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Petite African "Bamileke" Head Rest
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Beautiful African "bamileke" head rest carved from one large piece of Teum wood. Intricate design
Category

20th Century African Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Ancient Wooden Puppet Articulated Head
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a very early and delicate wooden puppet head. It could be Chinese but that's just a guess
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Balinese Folk Art Tribal Art

Materials

Bog Wood

Yoruba House Of Head Shrine
Located in Wainscott, NY
This headdress is from the Yoruba Tribe of Nigeria. It is a shrine to one's "inner head" or
Category

Antique 19th Century Nigerian Tribal Art

Materials

Leather, Fabric, Glass

Tiger Head Carving with Glass Eyes from East Java, Teak, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tiger head carving with glass eyes from East Java, teak, mid-20th century. Rustic carving of the
Category

Mid-20th Century Javanese Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Glass, Teak, Paint

Andrianna Shamaris Mahogany Wood African Head Rest
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Antique head rest that can also be used to hold objects. Carved from a single piece of mahogany
Category

Antique Early 1900s Primitive Tribal Art

Materials

Wood, Mahogany, Reclaimed Wood

Beaded Double Headed Snake Belt, Cameroon Grasslands
Located in Leuven , BE
The double headed snake is the symbol of the Bamum Kingdom. Initialy the King was the only person
Category

Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Art

Materials

Burlap, Wood, Beads

Female Figure with Phalus-Shaped Head with Provenance
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Female figure with Phalus-shaped head Provenance: Alain de Monbrison collection.
Category

Early 20th Century African Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Signed Terra Cotta Hand Feet Foot Head Sculpture 1974
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
detail on this is incredible. The head guy is on a metal rod and can be removed, as shown. No chips or
Category

Vintage 1970s Modern Tribal Art

Materials

Terracotta

19th Century Tin Wedding Head Dress on Custom Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th c. Chinese wedding headdress in nickel and tin with circular applied decorations and dangling tassels. Custom iron stand.
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Tribal Art

Materials

Tin

Midcentury Los Ballesteros Taxco Mexico Silver and Amethyst Aztec Head Brooch
By Los Ballesteros
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Offered by Zena Kruzick Midcentury Los Ballesteros Taxco Mexico silver and amethyst Aztec head
Category

Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Tribal Art

Materials

Amethyst, Sterling Silver

Middle Eastern Women Face Veil Bedouin, Sinai Bedouin Desert Garment
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
mask, garment, head dress, tribal jewelry, bridal veil. Showing heavily decorated in the bottom with
Category

Vintage 1910s Egyptian Folk Art Tribal Art

Materials

Textile

Andrianna Shamaris African Mahogany Head Rest or Stool
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Traditional tribal head rest or stool with original hardware and lovely patina. This head rest
Category

Early 20th Century African Tribal Antiquities

Materials

Wood, Reclaimed Wood

Hagenauer African Bronze
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A ebony toned Hagenauer bronze African tribal head with large brass toned earring sitting on a
Category

Vintage 1950s Austrian Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Tribal Dog Head Mask
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Vintage hand carved dog head mask. Unique style, very detailed. A wonderful accent piece for any
Category

Mid-20th Century African Tribal Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

Vintage Tribal Rodent Head Mask
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Vintage hand carved rodent mask. Unique style, rustic with light wear that adds to the character of the piece. A wonderful accent for any room.
Category

Mid-20th Century African Tribal Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

African Beaded Heads
Located in Winnetka, IL
This is a set of five African beaded heads from Cameroon . Made of Clay and beads and put on
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cameroonian Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Beads, Clay

Vintage African Bronze Head
Located in Pasadena, CA
Vintage bronze African head with metallic gold detail.
Category

20th Century Central African Tribal Primitives

Materials

Metal

Monumental Morung Carving with Six Head Trophies and Five Mithun Head Decoration
Located in Chicago, IL
depicts five mithun heads. It embodies the characteristics of the bull: wide horns, long ears, a flat
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Berber Woman s Head Scarf
Located in Milan, IT
Finely woven in wool and dyed with henna pigments by means of the reserve technique, this rare textile is attributed to the IDA ou Zeddoute tribe located in the Moroccan Anti-Atlas. ...
Category

Vintage 1930s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs

18th Century Carved Chinese Qing Heads
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental carved wood Chinese Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Head of a Luohan (or Arhat) exceptional
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Tribal Masks

Materials

Glass, Wood

African Carved Wood Ram s Head Mask Wall Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A handsome carved wood ram head wall sculpture from Africa, probably used in tribal ceremonies as a
Category

Antique Early 1900s Congolese Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Morung Bed with Head and Foot Board
Located in Chicago, IL
its intended purpose. This particular piece is unique give the half-moon head and foot boards on the
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Furniture

Materials

Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Wooden Head Rest
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful museum quality, wooden head rest. Stunning patina on this rare piece of art from Sudan
Category

Antique Early 1900s African Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Reclaimed Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Antique Wooden African Head Rest
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Traditional Lobi tribe head rest. This can also be used as a tray or a low stool or side table
Category

Early 20th Century African Tribal Antiquities

Materials

Wood, Reclaimed Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Antique Wooden African Head Rest
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Traditional Lobi tribe head rest celebrating the cracks and crevices and all the other marks that
Category

Early 20th Century African Tribal Antiquities

Materials

Wood, Reclaimed Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Rotating Antique African Wooden Head Rest
Located in New York, NY
Rare. Beautiful museum quality hand carved wooden head rest. Stunning patina on this unusual head
Category

Antique Early 1900s Tribal Antiquities

Materials

Wood, Reclaimed Wood

Monumental Morung Carving with Seven Mithun Head Decoration
Located in Chicago, IL
depicts seven mithun heads. It embodies the characteristics of the bull: wide horns, long ears, a flat
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Monumental Morung Carving with Seven Mithun Head Decoration
Located in Chicago, IL
depicts seven mithun heads. It embodies the characteristics of the bull: wide horns, long ears, a flat
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Monumental Morung Carving with Five Mithun Head Decoration
Located in Chicago, IL
depicts five mithun heads. It embodies the characteristics of the bull: wide horns, long ears, a flat
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Monumental Morung Carving with Three Mithun Head Decoration
Located in Chicago, IL
depicts three mithun heads. Though abstract, it embodies the characteristics of the bull: wide horns, long
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

17th Century Thai Bronze Head of the Buddha
Located in Stamford, CT
A Thai, Ayutthaya style bronze head of Buddha Shakyamuni, late 16th or early 17th century. With a
Category

Antique Early 17th Century Thai Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Monumental Morung Carving with Eight Mithun Head Decoration
Located in Chicago, IL
depicts eight mithun heads. Though abstract, it embodies the characteristics of the bull: wide horns, long
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Hand Sculpted Papier Mâché Elephant Head Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
head of an elephant in the style of Classic taxidermy. Crafted from recycled materials and finished
Category

Early 2000s Guianese Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Paper

Collection of Neolithic Stone Axe Heads on Stands
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful stoic collection of Native American Neolithic hand carved stone axe heads with
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Tribal Antiquities

Materials

Stone

Monumental Morung Coarse Carving with Seven Mithun Head Decoration
Located in Chicago, IL
depicts seven abstract mithun heads. It embodies the characteristics of the bull: wide horns, long ears, a
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Tunisian Berber Woman s Head Wrapper
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Woman’s Head Wrapper, Assaba Berber people, Matmata, Dahar Mountains, Tunisia 1900-1950 Wool
Category

Early 20th Century Tunisian Tribal Tapestries

Materials

Wool

An Asian Pair of Buddha Stone Heads, Mixed Pair, Unmounted
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine pair of mixed Asian Buddha stone heads, The Buddha Heads are unmounted and have chisel marks
Category

Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

"Bidjoguo Head Portuguese Guinea, " Wood, Rope, Horns created circa 1950
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bidjogue Cow Head Portuguese Guinea" is a sculpture made of wood, rope and horns. The carved bull
Category

1950s Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Other Medium

Monumental Morung Carving with Five Mithun Head Decoration
Located in Chicago, IL
depicts five mithun heads. It embodies the characteristics of the bull: Wide horns, long ears, a flat
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Pair of Antique Carved Heads, African, Ebony, Decorative Statue, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique carved heads. An African, solid ebony decorative statue, dating to the
Category

Antique Late 19th Century African Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Ebony

Painted Head Crest Mask on Mount, Probably Yoruba, Nigeria, 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A painted head crest mask which appears to be from a 'Gelede cult,' known for honoring women and
Category

20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Pigment

Monumental Morung Carving with Leaf Muntjac and Four Mithun Head Decoration
Located in Chicago, IL
depicts four mithun heads. It embodies the characteristics of the bull: Wide horns, long ears, a flat
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Mahogany Wood African Antique Head Rest or Stool
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Traditional antique Lobi tribe head rest hand carved from a single block of mahogany wood with
Category

Early 20th Century African Tribal Side Tables

Materials

Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Mahogany

Pair of Hand-Carved Wood Crocodile Head Boat Prows from Papua New Guinea
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of carved wood crocodile head boat prows from Papua New Guinea. This pair of mid-20th
Category

20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Animal Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Antique Silk Wefted Tribal Qashqai Rug with Classic Design
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
small well drawn chickens. The field is filled with rosette flower heads and other tribal design
Category

Antique 19th Century Asian Persian Rugs

Materials

Silk

Latticework Double Arrow-Head Design Vintage Turkish Tulu Rug in Taupe and Gray
Located in Atlanta, GA
, (circa 1940) features cross-latch and lattice work framing double arrow-heads. A simple tribal border
Category

Vintage 1940s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs

Materials

Wool

Mid Century Modern Large Sculptural Hand Crafted Figural Planter
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Unusual and colorful, tall and substantial glazed figural head of an tribal king planter. Well
Category

Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Metal

1970s Emilio Pucci Large Vivid Yellow African Design Print Cotton Scarf
By Emilio Pucci
Located in Munich, DE
This 1970s Emilio Pucci large fine cotton scarf features an African tribal design "Mangbetu Head
Category

1970s Italian Scarves

PENDLETON Beaver State c.1960 s "Chief Joseph" Patterned Wool Blanket Tunic RARE
Located in Thiensville, WI
tunic top. Tribal / southwestern arrow head patterned wool in shades of green, red, orange, gray, and
Category

1960s American Tunics

Antique Kurdish Saddle Bag Face Pair, with Superb Medallion Design
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
drawn with a rustic latch hook medallion on an ivory ground, these are framed by birds heads and other
Category

Antique 19th Century Turkish More Carpets

Antique Karaja Rug in Beautiful Clay, Terracotta Pastel, circa 1920 s
Located in Milwaukee, WI
and one of the reasons is because the weave of this piece is so fine for a nomadic tribal textile
Category

20th Century Rugs

Materials

Wool

Mid-Century Brutalist Metal Art by Herbert Seiler, Boat Harbor Mounted on Walnut
By Curtis Jeré, C. Jeré Artisan House
Located in Decatur, GA
Ethiopian pavilions. During this period, Seiler created hundred of portraits of the magnificent tribal
Category

Vintage 1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Brass, Copper

Isabel Canovas multi row, multi coloured pearl twist necklace, with tribal heads
By Isabel Canovas
Located in Greyabbey, County Down
the form of two tribal faces, by Isabel Canovas, from the 1980s. Highly typical of her output, this
Category

Vintage 1980s French Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces

Materials

Mixed Metal

Folk Art Tribal Wooden Head
Located in London, GB
Item: Folk Art carved wooden head This lot is a very unusual Folk Art carved wooden head figure
Category

Vintage 1930s Unknown Folk Art Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

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

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

Early 20th Century Tribal Brass Sanggori Head Ornament, Toraja People, Sulawesi
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century brass Sanggori head ornament, Toraja people, Sulawesi, Indonesia. This
Category

Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Brass

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Tribal Head For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the tribal head you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A tribal head — often made from wood, metal and fabric — can elevate any home. There are 110 variations of the antique or vintage tribal head you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect tribal head — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right tribal head, those designed in Folk Art, Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are of considerable interest. Andrianna Shamaris, Yoruba People and Benin People each produced at least one beautiful tribal head that is worth considering.

How Much is a Tribal Head?

Prices for a tribal head can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $240 and can go as high as $25,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,600.