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Fine and Rare Antique Saharan Mauritanian Tuareg Reed and Leather Rug
Located in Milan, IT
often based on their iconography, with star and cross-like devices alternating with geometric totemic
Category
Early 20th Century Mauritanian Tribal Antique Totem
Materials
Leather, Reed
Antique Caucasian Gendje Runner, circa 1920
Located in Morton Grove, IL
feeling that they simply run out and under the borders into infinity.
The intricate detail and totemic
Category
1920s Caucasian Kazak Antique Totem
Materials
Wool
Decoartive Antique Print of Utensils and Weapons of American Indian Tribes, 1908
Located in Langweer, NL
and arrows, totem pole and tobaccopipes. This print originates from 'Meyers grosses Konversations
Category
Early 1900s Antique Totem
Materials
Paper
Arabian Themed Garniture Made by Franz Xavier Bergman
By Franz Xaver Bergman (Bergmann)
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
camel next to a beautiful palm tree. The totems on the sides are two chandeliers, which, accompanying
Category
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Totem
Materials
Bronze
$10,400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Fine Antique Saharan Mauritanian Tuareg Reed and Leather Rug
Located in Milan, IT
often based on their iconography, with star and cross-like devices alternating with geometric totemic
Category
Early 20th Century Mauritanian Tribal Antique Totem
Materials
Leather, Reed
Antique Caucasian Geometric Minimalist Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
. Distinguished by a sparse decoration composed by a totemic motif, which transverses the central axis of the
Category
Late 19th Century Caucasian Kilim Antique Totem
Materials
Wool
Antique Caucasian Shirvan Rug circa 1900
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Shirvan is a fine example of the very best weaving of the shirvan region. The intricate detail and totemic
Category
Early 1900s Caucasian Kazak Antique Totem
Materials
Wool
Very Early 19th Century Engine Turned Silver Gilt Musical Snuff Box
Located in London, GB
sides with horizontal bands below lorgnette and leaf arch frieze, corners with wide oak layered totems
Category
1810s Swiss Antique Totem
Materials
Silk
1900
s Persian Shiraz Carpet with Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
glyphs—floral totems, starbursts, and protection symbols—drawn not from a pattern book, but from the
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Spanish Colonial Antique Totem
Materials
Wool
Large Scale Abstract Geometric Oil on Canvas, Artist
s Lay Figures at Play.
Located in Cotignac, FR
how each individual experiences the world; he explored the ways in which human beings create totems to
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Antique Totem
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed Antique Chinese Child Tiger-Head Hat
Located in Atlanta, GA
the most beloved animal totems in Chinese folklore for its vitality and prowess. The tiger spirit is
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Totem
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Plexiglass, Wood
Antique Print of the Temple of Pythons, Ouidah, Benin, Africa, 1748
By Jakob van der Schley
Located in Langweer, NL
spiritual practice in Ouidah, Benin. The snakes are a major totem for followers of Vodun, a religion
Category
18th Century Dutch Antique Totem
Materials
Paper
Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blu Ceramic Vase, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Barcelona, ES
firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Totem
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Aldo Londi Blue Ceramic Large Bottle Vase with Circles
Rhombus Motif
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high priest of
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Totem
Materials
Ceramic
Red blooming war landscape with dead soldier - Bleeding flowers -
Located in Berlin, DE
-1945), Rot blühende Kriegslandschaft mit totem Soldaten, 1918. Aquarell und Gouache auf Papier, 15 x
Category
1910s Realist Antique Totem
Materials
Watercolor
1900
s Persian Malayer Carpet with Modern Tribal Style
Located in Dallas, TX
odyssey is a dynamic border of hexagonal and diamond shapes, alive with rustic florals and tribal totems
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Aesthetic Movement Antique Totem
Materials
Wool
Monumental Northwest Coast Feast Ladle
Located in Santa Fe, NM
mountain sheep horn. The horn would be softened by boiling and molded in a form. The carved totemic images
Category
Early 19th Century North American Antique Totem
Materials
Wood
Potlatch Totem Pole
Located in Hershey, PA
Southern Coast totem pole, likely Noopka/Makah.
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Totem
Materials
Paint
$27,500
Hand-Carved Wood TOTEM
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Sculpted column from a solid piece of lumber and mounted on a steel Stand. Can be placed inside or outdoors. Measures 82" H x 9" W x 7" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Totem
$2,800
Antique Caucasian TOTEM Bordjalu-Kazak Carpet
Located in Lyon, FR
part of Georgia. Its shamanist sprit gives birth to a TOTEM in radiant strength with an aura of fire
Category
Mid-19th Century Georgian Antique Totem
Materials
Wool
Set of Three 16th Century Spanish Beam "Totems", Pine
Located in Santa Fe, NM
displayed as "totems", these 450+ year old architectural elements would be stunning pieces of art in a
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Totem
Materials
Iron
Pair of Abelam Maprick Standing Figures, Middle Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Two Abelam spirit totems dating the late 19th century and mounted on wooden plinths.
Measures
Category
Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Totem
Materials
Wood
Seated Woman
By Pompeo Borra
Located in Roma, RM
the Milanese artist Pompeo Borra's first production. An almost totemic purity characterises the static
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Antique Totem
Materials
Oil, Panel
$14,906
Finely Carved Markham Valley Spoon, Papua New Guinea
Located in Vienna, AT
A turn of the century "Ompi" featuring a totemic ancestor's face, Markham Valley, Morobe Province
Category
Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Totem
Materials
Wood
Expressive Papua New Guinea Stopper, Ex John Friede Collection
Located in Vienna, AT
totem figure with cowry shell eyes and shell nose adornment dating to the late 19th - early 20th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Totem
Materials
Wood
Expedition to the Holy Land
By A.R. Penck (Ralf Winkler)
Located in New York, NY
expressionistic, gestural mark-making and naïve, totemic imagery that came to be known as Neo-Expressionism that
Category
1880s Neo-Expressionist Antique Totem
Materials
Lithograph
Gilt Ganapati
Located in New York, NY
neck (as in Purana texts), stands astride his two rat totems, and is surrounded by a flaming mandorla
Category
19th Century Nepalese Antique Totem
Materials
Brass
Yoshitoshi, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Moon, Samurai, River, Ukiyo-e
By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Located in London, GB
antlers and a crescent moon ornament, his totem and amulet. The armour has been printed with a jet black
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Totem
Materials
Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Rare and Large 19th Century Aboriginal Churinga, Australia
Located in Vienna, AT
ochre
Churingas were sacred totemic items rarely seen, kept in a hallowed storehouse or hiding place
Category
19th Century Australian Antique Totem
Materials
Wood
19th Century Aboriginal Churinga, Australia
Located in Vienna, AT
ochre
Churingas were sacred totemic items rarely seen, kept in a hallowed storehouse or Ertnatulunga
Category
19th Century Australian Antique Totem
Materials
Wood
Wooden Naga-Tribe TOTEM
Located in Chicago, IL
. They are particularly adept at carving wood, which they have a lot of. This carved wooden totem depicts
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Antique Totem
Materials
Hardwood
$4,800
Jewish Ritual Objet Totem
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jewish ritual objet
Besamin TOTEM
Silver spice tower
Origin Germany Circa 1900
at its base it has
Category
Early 1900s German Neoclassical Antique Totem
Materials
Silver
A Wooden Naga-Tribe Totem
Located in Chicago, IL
are particularly adept at carving wood, which they have a lot of. This carved wooden totem depicts six
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Antique Totem
Materials
Hardwood
Brass Crowned Male TOTEM Lamps
Pair
Located in San Francisco, CA
Whimsical, TOTEM style, brass candlestick lamps with bearded, crowned male detail. Handmade
Category
1920s Antique Totem
Materials
Brass
Qing Dynasty Chinese Foo Dog Totems
Located in New Orleans, LA
Symbolic of the Chinese concept of yin and yang, this pair of polychrome foo dogs represent totems
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Totem
Materials
Ceramic
$12,850 / set
Viennese Agate and Jeweled Asian TOTEM Vase
Located in New Orleans, LA
behind this elegant objet d’art appears to be the TOTEM poles associated with ancient Chinese culture
Category
19th Century Austrian Other Antique Totem
Materials
Agate, Silver
Naga TOTEM, North-East India, 19th Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
demonstrates.
Traditionally, totems have been associated with divine and magic powers attributed to a sacred
Category
19th Century Southeast Asian Tribal Antique Totem
Materials
Wood
Large French Decorative TOTEM from the 19th Century
Located in LYON, FR
Large decorative totem from the 19th century. This magnificent piece is unique. This is a very
Category
1850s French Antique Totem
Materials
Steel
Carved 19th Century Wood Owl Totem Sculpture from Burma
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare carved teak wood owl totem sculpture 19th c from Burma. Originally covered with metal which is
Category
19th Century Burmese Folk Art Antique Totem
GREAT EARLY 20THC INDIAN HAND CARVED
PAINTED TOTEM POLE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
EARLY 20THC INDIAN HAND CARVED & PAINTED TOTEM POLE IN POLYCHROME PAINT ON ITS ORIGINAL STAND
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Totem
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Pacific Northwest Coast Carved Cedar TOTEM Pole
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Pacific Northwest Coast carved cedar Totem Pole, circa 1920s, a hand carved cedar pole
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Native American Antique Totem
Materials
Cedar
PAIR OF STERLING SILVER "INDIAN TOTEM POLE" SPOONS/SEATTLE, WASH.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
FANTASTIC PAIR OF 19THC "INDIAN TOTEM POLE" SPOONS STERLING SILVER.BOTH ARE MARKED AND IN GREAT
Category
19th Century American Antique Totem
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sleep Guardian or Kata Sergo Ethipian TOTEM in Solid Natural Cedar Wood
Located in Paris, FR
TOTEM sleep guardian or Kata Sergo from the ethnic
Goragué, South / South West Ethiopia
Category
Late 19th Century Ethiopian Antique Totem
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Tribal Cast Bronze Elephant TOTEM Figure, Kondh People, India
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th century tribal cast bronze elephant TOTEM figure, Kondh people, Orissa, India
A bridal
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Tribal Antique Totem
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Burmese Teak Owl Sculptures, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of rare carved teak wood owl totem sculptures, 19th c from Burma. Originally covered with
Category
Late 19th Century Bhutanese Folk Art Antique Totem
Materials
Teak
Sculptural French Oak Coat Stand by Charles Dudouyt c. 1940
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in London, GB
A sculptural, totem-like coat stand by modernist designer Charles Dudouyt. Constructed from dark
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Totem
Materials
Oak
Gabbeh Rug
Located in New York, NY
A great old gabbeh from SW Iran with a large totem-like motif on a natural brown field. One of the
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Antique Totem
Materials
Wool
$3,950
Gabbeh Rug
Located in New York, NY
A great old gabbeh from SW Iran with a large totem-like motif on a natural brown field. One of the
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Antique Totem
Materials
Wool
$3,950
19th-20th Century Senufo Wood Heddle Pulley of a Hornbill Bird, Ivory Coast
Located in Point Richmond, CA
) reflects the "master of all birds,” whose intelligence, creativity, and totemic ability enhances and
Category
Late 19th Century Ivorian Tribal Antique Totem
Materials
Wood
1900s, French, Wooden Display Cabinet
Located in High Point, NC
unexpected totem of the 20th Century: iron and wood, joined together by industry, rising towards the heavens
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Totem
Materials
Metal
Victorian Bronze Rabbit after Antiquity
Located in Litchfield, CT
Jeffrey: “A delightful desk totem.”
WEIGHT: 32.67 oz.
HALLMARKS: none
Category
19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Totem
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Wooden Display Cabinet
Located in High Point, NC
cabinet is an unexpected totem of the 1800s: iron and wood, joined together by industry, rising towards
Category
19th Century French Antique Totem
Materials
Wood
Antique Caucasian Lori Pambak Rug
Located in Atlanta, GA
-floating tribal totems, including charming, naively-rendered animal forms, delightfully reinforce the
Category
1880s Caucasian Kazak Antique Totem
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Leaves and Trees Sharkoy Kilim Rug
Located in San Francisco, CA
manner, and the leaves break the confinement of the main white frame. Stylized, almost totemic looking
Category
Early 1900s Turkish Antique Totem
Materials
Wool
Mythological Art Nouveau Erotic Lockbox, France Early 20th Century
By George Barbier
Located in PARIS, FR
painted with depictions of mythological fauns, women, men, and totems in various sexual and erotic
Category
Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Totem
Materials
Wood
Antique Khotan Rug
Located in San Francisco, CA
totemic symmetrical geometric motif within squares is pure Central Asian.
Category
19th Century Turkestan Antique Totem
$45,000
Vintage 1940
s Western Theme Sterling Charm Bracelet
Located in Scotts Valley, CA
, feathered headdress, totem pole, papoose, teepee, tomahawk and some great Native American charms! The charms
Category
Early 20th Century North American Art Deco Antique Totem
Materials
Sterling Silver
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Find many varieties of an authentic antique totem available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, cedar and metal, every antique totem was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without an antique totem — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each antique totem bearing Folk Art, Art Deco or Art Nouveau hallmarks is very popular. Native American Art, Sam Williams and Michel Zadounaïsky each produced at least one beautiful antique totem that is worth considering.
How Much is a Antique Totem?
Prices for an antique totem start at $395 and top out at $120,000 with the average selling for $4,300.
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