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Place of Origin: South American
Pre-Columbian Nazca Textile, Stepped Zig-Zag Design, Nazca Peru 200-400 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Complete Pre-Columbian Nazca textile with stepped zig-zag design in yellow, ochre red, and brown/black shades with yellow fringes.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Chancay Gauze Panel with Figures, Ex-Kate Kemper Estate
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A large, rectangular panel composed of a large diamond pattern grid, each grid contains a stylized human figure with arms raised. A few very minor imperfections, overall excellent condition. Backed and stretched on a brown linen, it has been stabilized and sealed in a very thick and rigid plexiglass. Estate of Miss Kate Kemper, London.
Kate Kemper, of London and Switzerland (1908-2004) was an early collector of Andean art, forming an important collection of ceramics and textiles after...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Carved Suriname Stool Tribal Interior Design Home Decoration
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage carved Suriname stool with geometric carved decoration, Tribal South Latin American Antiques
Suriname South America
Measures: 18 cm hei...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Tall Vintage Tribal Figure, South American Crystal, Totem, Ornament, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall vintage tribal figure. A South American, carved crystal and gilt metal decorative totemic ornament, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Distinctive tribal fi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern South American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Gemstone faceted taper candle candelabra – creamy stone
Located in Pacasmayo, PE
Functional art: faceted soapstone candelabra that turns light into an aesthetic experience.
Our faceted taper candle holder pays homage to the natural rock formation of the remote A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South American Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Soapstone
Vintage Totemic Figure, South American, Carved Crystal, Gilt Metal, Tribal Art
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage totemic figure. A South American, carved crystal and gilt metal decorative tribal ornament, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Fascinating tribal figure ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern South American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Set of 2 Latin American Antique Folk Art Tea Spoons
By OWO Ceramics
Located in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR
Handmade antique folk art tea spoons. Featuring beautiful motifs inspired by the indigenous worldview and spirituality, these vintage folk art spoons embody Latin America’s rich cultural heritage.
The engraving details on the tea spoons are superb, showcasing intricate patterns and designs that are characteristic of Bolivian folklore art.
By seamlessly merging beauty, practicality, and history, these engraved...
Category
20th Century Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Nickel
Vintage Trio of Miniature Peruvian Paintings Art
Located in Southampton, NJ
Collection of 3 miniature back painted art of Peruvian scenes on glass. Frames are hand made plaster & coated in a metallic wash. Art is mounted on a wood back board.
Left Frame- 2...
Category
19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Cut Glass, Acrylic, Plaster
Latin American Antique Folk Art Engraved Spoon
By OWO Ceramics
Located in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR
Handmade vintage folk art engraved spoon that embodies Latin America’s rich cultural heritage.The engraving details on the spoon are superb, showcasing ...
Category
20th Century Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Nickel
Monumental Cuban Bark Covered Cigar Shoulder Bag
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large handmade leather and wood bark covered shoulder bag or humidor has a leather strap and wood top and base. The entire bag is covered in a bark and wood notts. The condition...
Category
20th Century Adirondack South American Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Leather
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 2 Latin American Folk Art Vintage Tea Spoons
By OWO Ceramics
Located in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR
Handmade folk art vintage tea spoons. Featuring beautiful motifs inspired by the indigenous worldview and spirituality, these vintage folk art spoons embody Latin America’s rich cultural heritage.
The engraving details on the tea spoons are superb, showcasing intricate patterns and designs that are characteristic of Bolivian folklore art.
By seamlessly merging beauty, practicality, and history, these engraved...
Category
20th Century Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Nickel
Cuzco School Ex Voto Painting of St. Joseph Holding The Christ Child.
Located in Montreal, QC
Cuzco often has unusual iconography but this painting is perhaps unique. Saint Joseph, his hand raised in benediction cradles the child Christ with his own little crown of thorns and...
Category
1850s Folk Art Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Paint
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Tribal South American Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Three Surinam Rain Forest Artifacts
Located in Sharon, CT
Three Surinam Rain Forest decorative tribal objects produced in the
Bush Negroe Villages of Guyana. A Cylindrical Drum. 25"x 8"diameter, a Rectangular Tray 25.75"x12"x.75" and a circ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal South American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$900 / set
Fine Antique Woman’s Mantle (Awayo), Bolivia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine Antique Woman’s Mantle (Awayo), Bolivia
This exceptionally fine woman’s awayo, or mantle, displays three groups of tightly patterned vertical bands and colored stripes separate...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Woman’s Shoulder Cloth (Mantita) or Head Covering (Phullo), Bolivia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Woman’s Shoulder Cloth (Mantita) or Head Covering (Phullo), Bolivia
This finely woven minimalist mantle or head covering is composed of two panels with a cochineal-dyed mono...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Peru Folk Art Pottery Clay Wicker Zoomorphic Bird Quinua Harvest Vase Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and exceptional vintage Peruvian folk art pottery harvest vase.
Hand-crafted in Peru, most likely Ayacucho region / Quinua, the South American primitive executed in distinct...
Category
20th Century Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Pottery, Terracotta, Wicker
Carved Stone Parrot
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Carved stone bird with curious expression and brass feet presented on Quartz geode specimen.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Stone
$3,500
Taukana Regui Wauja. Ceramic Yerupoho Piece, 2024
Located in PARIS, FR
Taukana Regui Wauja
Ceramic Yerupoho Piece, 2024
Ceramics and natural pigment
This handbuilt ceramic sculpture by Taukana Regui Wauja, an Indigenous artist from the Wauja community ...
Category
2010s Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Vintage Brazilian Hand-Carved Ironwood Sculpture of Whale and a Shark
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Brazilian hand carved Ironwood sculpture of a whale and a shark.
Hand carved Brazilian sculpture hand crafted in amazing detail from one of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1970s Handmade Decorative Wood Paddles South American Amazon
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Handmade Decorative Wood Paddles South American Amazon
53 tall x 10 w x 1 thick Short 51 tall X 11 w
Preowned original vintage condition
See all images please.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern South American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
early 20th Century Set of Four Peruvian Carved Gourds
Located in Haarlem, NL
Set of four antique carved gourds from Peru, three little ones with silver settings and decorations and a large carved gourd.
A Gourd is a crop plant in...
Category
Early 20th Century South American Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Zoomorphic Llama Vessel with an Elongated Body
Located in London, GB
This zoomorphic vessel in the shape of a llama with an elongated
globular body is from the Chancay civilisation, dated between 1000 and 1400 AD.
Th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Clay
$2,029 Sale Price
70% Off
Sculpture in Burnt Wood
Ofrenda I
by Carmworks
By Camilo Andres Rodriguez Marquez
Located in Paris, IDF
Sculpture in burnt wood 'Ofrenda I' by Camilo Andres Rodriguez Marquez (aka CarmWorks)
Solid oak or cedar / burnt wood or natural
Signed and numbered by the artist.
--
Cami...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Oak, Cedar
$2,500 / item
Brazilian Wai Wai Tribal Cassava Graters Circa 1945 Pair
Located in Dallas, TX
Brazilian Wei Wei Casava Graters
Two graters constructed of wood and sharpened rock used by the Wai Wai Indigenous tribe of Northern Brazil to process raw Cas...
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage South American Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Manuel Sandoval Valez Latin American Figurative Ceramic Sculpture of a Newsboy
Located in Miami, FL
Manuel Sandoval Valez Latin American figurative Ceramic sculpture of a newsboy
Offered for sale is a folk art-style terracotta ceramic sculpture of a newsboy by Manuel Sandoval Va...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
$125 Sale Price
28% Off
Taukana Regui Wauja. Ceramic Kamalu hai Snake Canoe II, 2024
Located in PARIS, FR
"Kamalu hai (Snake Canoe) II" by Taukana Regui Wauja, 2024
This handbuilt ceramic sculpture by Taukana Regui Wauja, an Indigenous artist from the Wauja community in Brazil’s Xingu Te...
Category
2010s Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Monumental 7
x 8
Modern Abstract Oil Painting On Canvas by Simeon Gonzales
By Mario Gonzales
Located in Buffalo, NY
Simeon Gonzales is a contemporary abstract artist born in Cusco, Peru in 1973. His Inka heritage is very present in his works, which are a celebration of bright and strong colors. Go...
Category
1990s Mid-Century Modern South American Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
20th Century, Small Mayan Art Style Turquoise Censer, Colombia 1960
Located in Catania, IT
Amazing Turquese Stone Censer, in perfect condition. Incredible and suitable for decorating your home with style.
Category
1960s Pre-Columbian Vintage South American Folk Art
Materials
Precious Stone
$765 Sale Price
20% Off
White Natural Cow Hide Rug Argentina
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Superb quality natural white cowhide.
Argentinian cowhide rugs are the world’s finest, distinguished by suppleness and quality.
This hide has been hand-selected and meets high stan...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Vibrant Pre-Columbian Nazca Textile Poncho, Peru 200-600 AD, Ex Guillot-muñoz
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Magnificent Pre-Columbian Nazca Textile Poncho with a Geometric Step Design in Vibrant Ochre, Red, Green and Brown colors with its Original Fringes. Moun...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Vintage South American Hand-woven Textile Panel in Green, Blue, Red, Black
Located in Barrington, IL
Exploring the brilliant artistry of South American weaving with this captivating Vintage Hand-Woven Textile Panel. This exceptional piece features a striking banded stripes pattern, ...
Category
Late 20th Century South American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Mixed Media by Francisco Luna
Located in Basildon, London
This intriguing mixed-media artwork by Francisco Luna offers a sophisticated experience, elevating the everyday object into a compelling artistic statement. Luna's career is marked b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern South American Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Ecuadorian Carved Skull Shaped Whistle
Located in London, GB
This unique and amazing Ecuadorian primitive piece is a whistle carved in a skull form, and dates to the formative stage from the woodland period. It measures 2 in – 5 cm wide, 2 ½ i...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Clay
$792 Sale Price
55% Off
Folk Art Sculpture of the Head of a Seal, South America, 1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Folk Art sculpture of the head of a seal. South America 1930´s.
The head is mounted over a brass base, as a way to exhibit it.
The head has several crack as you can see on the pictur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Small Tooled Leather Box from the Frontier Region / Argentina
Located in Wainscott, NY
Early 20th century small tooled leather box from Argentina
This small box has lovely tooled workmanship and its clearly handmade with care
Measure:...
Category
Early 20th Century South American Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Amazonian Feather Storage Basket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Feather storage basket
Rikbaktsa Tribe, Jurene River, Mato Grosso, Brazil
1990
Plaited fiber, wood, feathers, twined natural fiber, and cotton.
5 inche...
Category
Late 20th Century Native American South American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Pre-Columbian Funerary Gold Mask with Royal Turquoise Beads in its Eyes
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A high karat heavy sheet gold human face mask with large almond-shaped eyes and recessed pierced pupils. Multiple small perforations along the upper and lower edges for attachment. L...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Taukana Regui Wauja. Ceramic Kamalu hai Snake Canoe I, 2024
Located in PARIS, FR
Taukana Regui Wauja
Ceramic Kamalu hai Snake Canoe I, 2024
Ceramics and natural pigment
This handbuilt ceramic sculpture by Taukana Regui Wauja, an Indigenous artist from the Wauja ...
Category
2010s Folk Art South American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
19th Century South American Colonial Silver and Leather Belt – Framed
Located in Madrid, ES
"19th Century South American Colonial Silver and Leather Belt – Framed (Bolivia)"
Origin: Bolivia
Date: 19th Century
Materials: Hand-worked leather, embossed and cast silver mounts
D...
Category
19th Century Spanish Colonial Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Set of Unknown Miniature Terracotta Heads
Located in Leuven , BE
This small head of a ceramic figure with a bird headdress is probably Pre-Columbian. It seems to originate from the territory of present-day Mexico. Fur...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
$1,972 / set
Extremely Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Gauze Poncho Textile, Peru, 1000-1450 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Chimu brown gauze shirt with multiple red and white fringe lines forming V designs like the one around the neck, with very rarely seen sleeves and border fringe in the same material.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Late 18th Century Lady Saint with Crown Oil Painting on Board, Framed
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa 1780 Virgin of the Scapular, Anon Venezuelan School, a fabulous painting in the original carved wood gilded frame. Something was originally in the small square holes on either ...
Category
1780s Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Striped Inca Pre-Columbian Textile, Peru, circa 1400-1532 AD, Ex Ferdinand Anton
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Earth tones adorn this striped pattern pre-Columbian textile.
It is a wonder to behold antiquities such as a pre-Columbian textiles, an authentic piece of art that has been preserved for centuries and that survives generation after generation. Textiles are infinitely more delicate than wood, metal, or rock artifacts...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pair of South American Perfume or Incense Burners in Silver
Located in Brussels, BE
Silver tested but not stamped.
Category
Early 19th Century Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Striped Inca Pre-Columbian Textile, Peru, circa 1400-1532 AD, Ex Ferdinand Anton
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Earth tones adorn this striped pattern pre-Columbian textile. These piece is mounted on a black shadowbox frame.
It is a wonder to behold antiquities such as a pre-Columbian textiles, an authentic piece of art that has been preserved for centuries and that survives generation after generation. Textiles are infinitely more delicate than wood, metal, or rock artifacts -- so the existence of these pieces after hundreds and thousands of years is exceptional. These textiles maintain their vibrant colors, natural threads, and their unique, historical designs.
Provenance: This textile comes from the collection Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart and former collection of the archaeologist Ferdinand Anton...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Chancay Painted Textile - Brown Fishes and Dots On Vertical Bands
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Chancay Painted Textile with Brown Fishes and Dots On Vertical Bands. Even though the piece is incomplete, the powerful design resembles an abstract modern painting by Henry Matisse...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique South American Folk Art
Magnificent 18th-Century Brazilian Shrine - Minas Gerais Colonial Cabinet
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Magnificent 18th-Century Brazilian Shrine - Minas Gerais Colonial Devotional Cabinet
A rare and evocative piece of Brazilian colonial history, this 18th-century wooden shrine from M...
Category
Mid-18th Century Other Antique South American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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