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Style: Tribal
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
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
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
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 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 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 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 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 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
Pair of African Iron Bandaka Hoe Currency, Mounted on Custom Steel Bases
Located in Stamford, CT
2 African iron Bandaka hoe currency, Mabila and Chamba Peoples, Nigeria and Cameroon.
The iron, hammered into the form of a hoe, was used as currency. Mounted they are wonderful pie...
Category
20th Century Nigerian 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
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
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
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
$1,345
Hand-Painted French Ceramic Jug – Tribal Geometric Motifs – 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Hand-Painted French Ceramic Jug – Tribal Geometric Motifs – 20th Century
Description:
This is a ceramic jug made in France during the 20th century, featuring a rich brown patina and...
Category
20th Century French Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Coconut Bugbear Box/Tea Caddy by Unknown Sailor
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Coconut Bugbear Box/Tea Caddy by Unknown Sailor
A large carved coconut bugbear in the form of a box with a metal hinged lid. Carved around the lid are the words SOI D. MATYLDE BRENE...
Category
Late 19th Century Mexican Antique 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
Rhythms of Color: Mounted Beaded Belt with Geometric Motifs and Cowrie Shells
Located in New York, NY
A vibrant, handwoven beaded belt—traditionally known as a cache-sex—crafted from multicolored glass beads arranged in a dynamic diamond motif of red, green, blue, orange, and white. ...
Category
20th Century Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell
Early 20th Century Dance Wand, Napa, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Napa dance wand, Nendo people, Temotu Province, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
An unusually large napa dance wand in the form of a highly stylized canoe, tapering to a point at...
Category
Early 20th Century Solomon Islands Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Vintage Carved Family Statue, Tribal, Hardstone, Decorative Ornament, circa 1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage carved family statue. A tirbal African, polished hardstone decorative ornament, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Beautifu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mozambican Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Large Seated Maitreya, Lacquered wWod, 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Seated Maitreya, lacquered wood, 20thcentury
Maitreya Bodhisatva, seated in a pedestal, with one leg on top of the other, draped robes and a large halo. One hand is almost tou...
Category
20th Century Japanese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Papua New Guinean Polychromed Carved Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Papua New Guinean carved polychromed ancestral figure with fiber and shell detail
Category
20th Century Unknown Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Chrome
Bronze figure of Lakshmi holding a Lamp, India, 18th Century
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This fine solid cast figure of Lakshmi wears elaborately styled leggings with her hair tied in very long braid. She is holding an oil lamp inscribed underneath in Hindi. Lakshmi is ...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
19.5" Yoruba Tribe Kneeling Woman Wood Sculpture
Located in Pasadena, TX
This sculpture is from West Africa.
It depicts a Yoruba woman kneeling.
It was made in Nigeria.
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Early small Kuba Cup With Refined Face, Fine Hair, Handle DRC, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Small sweet early Kuba Cup with refinedf face, finely carved hair, with a handle, from the DRC, Africa
Finely incised hair in tight geometric form, small proj...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$1,440 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Batak Tribe Wood Singa Panel with Polychrome, Mounted on Metal Stand, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This tribal panel originates from the Batak tribe of Sumatra. The Batak are known for the elaborate decoration of their buildings and these decorative panel additions would have been...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Large Carving Of An African Hornbill And Young
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and powerful carving attributed to the Senoufo Tribe of West Africa. The Sculpture represents an adult Hornbill with ridged crest and upright stance standing guard over it’s ...
Category
20th Century Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Ethiopian Wood Head Rest With Silver White Metal Beads and Dangles, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
An old well used Ethiopian head rest with attached oxidized silver or white metal beads and dangles.
It is in good condition with wear, polish and eros...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair of 20" Benin Bronze Jaguar Cubs
Located in Pasadena, TX
Pair of Bronze Jaguar Cubs
6ʺW × 32ʺD × 20ʺH
Category
Late 20th Century Beninese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$2,615 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Set of Six Early 20th Century Carved Wood Knobkerries, South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Six Knobkerries from South Africa
A group of six knobkerries from South Africa, mounted together on a wooden base. These were originally used as weapons during battle but have evolv...
Category
Early 20th Century South African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Bronze Memorial Statue from Benin, The Fon People
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
Bronze
Eastern Indian Brass Figure of Venugopala, 17th-18th Century
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Standing with his legs crossed, his right foot resting on a naga hood, a gada supporting his right knee, two Nandi bulls on the square base, the god's two l...
Category
18th Century Indian Antique Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$1,840 Sale Price
20% Off
African (Kenya) Hand-Carved Figurative Sculpture of Masai Warrior with Spear
Located in Miami, FL
African (Kenya) Hand-Carved Figurative Sculpture of Masai Warrior with Spear
Category
20th Century Kenyan Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Bronze Lion Oil Lamp, India, 19th Century
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Indian bronze oil lamp in the form of the lion Vahana of the Goddess Durga. The head screws off for filling with oil. There is a hole at the top...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Nupe Carved Wood Openwork Geometric Stool
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Well used and loved Nupe carved wood stool with openwork geometric design,
It is in good condition, appropriate for its age, use, and medium. Well used with deep patina, chips and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerien Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Yam Ceremonial Digging Stick with Carving Papua New Guinea
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large digging stick used for the ceremony of planting the first yams of the season circa first half of the 20th century, purportedly from the ex-collection of the Children's Museum...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Rare Bronze Indian Firecracker Cannon of Tiger Form, 18th Century
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A beautifully designed early fireworks or flare cannon in tiger form. A small hole is drilled at the top rear of the cannon for the wick. In India, firecrackers and fireworks are tr...
Category
Late 18th Century Indian Antique Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Worn and Weathered Tsogho Short Bench with Faces, Gabon, Africa ex Visser
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Worn and weathered Tsogho short bench carved from a single piece of wood, with faces and figures, from Gabon, Africa. Blocky bench with roughly carved out openings, flanked on one s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerien Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
African Currency Bracelets on Custom Mounts, Set of 3
Located in Elkhart, IN
A set of three African currency bracelets on custom black steel stands. Bracelets alone measure 3.5"W x .5"D x 3.5"H approximately.
Category
Early 20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Steel
Tribal Early to Mid-20th C. Offering Bowl Lid in the Shape of a Bird, Yoruba
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century Tribal Offering bowl lid in the form of a bird, Yoruba people
This wonderful carved wood offering bowl lid is shaped like a bird, traditionally considered messenger...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Bambara Standing Male Figure Powerful Shoulders Mali Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Bambara Standing male figure with powerful shoulders, arms at sides and large feet. From Mali, Africa
It is in good condition with wear, polish and erosion from traditional use, appropriate for its age, use, and medium. Scuffs and nicks here and there. Age, wear and staining inside. On vintage wood block...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zougei Furniture Sculptural Stool 3 Tribal Glamping
By Zougei
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: A day for going to the ocean
Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture
Material: Cypress
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
M...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Vintage Abstract Family Statue, Tribal, Hardstone, Decorative Ornament, C.1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage abstract family statue. A tribal African, polished hardstone decorative ornament, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
A pare...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mozambican Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Tribal Aboriginal Australian Ritual Sculpture
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A rare example of a Churinga with the ritual painting not having been removed.
Category
Early 20th Century Australian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Fine Sculptural African Mortar and Pestle
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Reminiscent of the Elemental sculpture of Constantin Brancusi, this Hardwood African Mortar and Pestle has a fantastic paper smooth age patin...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
$1,600 / set
20th Century Shipibo Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking 20th century Amazonian Shipibo pot hand-built from clay, decorated with wide red and orange lines, and glazed with the sap of a tree. Members of...
Category
20th Century Brazilian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Antique Tapa Tribal Dance Shield, New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tapa dance shield.
Baining People, New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
First half, 20th century
Pounded mulberry bark painted with natural pigments
Measure...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo, Natural Fiber
Antique Brass and Copper Betel Nut Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique Philippine Brass and Copper Betel Nut Box. The top lifts to reveal 2 hinged compartments that held the betel leaf and areca nut. Inlaid in c...
Category
Late 19th Century Philippine Antique Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
Early 20th Century Palm Wine Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible early 20th century Makenge hand-built ceramic palm wine pot with a graceful shape including a narrow neck and a wide belly. The pot is covered ...
Category
Early 20th Century Zambian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Natural Fiber
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 example has an elaborate mustache, a bell shaped cap with an oil lamp on ...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Decorative African Antelope Sculpture from the Tribal People of Benin
Located in Miami, FL
Intricately hand-crafted African antelope, Benin tribal sculpture.
Details in hand-hammered bronze on wood small pieces attached with small nails and numerous carvings.
This object form is one of the best-known examples of Benin art, created from the thirteenth century onwards, by the Edo people, which also included other sculptures in brass, including some famous portrait heads and smaller pieces of art.
Cast bronze.
Tribal African Art...
Category
20th Century Beninese Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$1,250 Sale Price
47% Off
Betel Nut Box from Java with Polychromed Finish, Indonesia, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Betel Nut is consumed on a daily basis in a large portion of the Indonesian Archipelago. In Java, betel nut was offered as a sign of respect and hospitality when people would visit o...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Batak House Fragment on Custom Stand, 8+ft
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Batak architectural carved-wood house panel from Northern Sumatra (Sumatera Utara) in the Indonesian Malay archipelago. This vintage carved house fragment from the Batak peoples of...
Category
20th Century Indonesian Tribal Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
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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