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Item Ships From: London
Rare Raffia Fibre Pygmy Baby Sling or Carrier, DRC
Located in London, GB
This baby sling or carrier from the equatorial forest region of north-eastern DRC has an amazing contemporary appearance.
The carrier is made from multiple strands of twisted and kn...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal London - Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
Fine Ashanti Stool with Bird Motif, Ghana
Located in London, GB
This fine Ashanti stool from Ghana, which dates to the first half of the 20th century, features an unusual motif - a bird of prey. The surface of this stool exhibits a lovely smooth,...
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Tribal London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Serene Vuvi Mask
Located in London, GB
A Serene Vuvi Mask
Wood, polychrome, pigment
Gabon
Early 20th Century
Size: 28cm high - 11 ins high
Provenance:
Ex collection Bertil and Eva Berg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Ex Privat...
Category
Early 20th Century Gabonese London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Kuba Woman's Prestige Hat (Mpaan)
Located in London, GB
In Kuba society, title holding is dominated by men; there are only two titles held by women. Headdresses were and are the most visible expression of o...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal London - Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Beads
Fine Bronze Bangle Featuring Two Animals. Burkina Faso/Ghana
Located in London, GB
This finely cast bronze bangle is possibly Gan, or a related culture, from Burkina Faso or northern Ghana. It depicts two animals resembling chameleons which flank a central decorati...
Category
Early 20th Century Burkinabe Tribal London - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Fine Early Prestige Kuba Chieftain's Cap (Laket Mishiing)
Located in London, GB
Traditionally worn as a symbol of rank and title, this beautiful Kuba chieftain's cap (laket mishiing) is embellished with cowrie shells and rows of blue, white and black glass beads. The body of the hat has been fashioned from raffia fibre using the woven basketry technique, and displays the typical form of the Kuba 'laket' cap, with four scallop-shaped 'ears'. When worn, one of the 'ears' would have been squarely positioned at the front of the wearer's forehead.
Given to Kuba men upon completion of an initiation rite, small dome-shaped raffia hats signalled their transformation into mature members of Kuba society. As a Kuba man moved up the social ladder, his headgear would change, with male titleholders commissioning local artisans to produce splendidly decorated prestige hats to signal his rank. The accumulation of materials on a Kuba man’s hat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal London - Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber, Beads
Antique Spanish Colonial Folk Art Santos Figure folk art sculpture
Located in London, GB
Antique Spanish Colonial Poly chrome Folk Art Santos figure probably Philippines The finely sculptured large hard wood figure standing on a pedestal base, painted in polychrome col...
Category
18th Century Peruvian Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Two Mounted Mbole Woven Bark Fibre Panels, DRC
Located in London, GB
Woven panels such as this would have decorated the walls of a traditional meeting house.
The panels are made from woven bark fibre decorated with striking geometric designs. The da...
Category
1930s Congolese Tribal Vintage London - Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
A Finely Carved Dan Mask
Located in London, GB
A Finely Carved Dan Mask
Of exceptional form, colour and patina
Wood, fibre (braid)
Ivory Coast
Early 20th Century
Size: 25cm high - 10¾ ins high
Provenance:
Ex Guy Montaibou c...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian London - Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Wood
African Tsonga headrest Neck rest South Africa Tribal Art antiques
Located in London, GB
African Tsonga headrest Neck rest South Africa Tribal Art
A fine old Tsonga headrest
Carved from hard wood with 3 central pillars
Period Early 20th century
Height: 15 cm Conditio...
Category
19th Century Zimbabwean Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Yoruba Ibeji Twin Figures – Igbuke Workshop Oyo Nigeria African Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
African tribal art.
Fine old male and female pair of Yoruba Ibeji Figures from the Igbuke carving workshop in Oyo.
Igbuke was a known carver of Ibeji figures and this style is attri...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian London - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Peruvian Cuzco Colonial Painting St Michael Oil on Canvas 19th C
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th century full length portrait of St Michael standing with his sword raised.
South American Cuzco school 19th century and earlier.
Unsigned
Oil on canvas, 56 by 78cms. Fram...
Category
Mid-18th Century Peruvian Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Small Blue Air by Objekti
Located in London, GB
Benjamin and Miriam, founders of Objekti, discovered the pines on a trip to Mexico and fell instantly in love with these unique and rare pieces. The pine, a symbol long associated wi...
Category
2010s Mexican London - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Four Meissen Porcelain Plaques Depicting the Four Seasons
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This delicately detailed set of four allegorical porcelain plaques portrays family scenes within the theme of the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
Spring can be ide...
Category
Early 19th Century German Folk Art Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Pair Antique 19th Century Indian Miniature Mica Paintings C.1830
Located in London, GB
Pair Antique 19th Century Indian miniature Mica paintings C.1830
Indian Company School
A pair of 19th Century Indian gouache paintings on mica.
M...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century Bronze Alloy Mongo/Ekonde Woman's Leg Adornment ('Konga'), DRC
Located in London, GB
Married women of the Mongo and Ekonde cultures in the Democratic Republic of the Congo wore heavy cast bronze leg adornments such as this, known as 'Konga'. This piece was sand cast,...
Category
19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Stirrup Vessel – Sea Plant or Fungi Motif
Located in London, GB
Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Stirrup Vessel – Sea Plant or Fungi Motif – 12th–14th Century AD, Peru
An intriguing and rare Chimu stirrup vessel from Pre-Columbian Peru, dating to the 12...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Early Twentieth-Century Finely Carved Small Chair, Ivory Coast
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century small chair displays a beautiful form. Typically low to the ground, such chairs are found among the Dan and Baule cultures in the Ivory Coast. Carved fro...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal London - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Red Candelabra by Objekti
Located in London, GB
Benjamin and Miriam, founders of Objekti, discovered the pines on a trip to Mexico and fell instantly in love with these unique and rare pieces. The pine, a symbol long associated wi...
Category
2010s Mexican London - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Makonde Black Madonna, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
This mid-twentieth century African Madonna comes from the Makonde culture, in the Matwara region of southern Tanzania.
The Madonna figure exhibits a graceful, serene facial express...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal London - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Large Tanzanian Wagogo Woven Storage Basket With Beautiful Animal Decorations
Located in London, GB
This large, two-sectioned woven cane Wagogo storage basket from Tanzania has been beautifully decorated with depictions of animals around the central band. This is one of the nicest ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal London - Folk Art
Materials
Cane
Blue Candelabra by Objekti
Located in London, GB
Benjamin and Miriam, founders of Objekti, discovered the pines on a trip to Mexico and fell instantly in love with these unique and rare pieces. The pine, a symbol long associated wi...
Category
2010s Mexican London - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Himalayan Tribal Tharu Guardian figures Nepal Himalayan Art Antiques
Located in London, GB
A outstanding pair of ancestor figures from the Tharu people of Southern Nepal.
The standing guardian figures, the faces with serene enigmatic expression,
Ancient weathered patina...
Category
19th Century Tibetan Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus
Located in London, GB
A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus
Bronze
Greek
First half of 4th Century BC
Size: 10.5cm high - 4¼ ins high
Provenance:
Ex Privat...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
19th Century KPM porcelain plaque of the Battle of Corinth
By KPM Porcelain
Located in London, GB
19th Century KPM porcelain plaque of the Battle of Corinth
German, 19th Century
Frame: Height 37.5cm, width 44cm, depth 5cm
Plaque: H...
Category
Late 19th Century German Classical Roman Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood, Porcelain
19th Century German Meissen painted porcelain plaque
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
19th Century German Meissen painted porcelain plaque
German, 19th Century
Height 11cm, width 13.5cm, depth 1cm
This charming painted porcelain plaque d...
Category
19th Century German Neoclassical Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Very Rare and Early Carved Vessel in the Form of a Hedgehog
Located in London, GB
A Very Rare and Early Carved Vessel in the Form of a Hedgehog
Alabaster
Near Eastern
3rd Millenium BC
SIZE: 9.5cm high, 9.5cm wide, 15.5cm deep - 3¾ ins high, 3¾ ins wide, 6 ins ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Alabaster
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Located in London, GB
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Wood, metal
Old inscription and dated: ‘1892’
South Africa
19th Century
Size: 45.5cm long - 18 ins long
Published:
‘The ...
Category
19th Century South African Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
African Tribal Art Large Madonna figure Makonde Vintage Folk Art
Located in London, GB
African Tribal folk Art Makonde Madonna figure
A very finely executed large sculpture of a African Christian Madonna, the standing figure wearing a l...
Category
Early 20th Century Mozambican London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Flower basket Decorative Arts Interior design Asian Laos 中国古董
Located in London, GB
Antique Flower basket Laos
A superbly intricately crafted elegant bamboo flower basket with handle from Laos South East Asia
Period early 20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century Laotian London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Bamboo
Pre Columbian Inca Stone Canopa South Latin American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Inca Stone Canopa
A Inca stone Llama Canopa in dark basalt stone
Finely and realistically carved with old worn aged patina,
The Canopa is used to venerate the Pacha...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Red Candelholder by Objekti
Located in London, GB
Benjamin and Miriam, founders of Objekti, discovered the pines on a trip to Mexico and fell instantly in love with these unique and rare pieces. The pine, a symbol long associated wi...
Category
2010s Mexican London - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
African Akan Terracotta Commemorative Memorial Portrait Head Ghana Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
West African Akan Terracotta Commemorative memorial portrait Head Ghana
Terracotta with red slip 8 1/2 x 7 inches, 21.5 x 18 cm,
Period 19th century o...
Category
19th Century Ghanaian Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
An Anatolian Marble ‘Star Gazer’ Figure
Located in London, GB
An Anatolian Marble ‘Star Gazer’ Figure
Marble
Anatolian
Early Bronze Age / Circa 2700 - 2100 BC
Size: 5cm high, 3cm wide - 2 ins high, 1¼ ins high
The highly stylised oval head wi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Turkish Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Pre Columbian Chorrera swimmer Vessel South American art
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Chorrera swimmer Vessel
Chorrera Culture Circa BC 800-400 Ecuador.
A rectangular vessel surmounted by a recumbent personage in swimming pose with coffee bean eyes h...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
African Tribal Art Fine Baule figure
Located in London, GB
A fine Baule female figure
Standing leaning forward with serene expression with hands on abdomen
Period: early 20th century
Condition: Old Insect holes and minor damage
Measures: H ...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Red and Blue pearl Small by Objekti
Located in London, GB
Benjamin and Miriam, founders of Objekti, discovered the pines on a trip to Mexico and fell instantly in love with these unique and rare pieces. The pine, a symbol long associated wi...
Category
2010s Mexican London - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Hand-forged Blacksmith Sign
Located in London, England
Beautifully crafted blacksmith trade sign.
Hand-forged and riveted, not welded.
A seriously striking decorative piece of 20th century folk art.
In exceptional original co...
Category
1950s French Folk Art Vintage London - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Pre Columbian Lambayeque Stirrup whistle Vessel South Latin American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Sican Lambayeque Stirrup whistle Vessel
A most interesting stirrup whistle vessel of a man seated on top of a raft of storage vessel, ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Early Twentieth-Century Tanzanian Village Stool
Located in London, GB
The form of this finely carved early twentieth-century village stool, from the Hehe culture in Tanzania, consists of four short, upright legs supporting a dish-shaped seat. A small d...
Category
Early 20th Century Tanzanian Tribal London - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Charles Voysey Design PAIR Antique Candle stick holders decorative décor
Located in London, GB
A rare pair of Pumpkin like design Arts & Crafts brass Candle stick holders by designer Charles Voysey Manufactured by Edward Barnard & Son Circa 1910 Pretty cool cut out pumpk...
Category
19th Century English Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Large Yoruba Ritual Shrine figure Abeokuta Nigeria African Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
Large Yoruba Ritual Shrine figure Abeokuta Nigeria African Tribal Art
A rare exceptionally large male Cup bearer ritual shrine figure standing upright holding a cup in front
carv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Powerful Kongo Fetish Figure
Located in London, GB
A Powerful Kongo Fetish Figure
Wood, metal, cloth, nails, glass
Areas of dark, black lacquered patina, worn through from use
The cavity to the stomach now empty
Kongo Peoples, Dem...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese London - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Robert Burns Tam O' Shanter Staffordshire Figure Decorative Scottish Antiques
Located in London, GB
A charming large antique staffordshire flat back pottery double figure of Tam O`Shanter and Souter Johnny from the world famous poem by Robert ...
Category
1880s British Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Fine Early 20th Century Bongo Ancestral Post
Located in London, GB
This fine early twentieth-century ancestral post, from the Bongo culture in South Sudan, takes the form of a tall, multiple-ringed column. Carved from a hard wood, the post exhibits ...
Category
Early 20th Century South Sudanese Tribal London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Original French advertising poster Curacao Mirabelle
Located in London, GB
Antique Original French advertising poster Curacao Mirabelle
Hand coloured Lithographic print
Framed in a simple photo frame gold with plexiglass ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Vintage Carved Suriname Stool Tribal Interior Design Home Decoration
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage carved Suriname stool with geometric carved decoration, Tribal South Latin American Antiques
Suriname South America
Measures: 18 cm hei...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Surinamer Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Early Bronze Horseman. Benin, Nigeria
Located in London, GB
From close examination there are many indications that this bronze figure is likely to be a early casting. The wall of the casting shows many flaws and imperfections, this can be see...
Category
19th Century Tribal Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Surreal Painting, Roland Gautier
Located in London, GB
A large oil painting on ply board by French artist Roland Gautier. A surreal figurative observation of the female form facing a male body in the foreground. Colourful and bold with a...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art London - Folk Art
Materials
Plywood, Paint
Wall Sculpture Wooden Frame Adorned Mosaic Leather Liquid Metal Artglass Backlit
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Wall sculpture with circular wooden frame, adorned with elements in lacquered wood, leather, glass mosaic, art glass and liquid metal.
Backlighting system with sensor.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern London - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Nice old Asian ritual festival mask Sri Lanka Ceylon Tribal Interior design
Located in London, GB
Nice old Asian ritual festival mask Sri Lanka Ceylonese
A pretty cool mask with smiling grimacing man painted with ochre
Period early 20th century, from a UK collection.
Condit...
Category
Early 20th Century Sri Lankan London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Yoruba Ibeji Pair Ilorrin African Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
A pair of Ibeji figures from lIorin region Nigeria
A male and female pair with purple brown patination and encrusted with cam wood powder
Fine carvings from early 20th century
Siz...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian London - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Batak Ritual Mortar Sumatra Indonesia Oceanic Asian Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
Batak ritual Mortar Sumatra Indonesia
A Fine Batak Tribal ritual mortar carved in dense hard wood with Sinhga head
A impressive and rare object of colle...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian London - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Aboriginal Carved Wood Woomera Australia Tribal Art Interior Design
Located in London, GB
Fine Large Aboriginal woomera carved in hard mulga wood with pleasing curved chip carved interior with gum handle and possum tooth barb
Beautiful p...
Category
Early 20th Century Australian London - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Fine Vintage Laotian Silk Chok Weaving Interior Design Textiles
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Vintage Laotian hand woven silk chok cloth in black background with a variety of supplementary colours with detailed geometric and mythical animal designs, a stunning piece of silk weaving executed by some of the best and most skilled weavers in the world. Chok weaving is a technique where two or more different coloured threads are inserted between each row of warp thread. These are inserted by hand, so it’s akin to embroidery or carpet weaving.
Size 80 x 18 inches 200 x 45 cm approx.
Period 1970s
About weaving in Laos
The evolution of weaving in Laos, which emerged from the cultural contact between different ethnic groups, has created some of the most intricate and stunning textiles to come from the simple floor loom. For more than 40 years following World War II, Lao weaving all but disappeared. Within a few short years, Lao textiles, in particular the Lao Tai people's supplementary weft weaving, travelled from the brink of extinction to what is considered by collectors and connoisseurs to be amongst the finest textiles in the world.
Silk production, dying and weaving reached Laos with the arrival of the Tai Kadai people from Yunnan in today’s China, around 1,200 years ago. As they travelled through the region, they encountered the indigenous Mon-Khmer people who were already weaving other types of fabric, mostly raw cotton and hemp.
In Lao-Tai textiles...
Category
Mid-20th Century Laotian London - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Japanese Lacquered Wood Bowls 19th Century Asian Antiques 中国古董
Located in London, GB
Fine Pair Japanese Lacquered Wood Bowls 19th Century Meiji
Beautiful and elegant example of Japanese lacquer ware with and gold gilt, Rice bowls ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Aboriginal Australian Stone-Cut Wunda Shield
Located in London, GB
This 19th century finely incised, stone-cut Aboriginal Wunda shield from Australia (Western Desert) exhibits lineal decorations to the front and the rear.
- Ex Private Collection, ...
Category
19th Century Australian Tribal Antique London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Japanese Naruko Kokeshi Folk Art Wood Doll by Kumagai Otsu
Located in London, GB
Japanese Kokeshi folk art wood doll by Kumagai Otsu. There are ten types of Kokeshi doll, this is the Naruko variety. Measuring height 23.5 cm / 9.25 inches by diameter at the base 5...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese London - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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