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Place of Origin: African
Cornetite From L
Etoile du Congo Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Located in New York, NY
From Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Colorful specimen of lustrous translucent blue cornetite crystals with translucent green malachite crystals coverin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Beaded Ndebele Fertility Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king). As beads become gradually more accessible throughout the 19th century, they began to displace the organic materials used in traditional art and attire.
This colorful example of African beadwork is a fertility doll...
Category
20th Century Folk Art African Sculptures
Materials
Cotton, Wood
Embosed Metal Kirdi Shield from Cameroon on Bronze Stand
Located in Stamford, CT
A rare repuse shield with natural fiber wraped handle from the Kirdi tribe Cameroon. Now on a patinated Bronze Stand.
For a similar example please see- Benitez-Johannot, Purissim...
Category
20th Century Tribal African Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Botryoidal Malachite From Shaba Copper Belt, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Located in New York, NY
From Shaba Copper Belt, Katanga (Shaba) Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) A sculptural botryoidal formation of solid velvety green malachite from the famous copper m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Mid Century, Decorative African Wooden Sculpture, Made in the 1940-50s
Located in Odense, DK
A beautiful hand carved wood sculpture / figure. Made in Africa in the 1940-50s,. Bought from a collector of African art.
Great patina and overall a good vintage condition. This figu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Primitive African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique African Tribal Sculpted Statue
Located in Miami, FL
Interesting African tribal sculpted statue made of iron or lead.
It almost appears that the materials used were taken from a sunken ship.
Look closely at...
Category
19th Century Antique African Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Genuine Polished Malachite and Azurite Freeform (9.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This large, museum-quality piece of freeform Bulls-eye Malachite with Blue Azurite, is hand-polished and sourced from Zaire. This collectors specimen is a rare combination of the two...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Malachite
Ruler Selenite with Natural Forming Pearls on a Custom Stand
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A single selenite log with natural-forming baroque pearls on a custom hammered metal stand. Ruler selenite or "selenite logs" are single, prismatic seleni...
Category
2010s Modern African Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Metal
Idoma Ido Nigerian Carved Wood Figure Of A Seated Female
Located in Dallas, TX
Idoma Ibo Female Figure. Africa, Nigeria 20th century or earlier.
A seated female figure on a stool smoking a long pipe with painted with pigments and adorned with scarification mar...
Category
Early 1900s Primitive Antique African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bronze Elephant Sculpture by David Shaefer
Located in Dallas, TX
This listing features a patinated bronze sculpture of an African elephant by the artist David Schaefer. Signed 'D. Shaefer' to base, copy 306/450.
Thi...
Category
20th Century American Classical African Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Baoule Tribal Mask in Yellow-Black with Antelope Head Decoration
Located in Salzburg, AT
Expressive, interesting African Baoulé mask from Cote d'Ivoire from last third of the last century, carved from wood painted polychrome.
The face is narrow & elegant and has a though...
Category
1970s Tribal Vintage African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Yoruba Omo Bell, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This four-sided brass face bell, known as omo, was created by an artisan of the Ijebu Yoruba People of Southern Nigeria. A mark of the wearer's rank and power, the bell would have be...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$1,880
Kote Kono a African Puppets from Mali
Located in Paris, FR
African Puppets Kote Kono A, this "Kote Kono" animal
puppets depicting the hornbill bird with a large beak
during the Sogobo ceremony. This ancestral tradition
continues in the region of Segou in Mali, along the Niger
River and more particularly in the Bozo ethnic group. It is
an opportunity to regroup the different villages and give
rise to musical and theatrical performances whose highlight
is the puppet show...
Category
1950s Vintage African Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$5,228 Sale Price
20% Off
Terracotta Bura Spirit Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Sometimes called a "Bura bell" due to its shape, this sculptural terra cotta object was part of the Bura tribe's burial ritual. Buried with its flared mouth facing down, this cylindrical storage...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal African Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
1960 Vide Poche Sculpture in Wood , Head of Woman
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
African Vide Poche and sculpture, withan woman head, in wood,
1960 ashtray, sculpture in wood.
Category
1960s Minimalist Vintage African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$335 Sale Price
20% Off
Figure of ancestress "Jonyeleni" in wood Bamana Art MaliThird Quarter of the 20th cent
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
A figure of remarkable formal harmony and compactness with large rounded breasts that allude to fertility and nurturing capacity, but also to the loveliness of the girl that promotes...
Category
1980s Other Vintage African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ethnic Design-Bridal Iron Hoe Currency, Afo Peoples Nigeria
Located in Leuven , BE
Used as forms of currency, they could also serve as a musical or ritual object. Displayed on a custom mount.
Category
19th Century Antique African Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Tribal Pierced African Panel
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very Decorative Carved and Pierced African Tribal Panel depicting a Female Ancestor. The powerful Female Figure supports a multitude of Stylized Carved Animals carved in three Band...
Category
20th Century Tribal African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Genuine Libyan Desert Glass Tektite in Display Box (92.9 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Libyan Desert Glass is a substance found in areas in the eastern Sahara, in the deserts of eastern Libya and western Egypt. Fragments of desert glass can be found over areas of tens ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
West African Dogon Ladder
Located in Nashville, TN
Notched Dogon ladder created by the the West African Mali Peoples. Carved from a single piece of wood and situated on an iron base in order to stand upright. These ladders were used ...
Category
1990s Brutalist African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Blue labradorite with wooden base
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Coming from madagascar, this aesthetic specimen of semi-precious gemstone called labradorite has the perfect weight and dimensions to decorate a bookshelf or a desk. It weighs 1900 g...
Category
2010s African Sculptures
Materials
Precious Stone
Blue Celestite Cluster From Sankoany, Ketsepy Mahajanga, Madagascar (26 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Lustrous large gem transparent crystals of blue Celestite. Has a few large crystals with prism faces and chisel-shaped terminations. This specimen h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Cerussite Mineral From , Namibia, West Africa
Located in New York, NY
Cerussite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Complex cluster of highly reflective lustrous transparent cerussite crystals in a 60 degree twinning reticulat...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Miniature Baule Chair
By Baule Tribe
Located in Chicago, IL
Noted for its individualistic, egalitarian, and progressive society, the Baule of Cote D'Ivoire were master craftspeople. This chair features their characteristically well polished w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$624 Sale Price
57% Off
Vanadinite Crystal Cluster with Barite Matrix from Mibladen, Morocco
Located in New York, NY
From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Province, Morocco
An exceptional cluster of hexagonal crystals of bright red Vanadinites. This specimen has glassy luster with barite on bro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Genuine Polished Malachite and Azurite Freeform (10 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This large, museum-quality piece of freeform Bulls-eye Malachite with Blue Azurite, is hand-polished and sourced from Zaire. This collectors specimen is a rare combination of the two...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Malachite
Genuine Libyan Desert Glass Tektite in Display Box (89.1 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Libyan Desert Glass is a substance found in areas in the eastern Sahara, in the deserts of eastern Libya and western Egypt. Fragments of desert glass can be found over areas of tens ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Ashanti Maternal Fertility Figure
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is an Ashanti female fertility figure from Ghana, West Africa, circa Mid-20th century. Carved from a single block of wood, the statue depicts a female with typical coiffure ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
$2,000 Sale Price
33% Off
Vanadinite Crystal Cluster on Matrix - From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Located in New York, NY
From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Province, Morocco
Here is an exceptional world class specimen of a cluster of hexagonal crystals of bright red Vanadinites with glassy lust...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Genuine Asaphus intermedius Trilobite in Matrix from Morocco (341 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Large, natural trilobite in its original fossil matrix. The Asaphid trilobites include some of the most extreme trilobite adaptations known, and the group produced some of the larges...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique African Sculptures
Materials
Cement, Other
Polished Labradorite Obelisk from Madagascar (4.9 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
High quality 9.75 inch tall handmade polished Labradorite Obelisk from Madagascar. It has beautiful iridescent play of colors of blue, yellow and red which is caused by internal frac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Vanadinite Crystal Cluster on Matrix - From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Located in New York, NY
From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Province, Morocco Here is an exceptional world class specimen of a cluster of hexagonal crystals of bright red Vanadinites with glassy luster...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Barite on Geothite From Jebel Ouichane, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Morocco
Located in New York, NY
From Jebel Ouichane, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Lustrous transparent blue-gray bladed barite crystals in intersecting aggregates of subparallel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Polished Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar (30 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 30 lb AAA quality polished geode egg with druzy inside from Madagascar features an exposed area lined with dazzling druzy quartz crystals, as well as a polished back side, provi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Genuine Polished Septarian Druzy Point from Madagascar
6 lbs
Located in New York, NY
This AAA quality Septarian druzy point features an exposed area lined with shimmering quartz crystals, and boasts a hand-polished, highly reflective back. Boasting a stabilizing ener...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Azurite and Malachite from Oshikoto, Namibia
Located in New York, NY
From Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Rich cluster of lustrous deep royal blue azurite crystals on malachite-duftite-calcite matrix. All of the azurite crys...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Spessartine Garnet Crystal from Loliondo, Arusha, Tanzania
Located in New York, NY
From Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, Arusha, Tanzania Large trapezohedral crystal of transparent orange spessartine garnet with no matrix attached. Has lustrous faces with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Bronze Resting Camel Sculpture on Marble Stand French School
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
French School of an Egyptian Middle Eastern Camel Sculpture on Marble Stand.
Large and heavy art Deco Style Bronze Resting Camel on White Marble Stand Sculpture.
Boasting a dark pati...
Category
Late 20th Century Moorish African Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculptural Modern Brutalist Terracotta Punk Table lamp Short
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
Hand-molded terracotta forms the base of this lamp, stripe detail finished with black plaster and adorned with bronzed steel spikes. It's a bold statement piece that channels a rebel...
Category
2010s Organic Modern African Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Vanadinite Crystal Cluster with Barite Matrix from Mibladen, Morocco
Located in New York, NY
From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Province, Morocco
An exceptional cluster of hexagonal crystals of bright red Vanadinites. This specimen has glassy luster with barite on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Azurite and Malachite from Ahouli Mines, Midelt Province, Morocco
Located in New York, NY
From Ahouli Mines, Aouli, 7 km northeast of Mibladen, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco
Rich specimen of bright-blue lustrous azurite crystals on powdery green mal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
1990s Wood and Beaded Sculpture Of Woman - NAMJI Fertility Doll
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1990s Wood and Beaded Sculpture Of Woman - NAMJI Fertility Doll
Cowrie Shells
On wood base
Category
1990s African Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Beads
Vanadinite Crystal Cluster on Matrix from Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Pr
Located in New York, NY
From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Province, Morocco Here is an exceptional world class specimen of a cluster of hexagonal crystals of bright red Vanadinites with glassy luster...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Sleep Guardian or Kata Sergo Ethiopia TOTEM 1 in Solid Natural Cedar Wood
Located in Paris, FR
TOTEM 1 sleep guardian or Kata Sergo from the ethnic
Gorague´, South / South West Ethiopia. Different ridges
are intended to evacuate the bad vibes from the fireplace
to the top h...
Category
19th Century Antique African Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vanadinite Crystal Cluster on Matrix From Morocco
Located in New York, NY
From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Province, Morocco
Here is an exceptional world class specimen of a cluster of hexagonal crystals of dark red Vanadinites with glassy lust...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Descloizite From Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein, Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia
Located in New York, NY
From Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein, Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia This specimen has lustrous and transparent dark-brown Descloizite crystals in a intergrown formation with sharp bevel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Vanadinite Crystal Cluster on Matrix from Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Pr
Located in New York, NY
From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Province, Morocco
Here is an exceptional world class specimen of a cluster of hexagonal crystals of bright red Vanadinites with glassy lust...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Vanadinite Crystal Cluster on Matrix from Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Pr
Located in New York, NY
From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Province, Morocco
Here is an exceptional world class specimen of a cluster of hexagonal crystals of bright red Vanadinites with glassy lust...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Hand Carved brutalist Decorative Nankong Totem Sculpture #1 Small
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
All our totem sculptures are hand-carved in Southern Africa from sustainable African alien timber by a group of Zimbabwean artists who set their own prices, thus making them fair tra...
Category
2010s Modern African Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel
Ruler Selenite with Natural-Forming Baroque Pearls on a Lucite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Ruler Selenite with natural forming baroque pearls on a lucite base. Ruler selenite or "selenite logs" are single, prismatic selenite crystals from Morocco that were formed in extensive beds by the evaporation of ocean brine. This mineral is characterized by a silky, pearly luster called satin spare. It is then adorned with the baroque pearls which coordinate beautifully with the sleek selenite.
Interi transforms Italian artifacts...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern African Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
A beautiful large Star Rose quartz polished sphere from Madagascar
Located in London, GB
A beautiful large Star Rose quartz polished sphere from Madagascar on acrylic stand.
This was originally purchased from Venusrox in Notting Hill and comes with original Venusrox label which details the energy properties of Star Rose Quartz:
The Star Rose quartz is a Super-Charged Rose Quartz, and is the stone of love. Love for oneself, family, friends, the planet and the universe. It releases stress and anxiety and dissolves anger and fear and brings hope and love. It encourages compassion and kindness.
We have another smaller sphere and very large Amethyst...
Category
2010s African Sculptures
Materials
Rose Quartz
Gabon Punu Ancestor Female Figure on Custom Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a Punu ancestor female figure presented on a custom stand circa first half of 20th century. Statue of full Punu figure like this is relatively scarce and the patina on th...
Category
20th Century Tribal African Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Organic Modern Biomorphic Black Stone Sculpture on Stainless Steel Custom Stand
Located in North Miami, FL
This fantastic and gorgeous biomorphic shaped polished stone is an organic modern sculpture. It is different from all angles and rests on a custom triangle shaped stainless steel sta...
Category
1960s Organic Modern Vintage African Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Stainless Steel
Ceramic Monkey And Baby Sculpture, Hand made in South Africa
By Ardmore Design
Located in North Miami, FL
The "Mother Monkey Sculpture" from Ardmore Ceramics, meticulously hand-sculpted and hand-painted by Sthabiso Hadebe, is a striking work of art that beautifully captures the essence o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern African Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Anang/Ibibio Ekpo cult Ancestor dance Mask Anang/Ibibio People Nigeria
Located in Leuven , BE
Anang/Ibibio Ekpo cult Ancestor dance Mask , Anang/Ibibio People ,Nigeria
Maud et René Garcia Paris-Harrie Heinemans Collection
Museum Berg
Dal-1984
Martin Lagrain
AHDRC ao-...
Category
Early 20th Century African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Akan Terracotta Commemorative head of an ancestor Akan People, Ghana
Located in Leuven , BE
Akan Terracotta Commemorative head of an ancestor , Akan People, Ghana
Willem Geyskens 1977
Terracotta with granular black engobe. Portrait of a woma...
Category
Early 20th Century African Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Eddie Masaya (Zimbabwean, b. 1960), Shona sculpture of Twin Faces
Located in London, GB
Eddie Masaya (Zimbabwean, b. 1960), Shona sculpture of Twin Faces, opal stone, on a white marble base. The image is of a stone sculpture, likely a Shona sculpture from Zimbabwe, pote...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble
African Elephant, Tiger and Woman Rider Varnished Wood Sculpture by J. Zanetti
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 20th century african elephant, tiger and woman rider varnished wood sculpture signed by J. Zanetti
By: J. Zanetti
Material: wood
Technique: carved, hand-carved, hand-crafted, varnished, polished
Dimensions: 12.5 in x 5 in x 12.5 in
Date: early 20th century, 1936
Style: Art Déco
Place of origin: South Africa
This expressive early 20th century wood sculpture signed by J. Zanetti depicts an elephant mid-stride, a tiger resting below, and a nude female rider in an animated pose. Carved from richly grained, varnished wood, the figures are captured in motion, the elephant's legs striding forward. Seated atop the elephant, the woman's swirling coiffure and outstretched arm convey a sense of vitality and farewell.
The energetic composition and Art Déco stylization reflect early 20th century african Modernism...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ceramic Pumpkin , hand made in South Africa
By Love Art Ceramic
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning ceramic pumpkin box, crafted by Love Art Ceramics in South Africa, showcases the talents of two skilled artists. Made entirely by hand, this ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern African Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bambara Ci Wara Headdress Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved to honor the mythical being Ci Wara, a Bambara deity that’s half mortal and half animal, this wooden headdress combines the graceful head and horns of a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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