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Style: Tribal
Large Antique Teak Bowl from Northern Thailand, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large antique round teak bowl from Northern Thailand, early to mid-20th century.
Carved from one piece of dense teak wood including its handle.
Fine wood grain with rustic patina...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
$289 Sale Price
44% Off
Hand-Carved Tribal Ancestral Figure with Horsehair Topknot
Located in Pasadena, CA
This striking wooden figure stands tall and elongated, carved with angular limbs and an expressive, mask-like face. The exaggerated proportions — long legs, recessed eyes, and geomet...
Category
1980s Burkinabe Vintage Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
1920s Hand-Forged Iron Warrior Toy Sculpture African Dogon
Located in Chula Vista, CA
African tribal Dogon hand forged spear & chain sculpted warrior toy
6.75 x 2.75 w x 2.5
Original vintage unrestored condition.
Refer to images.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Turkana Tribal Wood Headrest, Stylized Human Form, African Beaded Attachments
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Turkana or Pokot people's tribal carved wood headrest, stylized human form, early 20th century, Kenya, African.
Headrest from Kenya with attached leather, beads, buttons and a metal finger knife. Great sculpture...
Category
Early 20th Century Kenyan Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Tutisi Ceremonial Basket
By Tutsi People
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is an extremely rare presentation basket from the Tutsi people of Rwanda. This pyece is exceptional in its rarity because of its size. The piece would have been woven around 194...
Category
1940s Rwandan Vintage Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Raffia
$1,346
Beaded Tribal Drink Vessel Leather Milk Jug 2 African Arts
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Decorative Tribal Vessel African Leather Milk Jug 2
8 h x 5 d x 7 w
Original vintage condition
Refer to images listed
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather
Bronze Memorial Statue of The Fon People, Benin
Located in Beerse, VAN
This memorial statue is an example of traditional African metalwork from the Benin Kingdom, present-day Nigeria, known for its historic bronze and brass sculptures made using the los...
Category
Mid-20th Century Beninese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Antique Tutsi Baskets, Rwanda
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Group of Tutsi Prestige Basketry
Rwanda
First half, 20th century
Grass and other plant fibers, natural dye, coiling technique
Measures: Height, left to right: 7 1/4”; 8”; 9 1/...
Category
Early 20th Century Rwandan Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber
$2,560 / set
Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zogei Furniture Sculptural Stool9 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Late afternoon in winter
Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture
Material: Cherry
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Most o...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$2,007 Sale Price
45% Off
Bronze Mukhalingam in the form of a Head, India, 18th-19th Century
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This bronze plaque representation of Shiva with a human face was intended to serve as a lingam cover. This examples has an elaborate mustache, a cap rimmed with coiled cobras, almo...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Hiroyuki Nishimura Sculpture Magazine Holder Glamping Tribal Style
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Miminashi
Sculpture by Hiroyuki Nishimura. You can probably use it as like basket, Magazine holder or plant pot cover.
Material: Cherry
This work is carved from log with som...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
20th c. Oversized Aged Handmade Bowl
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
Handmade bowl visible signs of age and use.
Dimensions: 16." w x 5.5" h x 16." d.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
James Tandi African Wild Boar Green Carved Verdite Hardstone Sculpture Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
James Tandi African Wild Boar Green Carved Verdite Hardstone Sculpture Figure. Item features an impressive carved verdite hardstone sculpture of a mother w...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Hiroyuki Nishimura Abstract Sculpture Masouleh Tower02 Tribal Style Bookcase
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Masouleh Tower 02
Sculpture. Also it can be used as small bookcase.
Material: Zelkova
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Most of wood used for his work...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Lot of Three Indian Terracotta Processional Figures
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Lot of three Indian terracotta processional figures.
Krishnanagar, Bengal, 19th Century.
Painted terracotta figures, depicting two males and one female musician...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
African Congo Fetish Statue, Houses Spirits for Protection, Late 20th- Century
Located in Miami, FL
African Congo Fetish Statue, Houses Spirits for Protection 20th- Century
Offered for sale is a late 20th-century African tribal fetish statue of a doubl...
Category
Late 20th Century Congolese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
1970s African Carved Wooden Ceremonial Cup
Located in Stamford, CT
1970s carved African wooden ceremonial cup or chalice. Overall fine dark wood patina. Purchased in Cameroon in the 1970s.
Category
1970s African Vintage Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
A TRIBAL Ritual VOTIVE BOARD SCULPTURE Upper SEPIK, Papua New Guinea, 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
An old and authentic votive board representing the spirit of water, Shamanic, Primitive Arts, Tribal Art, Brutalist, Shabby-Chic, in carved wood and painted with patina due to use, characteristic work of the creations of the Kwoma people , Washkuk Mountains, Upper Sepik region, Papua New Guinea, 1950.
This votive board comes from the former collection of a French diplomat...
Category
1950s Papua New Guinean Vintage Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Large Early 20th Century Willow Grain Basket, China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Early 20th Century Willow Grain Basket, China
Traditionally used to carry rice or other grains, this basket is strong and sturdy.
24 inches (60.96 cm) high by 16 inches (40.64...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Reed
Dan Prestige Wood Spoon with Legs, Ivory Coast, West Africa on custom base
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Dan finely carved wood prestige spoon or ladle, from the Dan people of Ivory Coast, West Africa. Spoons like this were used by the most prominent woma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zogei Furniture Sculptural Stool19 Tribal Glamping
By Zougei
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: A day go to the hill
Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture
Material: Cypress
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Most of w...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Zulu Wood Double Head Rest Stylized Human Figure, South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Zulu carved wood double headrest with stylized human figure in middle, from South Africa.
In stylized human form within a pair of vertical columns, with triangle arms and legs and he...
Category
Mid-20th Century South African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
African Wooden Sculpture of a Deer Family, Belgian Congo, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large Hand-Carved Wooden Sculpture of a Deer Family, Belgian Congo, 1950s
An impressive African wooden sculpture, hand-carved in the Belgian Congo during the 1950s. This remarkable ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Tribal Drink Vessel Leather Milk Jug 1 African Arts
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Tribal Drink Vessel African Leather Milk Jug 1
10 x 6.5 diameter
Original vintage condition
Refer to images listed
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather
Tessellated Faux Horn
Wood Round Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Round tessellated faux horn box with wood lining. No makers mark or signature
Category
1980s American Vintage Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Large Middle Eastern Round Lidded Spice Box, c. 1900
Located in Ross, CA
Large round hand-turned, and hand-painted lidded antique tribal wooden spice box, likely from Pakistan, made around 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century Pakistani Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
$160 Sale Price
36% Off
Central African Tribal Pot or Wooden Vase Neutral Brown
Located in Miami, FL
A Central African wood pot, vase or vessel. This vintage decorative object from Central Africa is created from a single piece of mahogany acc...
Category
20th Century Central African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Zougei wold wood Sculpture Shelf Bookcase K1
By Zougei
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Cardinal and Mr.Tower
Sculptural stool by Zougei carved furniture
Material: osmanthus
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Most of wood used for Nishimura...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Large Polychrome Fruitera Pedestal Dish, Cocle Culture, Panama
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Polychrome Fruitera Pedestal Dish, Cocle Culture, Panama
A large pedestal dish with two hammerhead shark-like sea creatures in plum, ochre and b...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Panamanian Antique Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Tribal Sculpture Of A Squatting Man
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A compact figural sculpture of a man squatting with hands clasping his thighs, and is likely a protective charm or Guardian figure. Faintly smiling, the figure displays well defined ...
Category
20th Century Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Bentwood
Pair of Ritual Spoons from Timor Island, circa 1950s
Located in London, GB
Pair of water buffalo horn ritual spoons from Timor Island, Indonesia, (circa 1950s).
The horns of large creatures were often used to carve intricate spoons which were most likely...
Category
1950s Indonesian Vintage Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Horn
African Togo / Benin Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Mami Wata Standing Figure
Located in Queens, NY
African Togo / Benin Coast 20th Century carved and painted wood Mami Wata figure, in cylindrical form with an incised hair pattern, beckoning arms and coilin...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Paint
African Gabon 20th Century Wood
Brass Kota Mahangwe Reliquary Figure w/ Basket
Located in Queens, NY
African Gabon 20th Century carved wood reliquary guardian figure in a basket featuring an inlaid brass oval head with protruding nose, hoop earrings, feathered headress, beaded neckl...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
African D.R. Congo 20th Century Nkisi Koso 2-Headed Dog Nail Fetish Figure
Located in Queens, NY
African Democratic Republic of Congo 20th Century carved wood nail fetish figure in 2-headed dog form (\"Nkisi Koso\"), its torso wrapped with rope entwined around embedded metal nai...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
African Nigeria 20th Century Carved Wood Igbo Female Village Guardian Figure
Located in Queens, NY
African Nigeria 20th Century carved wood Igbo female village guardian painted white with green & grayish blue accents, symmetric features, a decorative grid texture, standing upright...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Paint
African Cote dIvoire 20th Century Baule Large Heddle Pulley / Female Figure
Located in Queens, NY
African Cote dIvoire 20th Century Baule large textile heddle pulley / female figure carved from a single piece of wood with an elaborately incised headdress and symmetric face forki...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
African Ivory Coast Late 20th Century Baule Seated Female Fertility Figure
Located in Queens, NY
African Ivory Coast Late 20th Century carved wood Baule female fertility figure with incised hair, symmetric face, scarification marks, her hands holding her swollen abdomen, sitting...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Ivory
African Gabon 20th Century Hand Carved Reliquary Fetish Figure in Grass Skirt
Located in Queens, NY
Gabonese 20th c. fetish figure hand carved and pigmented wood by the Ambete people of Gabon, with a cowrie shell necklace and raffia grass skirt
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Bone
African Gabon/D.R. Congo 20th Century Wood Kota Mahongwe Figural Reliquary Staff
Located in Queens, NY
African Gabon / Democratic Republic of the Congo 20th Century carved wood figural reliquary staff in flattened geometric form features a curved head with inlaid textured copper, 2 co...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
African Gabon 20th Century Hand Made Anthropomorphic Double Bellows
Located in Queens, NY
Gabonese 20th c. blacksmiths bellows hand crafted by the Tsogo people, depicting an anthropomorphic figure with a white pigmented and carved face, with 2 drum bellows in the abdomen ...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Bone
African Gabon 20th Century Hand Carved Tsogo Heddle Pulley with Carved Head
Located in Queens, NY
Gabonese 20th c. wooden wishbone shaped heddle pulley, hand carved by the Tsogo people with the scarified head of man at the top and wrapped burlap around an elongated neck
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Bone
African Guinea Late 20th Century Carved Wood Baga Rearing Snake on Metal Stand
Located in Queens, NY
African Guinea Contemporary (Late 1990s) carved wood iconic Baga sculpture titled Rearing Snake depicts a serpent representing the spirit A-Mantsho-nga-Tshol, painted green and whi...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
African 20th Century Carved Wood Makonde Abstract Figure
Located in Queens, NY
African 20th Century carved wood Makonde abstract figure in Shetani style (Swahili: \"devil\"). Using otherworldly physical traits in 5 forms: human, mammal, fish, bird and reptile, ...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
African Gabon Late 20th Century Wood
Copper Kota Mahongwe Reliquary Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Gabonese late 20th century reliquary figure hand carved by the Kota Mahongwe people depicting a figure in a shocked expression, crafted of hammered brass, copper strips and ebonized ...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Bone
Pair of African Mali 20th Century Bronze Dogon Male
Female Ancestor Figures
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of African Mali 20th Century bronze Dogon male and female stylized ancestor figures using the lost wax process.They both share identical hair styles, alluding to the mythic pair...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
African Nigeria 20th Century Hand Crafted Yoruba Fertility Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Nigerian 20th c. female fertility figure hand crafted by the Yoruba people out of carved wood, raffia palm for the grass skirt and copper for the neck collar and other adornments
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
African D.R. Congo 20th Century Wood
String Nkisi Male Nail Fetish Figure
Located in Queens, NY
African Democratic Republic of the Congo 20th Century male nail fetish guardian figure (\"Yombe Nkisi Nkonde\") carved from a single piece of wood, encased and hidden beneath a netwo...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Dan Janus Double Face Protective Kinde Charm, Ivory Coast, West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Dan Janus double faced protective Kinde charm, from the Dan people of Ivory Coast, West Africa. Used as a charm for protection, with two different faces to show the duality of the w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Set of Three Rare Fang Wood Spoons, Gabon, Africa old collection provenance
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Set of three rare Fang carved wood spoons, from Gabon, Africa. Each with unique shape, wear and encrustations from traditional tribal use.
They are in good condition, appropriate f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Five Tribal Bronze Snuff Rings, Tiv Culture, Nigeria
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Five Tribal Bronze Snuff Rings, Tiv Culture, Nigeria
Brass or copper alloy
4.5 (11.4 cm) to 2.25 (6.7 cm) inches high
19th century
A fascinating collection...
Category
19th Century Nigerian Antique Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Hand-Carved Stone Face Sculpture on Steel Base, Tribal Style, 1970s
Located in Round Top, TX
A compelling carved stone face, mounted on a custom welded steel base. Of Indonesian origin, circa 1970s, the sculpture features stylized facial detailing with an enigmatic presence....
Category
Late 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Granite, Steel
$150 Sale Price
68% Off
Coconut Bugbear Box/Tea Caddy by Unknown Sailor
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Coconut Bugbear Box/Tea Caddy by Unknown Sailor
A carved coconut bugbear in the form of a box with an unhinged lid with a carved image of a bird on a branch. Carved around the lid a...
Category
Late 19th Century Mexican Antique Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique Teak Fence Column from Java, Mounted on Metal Stand c.1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This striking artifact is an antique teak fence column from Java, Indonesia, once part of a traditional cow pen enclosure. Hand-hewn from dense, old-growth teak wood, the column now ...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
African Ivory Coast 20th Century Wood Baule Colonial ("Colon") Male Policeman
Located in Queens, NY
African Ivory Coast 20th Century carved and painted wood Baule statue depicting a colonial (\"colon\") male policeman in official uniform with white hat, shirt and gray pants, standi...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Ivory
Hand Carved Jaguar Relief Wooden Jewelry Box
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a well relief carved Jewelry box.
It was probably made on the west coast of Africa.
It looks to depict the heads of 3 Jaguars in relief.
Category
20th Century Nigerian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
African Ivory Coast 20th Century Wood Composite Baule Monkey Figure with Skull
Located in Queens, NY
African Ivory Coast 20th Century carved wood composite monkey figure with skull, standing with bent legs, holding a ceremonial cup or bowl with both hands. (Similar item: NWL6866)
W...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Ivory
Large African Tree Trunk Bowl in Oak, 1950s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
1950 / African tree trunk bowl / Mid-century / vintage / design
Eye-catching large African oak bowl in diabolo form, crafted around 1950. Hand made ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Vintage Chokwe Mask
Located in Pasadena, TX
This mask was made by the Chokwe people of the Democratic
Republic of Congo. It has detailed metalwork and is finely carved.
Probably dates around the 1960's.
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair of Iron Spatulate Currencies, Chamba or Mambila, Cameroon or Nigeria
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pair of iron flat spatulate currency pieces, made by the Chamba or Mambila peoples of Cameroon or Nigeria.
Mid 20th century or older.
10 1/2 inches high for larger currency. Pair ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Money Cowrie
Macramé Necklace on Stand, Papua New Guinea
Located in New York, NY
A male necklace from the Asmat Village, Papua New Guinea.
Large Money Cowrie shells (used in earlier times as currency) seamlessly sewn in concentric rows onto a white cotton macra...
Category
Early 2000s Indonesian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell, Cotton
Tribal decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Tribal decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, folk art, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Tribal decorative objects made in a specific country, there are Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Andrianna Shamaris, Hiroyuki Nishimura, Zougei, and Benin People. 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 decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $64 and tops out at $274,500 while the average work can sell for $1,500.
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