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Big Meershaum Pipe Depicting a Man’s Head with a Hat, Vienna 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Carved meershaum pipe, with amber mouthpiece. In the large bowl of the pipe, the head of an African
Category
Antique 1880s Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Big Meershaum Pipe Depicting a Woman’s Head with a Hat, Vienna 1880
Located in Milan, IT
pipe, the head of an African American woman with hearing is depicted, with a wide straw hat with bows
Category
Antique 1880s Austrian Busts
Materials
Stone, Silver
Wooden Sculpture of an African Woman with Earring on Oval Base by F. Hagenauer, 1930
By Franz Hagenauer
Located in Antwerp, BE
A head of an African women with earring on oval base.
Artist/ Maker:
Hagenauer F
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture by Dicran Edited by Fondica France
By Fondica, Dickran
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1970s nickeled bronze sculpture of an African animal head (perhaps an antelope), by Dicran, edited
Category
Vintage 1970s French Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carved Tusk Lamp
Located in Manhasset, NY
Handmade artisan lamp, with genuine antique ivory tusk carved into and African woman's head, comes
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
$1,490
An Unusual 50
s Italian Bar Cabinet
Located in Kent, Dover
wood and mirror panels with three drawers. With two fifties African bronze heads on each door.
Category
20th Century Italian Cabinets
Black Elegance
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
of African heritage and cultural pride. The Ankara head tie holds a deep-rooted significance
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
RARE TRIBAL TERRACOTTA - NOK CULTURE, NIGERIA
Located in Stamford, CT
apparent imbalance, it is interesting to note that a similar emphasis of the head in later African art
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Tribal Art
Materials
Terracotta
RARE TRIBAL TERRACOTTA - NOK CULTURE, NIGERIA
Located in Stamford, CT
apparent imbalance, it is interesting to note that a similar emphasis of the head in later African art
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Nigerian Tribal Art
Materials
Terracotta
RARE TRIBAL TERRACOTTA - NOK CULTURE, NIGERIA
Located in Stamford, CT
apparent imbalance, it is interesting to note that a similar emphasis of the head in later African art
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Nigerian Tribal Art
Materials
Terracotta
Delft Agapanthus 3 (Framed Original Cyanotype Painting 31 x 25")
Located in Oakland, CA
painted porcelain.
The agapanthus flowers from South Africa have highly structured heads like wheels
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram, Paper, Archival Paper
Delft Agapanthus 6 (framed original cyanotype painting, 31 x 25 x 1.5 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
painted porcelain.
The agapanthus flowers from South Africa have highly structured heads like wheels
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
21st Century Snake Lion Golden Fleece Opals Fire Opals 18 Karat Gold Earrings
By Vicente Gracia Art Jewellery
Located in Valencia, ES
of the waters of Formentera. By heads, the African Lion and the Golden Fleece ... the two shores of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Drop Earrings
Materials
Opal, Fire Opal, Gold, 18k Gold
Italian Neoclassical Half-Moon Chest of Drawers by Ignazio and Luigi Ravelli
Located in IT
head of an African woman placed in profile and the head covered by a turban in fabric.
The small and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Dr...
Materials
Bronze
Plaster Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist Peace Swords to Ploughshares
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
after. He had done pieces during the mid-1930s about the oppression of African-Americans, including
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Franz Hagenauer African Head
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Franz Hagenauer African head. A Classic example from the workshop.
Category
Vintage 1940s Austrian Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage African Head Bust in Hand Carved Black Wood
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small scaled african head bust hand carved in black wood. It has a slight tilt - leaning to one
Category
Mid-20th Century African Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Antique Wooden African Head Rest
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Traditional Lobi tribe head rest with lovely hand carved bevelled legs. This can also be used as a
Category
Early 20th Century African Tribal Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Hagenauer Carved Wood African Head Sculpture, 20th Century
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare decorative art object
Solid carved wood on metal (probably bronze) necklace style base
Hallmarks on the bottom "Atelier Hagenauer Wein, Made in Vienna Austria, Rena, WHW"
Origin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Andrianna Shamaris Antique Wooden African Head Rest or Stool
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Traditional Lobi tribe head rest or stool. Can also be used as a bowl.
This head rest was
Category
Early 20th Century African Tribal Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Head Rest, Side Table or Stool
Located in New York, NY
Traditional Lobi tribe head rest. This can also be used as a stool or side table.
This head rest
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Head Rest, Side Table or Stool
Located in New York, NY
Traditional Lobi tribe head rest. This can also be used as a stool or side table.
This head rest
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
African Headrest
Located in Dallas, TX
This 19th century African head rest is hand carved with rope handles.
Category
Antique 19th Century African Primitives
Materials
Wood
$485
African Motif Table Lamp after Hagenauer
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in New York, NY
Interesting Tiki style Mid-Century table lamp with an elongated African head on cylindrical raffia
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Zulu Wooden Tribal Contemporary Sculpture of Black African Male Bust
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Hand-carved tribal wooden Zulu African head, very nicely carved with gold embellished jewelry and
Category
20th Century South African Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
African Topi Head Mount
Located in Doylestown, PA
An unusual African Topi head-mount circa 1950.
Category
Vintage 1950s African Taxidermy
Materials
Hide, Wood
$1,980
Rare African Taxidermy Large Burchell Zebra Head
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Genuine African taxidermy Burchell's zebra head, particularly large and extremely well preserved
Category
20th Century African Taxidermy
Ibo Head African Sculpture
Located in Sharon, CT
Ibo female head with white face, very realistic, and beautifully carved.
Category
Vintage 1940s Nigerian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
20th Century Rare African Taxidermy Burchell Zebra Head
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A lovely African taxidermy Burchell's zebra head, particularly large and extremely well preserved
Category
20th Century African Taxidermy
Materials
Zebra Hide
African Beaded Head from Cameroon
Located in Winnetka, IL
This is a handmade African beaded head over clay from Cameroon
Mounted on a Lucite base.
Category
Late 20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Beads
Mahogany Wood African Antique Head Rest or Stool
Located in New York, NY
Traditional antique Lobi tribe head rest hand carved from a single block of mahogany wood with cone
Category
Early 20th Century African Tribal Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Reclaimed Wood
African Fang Style Carving of a Woman Head
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Fang sculpture. This is a good carved sculpture with a good patina. The Fang tribe mostly lives in Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo and Cameroon. These type of sculp...
Category
20th Century African Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Original African Figure Statue Beaded Head, African Art, 2000s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Beautiful African tribe beaded bust. This is a stunning piece made of clay and adorned with beads
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cameroonian Folk Art Busts
Materials
Clay, Beads
Small African Fang Style Head Bust in Black Wood - Minimal Features
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small Fang style head bust in hand-tooled black stained wood. Minimal yet powerfull expression. It
Category
Mid-20th Century African Busts
Materials
Hardwood
Large-Scale Vintage African Beaded Head Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Intricately carved and beaded sculpture.
Glass beads over clay base.
Very striking and unusual.
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Sculptures
Materials
Beads, Clay
Massive Faux African Taxidermy Acrylic Hanging Rhino Head
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Massive and realistic faux taxidermy African rhinoceros' head, very realistically made in acrylic
Category
1990s English Modern Taxidermy
Materials
Acrylic
Midcentury African Woman Bronze Head Sculpture, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Beautiful midcentury modernist bronze head of an African woman made in Austria in the 1950s with a
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury African Woman Bronze Head Sculpture, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Beautiful Mid-Century modernist bronze head of an African woman made in Austria in the 1950s with a
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Bronze
African Benin Yoruba Oba Head of Queen Idia Large Bronze Head Bust Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, relatively large bronze bust/head sculpture of Idia, the first Queen Mother of the
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bidjogo Tribal Altar Sculpture with Head, Guinea-Bissau, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Bidjogo Tribal Altar sulpture with Head, 17", Guinea-Bissau, Africa
A ritually used old altar
Category
Early 20th Century Guinea-Bissauan Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Richmond Barthe Important African American Artist Bronze Head, "Julius"
By Richmond Barthé
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Bronze head with brown patina by Black artist Richmond Barthe (1901-1989), titled "Julius
Category
Mid-20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Walking Stick Cane with Carved Ebony African Tribal Male Head
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Walking stick cane with carved ebony African tribal male head.
Category
Early 20th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
"Head, " Opal Sculpture signed by Joseph Makenzi an African Shona
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Head" is an opal sculpture signed by Joseph Makenzi an African Shona. The head is very peaceful
Category
Early 2000s Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Precious Stone
Karl Hagenauer Bronze Sculpture Head of an African Woman, 1930s
By Karl Hagenauer, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
during the Art Deco era.
It shows the head of an African warrior and is made of patinated bronze
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Busts
Materials
Bronze
African Bird Head Knife Democratic Republic of Congo, 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
African bird head knife Democratic Republic of Congo 20th century.
MO# 0040
From the Fang/Kota
Category
Late 20th Century Congolese Tribal Mounted Objects
Materials
Copper
LION PORTRAIT Signed Lithograph, African Lion Heads, Modern Wildlife Art
By Sydney Taylor
Located in Union City, NJ
male lion heads, their majestic manes prominently displayed. Printed in a warm neutral palette of light
Category
1980s Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Benin Queen
s Head Nigeria, " Bronze created in Africa circa 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Benin Queen's Head Nigeria" is a bronze sculpture created in circa 1900. This Benin Queen is
Category
Early 1900s Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
African Tribal Female Head Sculpture by American Artist Fred Press, 1950s
By Fred Press
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Beautiful African female head sculpture by American artist Fred Press. Matte black cast metal with
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Metal
Igbo Tribal Seated Ikenga Figure with Sword and Head Africa, Nigeria
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Igbo tribal seated Ikenga figure with sword and head Africa, Nigeria
Classic Ikenga Shrine figure
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Benin Queen Mother Commemorative Ceramic Head by the Edo people
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Queen Mother commemorative head by the Edo people (present day Nigeria, Africa).
Made after a bronze
Category
20th Century Italian Tribal Busts
Materials
Ceramic
African Greater Kudu Skull Horn Antelope Plaque Shield Taxidermy Head Mount
Located in Dayton, OH
Natural kudu skull with horns mounted on a black wood plaque. Measures: 43".
Category
Late 20th Century Rustic Taxidermy
Materials
Bone, Horn, Hardwood
Moulded Copper Alloy Head of an African Figure with a Stone Base
Located in Leuven , BE
Striking moulded matte copper alloy profile of an African figure's head with relief hair and shiny
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Busts
Materials
Stone, Copper
SINGING THEIR SONGS Signed Lithograph, For My People by Margaret Walker
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
linocut male African heads printed in brown on a deep turquoise Japanese rice paper background, and the
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SINGING THEIR SONGS Signed Lithograph, For My People by Margaret Walker
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
linocut male African heads printed in brown on a deep turquoise Japanese rice paper background, and the
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Expressionist Head of a Man
, African American Oil Portrait, Canadian, 1940
s
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Harvey Kruger' (Canadian-American, 1906-1991); additionally signed verso, titled 'Portrait' and dated 1939.
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Antique Head of an Oba King Bronze Benin Sculpture African Tribal Altar Bust
Located in Dayton, OH
characteristic of imagery associated with Benin rulers. A circular opening at the Summit of the head would have
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Tribal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Traditional Lobi Tribe Stool/Head Rest
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Traditional Lobi tribe stool/head rest. In very good original condition with good monolithic form
Category
Early 20th Century African Tribal Stools
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the African head you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each African head for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and bronze. Find 78 options for an antique or vintage African head now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without an African head — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. An African head is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Art Deco styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one African head that is appealing in its simplicity, but Andrianna Shamaris, Karl Hagenauer and Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is an African Head?
Prices for an African head start at $270 and top out at $80,335 with the average selling for $1,600.
Questions About African Head
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021There are varying traditional names for African head wraps, head ties or head scarves — the head wrap may be called “dhuku” (Shona), “duku” (Chichewa) or “gele” (Yoruba). It is worn for various reasons and has various functions. In Nigeria, head wraps can be quite ornamental and elaborate as compared to their conservative counterparts in South Africa. The motifs might include nagas and other mythological beings and are embedded in the textile to convey sacred themes, often including protection of the wearer from evil forces. On 1stDibs, you can find early 20th century tribal head wraps from different parts of Africa.