thai Antique Europe - Tribal Art

Materials

Glass

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