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Imperial Menagerie: The Stuffed Museum - Satirical Caricatures, 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
) – A figure with a human head attached to a fox's body, symbolizing cunning and craftiness. 2. "Le
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Antique 1870s Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique Gryllos Cameo Ring of 18k Gold
Located in Lewisburg, PA
Renaissance revival ring (circa 1850), featuring a cameo of a gryllos, a multi-headed animal and human
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Antique Mid-19th Century Renaissance Revival Engagement Rings

Materials

18k Gold, Enamel

"Vampire" (2024) By Katie Mansfield, Original Embellished Print
Located in Denver, CO
in her shopping cart and there are jars of blood, human heads, etc, on the shelf behind her.
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Waterc...

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Kuba Anthropomorphic Palm Wine Cup, 19th century - provenance Didier Claes
By Kuba
Located in Bilzen, BE
cup takes the form of a stylized human head—likely referencing royal or noble lineage—featuring a high
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Antique Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Carlos Carnero Original Pen Ink Drawing, Figures On The Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
, Léger elaborates a protest against Cubism advocates the return to the human figure. The head of the
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Carlos Carnero Original Ink Drawing, Figure Sketches Doodles
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
elaborates a protest against Cubism advocates the return to the human figure. The head of the workshop, Nadia
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Antique Silver Pitcher, GLASS CLARET JUG Decorative Crystal Flask Silver Itay
Located in Wembley, GB
Antique Italian Silver Pitcher, GLASS CLARET JUG Decorative Crystal Flask Silver plated Head 1880s
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Antique 1880s Italian Art Deco Sterling Silver

Materials

Crystal, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver

Spring - contemporary, figurative, mask, aluminum, chrome, wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
to transform oneself. Dunning often uses the human head as inspiration for his imaginative work. The
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2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

String Theory - large, black white, figurative, aluminum wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Sculptor Dale Dunning creates unique, and inspired metal sculptures using the human head as a
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Rapt Triptych - contemporary, figurative masks, tryptic, aluminum wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
. The Canadian artist is perhaps best known for his inspired use of the human head/face as a metaphor
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Lady s Mug
By Gabriel Sleath
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
of this antique silver mug is plain and embellished with the contemporary engraved crest of a human
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Antique 1720s English More Dining and Entertaining

Materials

Sterling Silver

The Sphinx Necklace
By Ece London
Located in London, GB
SPHINX with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of a falcon. In Egyptian culture
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2010s European Artisan Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Gold Plate, Silver

Snakes Letters - repurposed metal, gothic, aluminum figurative wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
for human experience. "My sculptures are objects of reflection and contemplation. The head that I
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Imperial Menagerie: The Stuffed Museum - Magnan, Walewski, and Billault, 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
Magnan) – A figure with a human head attached to a crocodile's body. 2. "Le Crabe Walewski" (The Crab
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Antique 1870s Prints

Materials

Paper

Early American Plains Stone Buffalo Hunting Talisman
Located in South Burlington, VT
buffalo hoof with human effigy head and tail , granite, 1800-1900 Dimensions: 12 inches high and 9.5
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Antique 19th Century American Native American Objects

Materials

Granite

Imperial Menagerie: A Satirical Collection of The Stuffed Museum - 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
clerical figure. 3. **Le Hibou** (The Owl) - A figure with an owl's body and a human head, perched on a
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Antique 1870s Prints

Materials

Paper

Spice rack. Silver. Spain, 20th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
four legs with a human head, extended wings and an architectural base with vegetal decoration with a
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20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Revival Centerpieces

Materials

Silver

Scattering - contemporary, figurative, mask, aluminum wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
recycled metals—this human-shaped head is fabricated from the centers of laser-cut brushed aluminum pieces
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2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Striking 1806 Narasimha Vishnu Lion-Man Avatar Antique Print - Hindu Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
incarnations (Dashavatara). The deity is shown with a lion’s head and a human body, adorned with an ornate
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Antique Early 1800s Prints

Materials

Paper

19th Century Pair of Italian Terra Cotta Sphinxes - Antique Tuscan Sculptures
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
mythological creature and often features the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Carlos Carnero Large Original Painting, Fernand Leger Assistant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
elaborates a protest against Cubism advocates the return to the human figure. The head of the workshop, Nadia
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic

18K Gold Victorian Egyptian Revival Nekhbet Necklace with Diamonds and Pearls
Located in Venice, CA
typically depicted wearing a vulture headdress or as a being with a vulture head and human body. She was
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Antique 1880s French Egyptian Revival Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Dutch Baroque 17th Century Oak Bench
Located in Troy, NY
Rare, unusual and decorative bench, decorated with numerous carved human heads and lion finials
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Antique 17th Century Dutch Baroque Benches

Materials

Oak

Antique Ethnic Silver Cuff Bracelet with Warrior Animal Motif
Located in Rotterdam, NL
with a human-like head and the body of an animal. This hybrid creature could represent a legendary
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Early 20th Century African Cuff Bracelets

Materials

Silver

"Faces (1/1)" (2023), Bronze Wall Installation by Bill Starke
By Bill Starke
Located in Denver, CO
carved human heads from differing perspectives. "Faces" is a single edition installation. Quantities
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2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Hayagriva with Consort Vajravarahi, circa 1800, Tibet
Located in Austin, TX
skulls, a necklace of human heads, an elephant skin cloak and a tiger skin skirt. Both he and his consort
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Antique Early 1800s Tibetan Tibetan Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

"Grendel" Limited Edition Bronze Brutalist Figural Sculpture
Located in Queens, NY
depicting a human head carved into a large animal\\\\'s tooth (PRICED EACH). ("GRENDEL" - Limited Edition of
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures and Ca...

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Shona Stone Sculpture "Sheltering Soul" Norbert Shamuyarira (Zimbabwe, b. 1962)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1962), depicting an abstract polished Shona stone figure of a crouched and bowing human head with neck
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Late 20th Century Zimbabwean Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

Pair of 16th Century Carved Wooden Terms or Beam Supports from Northern Europe
Located in Dallas, TX
the 1500s. A term is a beam support in the form of a human head where the bust continues down as a
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Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Busts

Materials

Metal, Iron

Queen Kong
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
many is "Queen Kong," a bright and colorful piece featuring an elephant head with its tusk on a human
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pair of Marble Sphinx Exterior Entryway Statues
Located in New York, NY
outdoor space. A sphinx is a mythological creature with a lion's body and a human head, an important image
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Early 20th Century Statues

Materials

Marble

Rare circa 1908 French satirical poster - The Masonic Bedbugs
Located in PARIS, FR
, visually depicting Freemasons as grotesque bedbugs with human heads. Printed on blue paper with large
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Eliseo - Large Avant-garde Mexican Hardwood and Leather, Anthropomorphic Buffet
By Higareda, Comité de Proyectos
Located in colima, MX
protective deities, embodied the essence of all life. They would appear to stand and walk, had human heads
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Buffets

Materials

Steel

A Ysermans abstract clay sculpture Netherlands 1978
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Ysermans' work are often naturalistic. Such as the human shape, heads and house shapes. These shapes are
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Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone

Vitraux in Four Sheets Puzzle of Life by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in New York, NY
serpent is smooth, has a fish-like tail. dragonfly-like wings, two legs, a bald blue human-like head, and
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1770s Surrealist More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Mortar with Inscriptions. Bronze, Spain, 1823
Located in Madrid, ES
the large pharmacy mortar in the Municipal Museum-Archive of Calella (with inscription, ribs and human
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Antique 1820s Spanish Neoclassical Revival Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Spectacular Complete Dayak People Mens Mandau Sword
Located in Bridgeport, CT
or ritual carving. The handle is a dark hardwood with a beautifully and sensitively carved Human Head
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Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Iron, Tin

City Scape, Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Green Brown Structures
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
, and in Carter's depictions it is opaque or translucent; it is reminiscent of the shape of a human head
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Prestige and Tradition: The Mounted Ashetu Hat of the Bamum and Bamileke People
Located in New York, NY
significance of the Bamum and Bamileke people of Cameroon, Central Africa, who revered the human head as the
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20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Mounted Objects

Materials

Metal

Soritical Loop - rustic, gothic, figurative, repurposed steel wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
‘masks’ that use the image of a human head as a metaphor for our collective experience. This wall-mounted
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

UN LUOGO DOVE L INFERNO STA DORMENDO
By Mattia Novello
Located in Rye, NY
main component of the human body). The head, arms, hands, foot, the various elements that make up man
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paint, Watercolor, Pigment

Group of three
By Wolfgang Stiller
Located in PARIS, FR
comparison between a matchstick and a human burnout. Many people believe that the burnt matchstick heads
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

A Large Pair of Vintage Egyptian Revival Patinated Brass Sphinxes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle
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Late 20th Century Unknown Egyptian Revival Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Artefact from the Maghreb Sculptured Torso Figure
Located in Scorton, GB
A human torso (lacking head) carved from a limestone [yet to be determined]; the enigmatic whole
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Malian Prehistoric Mounted Objects

Materials

Stone

L Annonciateur by Auguste Villiers de L Isle-Adam – in special Art-Deco binding
Located in Middletown, NY
frame, on the back cover a human head with angel wings, signed on the bottom left, in the tooling, by L
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Early 20th Century French Books

Materials

Gold Leaf

Dali Kingdom, 10/11thc, Is a Fierce Buddhist Deity Cast in Iron
Located in Ukiah, CA
human heads around his body. Unsure what the 3 prong head-piece is composed of- Nagas? Will be in
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Iron

Period French 18th Century Regence Giltwood Marble Top Console Table
Located in Essex, MA
Period French Regence giltwood marble top console table, early 18th century with human head
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Antique Early 18th Century French Régence Console Tables

Materials

Giltwood, Beech

Antique Map of Germany of German in Roman Times, c.1660
Located in Langweer, NL
earlier state by W. Blaeu. Minor differences shown in the cartouches. Top left has a human head in the
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Antique 17th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Flemish mortar. Bronze. 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
protomes (heads with mustaches and non-human features) and a band with different elements in the lower part
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Antique 17th Century European Baroque Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze

A pair of Art Deco Gilt Bronze and Marble Base Sphinxes Bookends
Located in CABA, AR
feature majestic sphinxes, mythical creatures with the body of a lion and the head of a human, symbolizing
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Antique Early 19th Century European Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Fido Dido
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Long Island City, NY
bottom with a long neck that extends up to the top of the painting, ending with a human head wearing a
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1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Transection w/ Architectural Forms, Geometrical Figurative Abstract Acrylic
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
, and in Carter's depictions it is opaque or translucent; it is reminiscent of the shape of a human head
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1980s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Graphite

Double Ovoids, Mid-Century Blue Black Figurative Abstract Ovoids
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Carter's depictions it is opaque or translucent; it is reminiscent of the shape of a human head, it becomes
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1960s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Maze, 20th Century Geometric Figurative Abstract Acrylic Painting
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Carter's depictions it is opaque or translucent; it is reminiscent of the shape of a human head, it becomes
Category

1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Rare Romanesque Capital Depicting Four Africans, Apulia, 13th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
vertical acanthus leaves which sprout from the astragal and fill the space between the human heads which
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Medieval Architectural Elements

Materials

Stone

CADDIS 7- Abstract Figurative Painting, Maroon, Yellow, White, Marine Shapes
By Chloe York
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
. Chloe’s work is flat and linear and always begins with a human head and shoulders. She call's the process
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mariko Station, a Mad Caricature (Mariko shukuba no kyoga)
By Kawanabe Kyosai
Located in Fairlawn, OH
age of nine when he picked up a human head separated from a corpse in the Kanda river. After working
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1870s Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

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Head Human For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal head human for your home. A head human — often made from wood, ceramic and metal — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a head human — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each head human bearing Mid-Century Modern, Folk Art or Modern hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made head human over the years, but those crafted by Sunil Das, Dale Dunning and Alexandru Rădvan are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Head Human?

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