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Style: Primitive
Petite Indian Bronze Ganesha Shrine, c. 1700
Located in Chicago, IL
Well-loved and richly worn, this petite bronze traveling shrine from North India depicts the Hindu god Ganesha. Attributed to 17th century or later, the palm-sized icon reveals its a...
Category
Late 17th Century Indian Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Antique Wooden Horse Tricycle 1860s-1900s / Wabi Sabi Object
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old wooden tricycle made in Japan during the Meiji period (1860s–1900s).
An exceptionally rare piece in the history of Japanese toys, it was once used by children more tha...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
Indian Stone Relief Ganesha, 10th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
Mystical and alluring, this stone relief carving from North India depicts the Hindu god Ganesha. Attributed to the 10th century or later, the palm-sized icon is chiseled from dark st...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone
Mythical Chinese Statue Hand, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique wooden carving from western China was the removable hand of a much larger statue, most likely of a Buddhist deity or Taoist immortal. Resembling a closed fist, the hand ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Petite Nepalese Bronze Ganesha Shrine, c. 1700
Located in Chicago, IL
Well-loved and richly worn, this petite bronze traveling shrine depicts the Hindu god Ganesha. Attributed to 17th/18th century Nepal, the palm-sized icon is sculpted of bronze and fi...
Category
Early 18th Century Nepalese Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Framed Antique Hand Carved Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved panel from Toraja. Framed in a minimalist black teak wood shadow box. This carving symbolizes peace and happiness. Circa 1950.
This antique carving was hand carv...
Category
1950s Vintage Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Teak
Antique Carved Teak Wood Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved merbau wood panel from Lampung, Sumatra. We have a collection in various sizes. Please inquire. The size and price reflect the one shown. Stunning on both sides.
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Category
1930s Vintage Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Antique White Washed Merbau Wood Carved Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved merbau wood panel from Lampung, Sumatra. We have a collection in various sizes all white washed. The size and price reflect the one shown. Stunning on both sides....
Category
Early 1900s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Framed Antique Hand Carved Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved panel from Toraja. Framed in a minimalist black teak wood shadow box. This carving symbolizes the protection of the home. Great art piece.
This antique carving...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Antique Hand Carved Panel Framed
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved architectural panel from Toraja Land. This carving symbolizes the protection of the home. Originally used as an exterior panel. Framed in a minimalist black teak ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Teak Wood Temple Door with Shell Inlay
Located in New York, NY
Andrianna Shamaris temple doors in teak wood. We added the shell inlay by hand for that special finish. Great as a headboard or accent piece. Can also be used as a tabletop. We curre...
Category
20th Century Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Mythical Chinese Statue Hand, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique wooden carving from western China was the removable hand of a much larger statue, most likely of a Buddhist deity or Taoist immortal. Resembling a closed fist, the hand ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Thai Crouching Boy Coconut Grater, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden coconut grater (khood maprow) from the early 20th century is carved in the form of a crouching boy, a variation on the typical "crouching rabbit" design. Large enough to ...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
Chinese Lacquered Buddhist Fish Bell, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Sculptural and abstract, this curious wooden fish is a 19th-century Buddhist woodblock from western China. Known simply as "wooden fish" (mùyú), these temple bells were used by Buddh...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Vintage Rare Bronze Tribal Ancestor Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare vintage figure. Stylistically primitive and raw, this beautiful bronze statue represents an old protective ancestor or soul. The skeletal figure and large head e...
Category
1960s Vintage Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Hand Carved Wooden Panel
Located in New York, NY
Ancient hand carved architectural panel from Toraja. This carving symbolizes both the protection of the home and courage. Originally used as an exterior panel. Beautiful art piece.
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Category
1890s Indonesian Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Antique Container
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful shape on the hand carved antique bowl or container from Sumatra. Originally used for pounding rice. Great for holding jewelry, keys etc. Both sculptural and usable.
This antique container...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Ancient Hand Carved Panel
Located in New York, NY
Ancient hand carved architectural panel from Toraja. The carving symbolizes both the protection of the home and courage. Originally used as...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Thai Crouching Boy Coconut Grater, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden coconut grater (khood maprow) from the early 20th century is carved in the form of a crouching boy, a variation on the typical "crouching rabbit" design. Large enough to ...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
Antique Hand Carved Wooden Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved architectural panel from Toraja. This carving symbolizes the protection of the home. Originally used as an exterior panel. Great art piece.
This antique panel ...
Category
1950s Vintage Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Ancient Hand Carved Wooden Panel
Located in New York, NY
Impressive hand carved ancient panel from Toraja, Sulawesi. This carving symbolizes the protection of the home. Great as an art piece or headboard.
This ancient carving...
Category
Early 1800s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Ancient Hand Carved Wooden Panel
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful ancient hand carved architectural panel from Toraja, Sulawesi. This impressive carving symbolizes courage and the protection of the home....
Category
1930s Vintage Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Antique Teak Wood Temple Door with Shell Inlay
Located in New York, NY
Antique temple door in teak wood with remnants of the original color. We added the shell inlay by hand. Great as a headboard, coffee table or simp...
Category
1930s Vintage Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Yin and Yang Antique Door
Located in New York, NY
Impressive teak wood doors with original hardware. This beautiful door could also be made into a coffee table, used as a head board or hung as a piece of art. The circle meaning is the Yin and the Yang. The black colour is Yin the darkness and white is Yang the clear situation. The left door is 26" wide and the right door is 28" wide. When life-force energy is appropriately balanced between Yin and Yang...
Category
1940s Vintage Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
$28,000
Antique Hand Carved Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved architectural panel from Toraja. This carving symbolizes the protection of the home. Originally used as an exterior panel. Great art piece.
This antique panel ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Antique Primitive Indonesian Lesung Mortar Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration is this primitive Indonesian lesung mortar which has been mounted with two steel, leg-like rods onto a black wooden rectang...
Category
20th Century Indonesian Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Hand Carved Wooden Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved architectural panel from Toraja. This carving symbolizes the protection of the home and fertility. Originally used as an exterior panel.
This antique carving w...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Antique Teak Wood Temple Door with Shell Inlay
Located in New York, NY
Antique temple door in teak wood with the remnants of the original pretty coral color. We added the shell inlay by hand. Great as a headboard, cof...
Category
1930s Vintage Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Phallic Lingam Stone
Located in New York, NY
Century old stone from Sumatra. We have a collection of twelve. They look fabulous placed in a group as a sculpture. The price and images reflect the one shown. Used as a healing sto...
Category
Early 1900s Indonesian Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone
Antique Hand Carved Wooden Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved architectural panel from Toraja. This carving symbolizes the protection of the home. Originally used as an exterior panel. Great art piece.
This antique panel ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Antique Hand Carved Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved architectural panel from Toraja Land. This impressive carving symbolizes courage, protection of the home, good fortune and leadership. Originally used as an exter...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Impressive Teak Wood Hand Carved Container
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful antique drum in solid teak wood. We removed the top and had our master carver add our unique minimalist carving to the thick aged teak wood. Finished with a natural oil rev...
Category
2010s Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Teak
Antique Hand Carved Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved architectural panel from Toraja. This carving symbolizes the protection of the home. Originally used as an exterior panel. Grea...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Chinese Carved Ancestor Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Ancestor worship was an integral part of traditional Chinese home life. This carved figure bears the likeness of one of its original owner's important for...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Ancient Hand Carved Batak Panel or Console Table
Located in New York, NY
Ancient hand carved architectural wood panel from Batak, North Sumatra. Originally used from the front side of a Batak house. Traditional Batak houses have many carvings both inside ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Framed Antique Hand Carved Panel
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved panel from Toraja. Framed in a Minimalist black teak wood shadow box. This carving symbolizes the protection of the home....
Category
Early 1900s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Antique Temple Door with Shell Inlay
Located in New York, NY
Antique temple door in teak wood with the original pretty coral color. We added the shell inlay by hand. Great as a headboard, coffee table or sim...
Category
1930s Vintage Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Antique Teak Wood Rice Pounder
Located in New York, NY
Solid teak wood container. Originally used for pounding rice. Great by a fire with logs stacked or by a pool with white towels or for magazines. Multiple ideas that this wonderful ob...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Antique Batik Stamp
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful antique fish batik stamp set in an espresso teakwood frame.
Andrianna Shamaris, Inc. The Leader In Modern Organic Design™
Category
1960s Vintage Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Antique Iron Mesh Container
Located in New York, NY
Antique Folk Art from Flores. Handwoven iron mesh container with an hour glass shape.
Measures: 10- 22" DIA x 34" high.
Andrianna Shamaris, Inc. The Leader ...
Category
1920s Vintage Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal, Iron
Andrianna Shamaris Original Teak Wood Rice Pounder
Located in New York, NY
This antique teak wood bowl was originally used to pound rice. We added the shell inlay.
This bowl was sourced in the spirit of wabi-sabi, a Japanese philosophy that beauty can be f...
Category
Early 1900s Indonesian Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Modern Sculpture with a Primitive Borneo Door
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Primitive Borneo Granary old Door, with residue of color on a facade: suitable as a modern wood sculpture on support -
I can darken the wood with simple wax on request.
M/251.
Inte...
Category
Late 18th Century Malaysian Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
$759 Sale Price
60% Off
Andrianna Shamaris Architectural Teak Wood Wall Hanging
Located in New York, NY
Hand carved from a single piece of teak wood a beautiful simple carving which works well for an art installation or as a head board. We have a pair. The price reflects one.
This c...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Primitive sculptures and carvings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Primitive sculptures and carvings for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage sculptures and carvings created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, wall decorations, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, reclaimed wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Primitive sculptures and carvings made in a specific country, there are Asia, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original sculptures and carvings, popular names associated with this style include and Andrianna Shamaris. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for sculptures and carvings differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $245 and tops out at $28,000 while the average work can sell for $990.
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