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Period: Early 20th Century
Antique Folk Art Papier Paper Mâché Mardi Gras Halloween Voodoo Costume Mask
Located in San Diego, CA
Very unique antique handmade Folk Art papier/papier mâché Mardi Gras/Halloween voodoo costume mask. The mask is handmade and painted by the artist. Signed "Michel" on the inside. Gre...
Category
Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Handcrafted Sculptural Wooden Armchair, Germany, 1920s
Located in Madrid, ES
This handcrafted sculptural armchair was made in Germany during the 1920s and reflects an expressive approach to form and material. The chair is constructed from walnut and olive wood, combining two richly grained woods that give the piece a strong visual and tactile presence. Its curved armrests and elevated backrest emphasize its sculptural character while maintaining functional use as a seating piece.
The chair was handmade using the remains of old farm implements...
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German Vintage Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Olive, Walnut
Carved Wood Māori Wahaika Club New Zeland
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wood club known as Wahaika intricately carved and inlayed with small round shells from New Zealand circa 1920s. The hand-hold club was traditionally used as a close-range combat we...
Category
New Zealand Tribal Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Pair of Tall Carved Japanese Figures, Dumb Waiters or Card Butler Greeters
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Pair of Tall Carved Japanese Figures, Dumb Waiters or Card Butler
A very Beautiful pair of 1920s Dumb waiters, a Geisha and a Samurai, these 2 Card Butlers are hand carved, they ar...
Category
Japonisme Vintage Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Fruitwood
Early 20th Century Americana Uncle Sam Lumberjack Whirligig
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charming whirligig depicting a figure resembling Uncle Sam sawing a log mounted to a wooden base. Hand carved, painted, and assembled with applied facial details. When manually turne...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Bronze Art Deco Figurine Sculpture Woman with Doves in Flowing Dress on Marble
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Beautiful bronze Art Nouveau/Art Deco figurine sculpture woman in a long flowing 1920's dress with doves on a marble base. Unsigned but well crafted with intricate details standing ...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Carved and Painted Wood Whirligig
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Carved and painted wooden soldier whirligig. Early 20th century American. Soldier has a leather hat with wooden brim. Presented on simple custom museum...
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American Folk Art Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Black Forest Style Carved Wall Bracket Shelf
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Black Forest style carved wall bracket shelf
This is a delightful item, the bracket has a carved stag’s head decorated with leaves and trees fro...
Category
Black Forest Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Walnut
Cardboard Cubist Study of Womans Head
Located in Peekskill, NY
I found this interesting cardboard study in a New York Flea Market almost 50 years ago. It been on the shelf all that time and never gave it a 2nd thought. Its unsigned and I have no idea if its important or not... It is what it is...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Vintage South Seas Carved Teak Mermaid
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early vintage or antique South Seas carved teak Mermaid, circa 1920s or perhaps earlier, a hand carved upright figure holding a carved shell, with deeply carved flowers in grooved hair flowing down back, shell necklace, and scale pattern throughout her tail. The statue is weathered, has a few age cracks, and the end of the tail is broken. Mounted long ago on a late Victorian brass lamp...
Category
Pacific Islands Folk Art Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Teak
$997 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique San Isidro With Oxen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This expressive folk sculpture depicts San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers, shown guiding a pair of oxen as they plow the land. San Isidro is represented in traditional ...
Category
Guatemalan Folk Art Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Large Japanese Lacquer Mask
Located in New York, NY
Large Japanese lacquer and Papier-Mâché (19th Century) Iki Ningyo mask or sometimes referred to as Noh mask, mounted on custom painted metal base. Trim...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Lacquer
Early 20th-Century Antique Chinese Erotic Porcelain Figurine
Located in Pomona, CA
These "spring palace paintings" (春宫畫), Chinese erotic porcelain figurine were historically given to brides and young couples, sometimes as a form of "sex education" in a culture wher...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Porcelain
Folk Art Model of a Toy Depicting a Steam Train, USA, 1900
Located in Milan, IT
A toy model of Folk art, steam train, consisting of two elements, the locomotive and a coal wagon. Made of oak wood with metal details. the chimney, like the round elements that run in the upper part, is made of brass with traces of gilding. Wooden bars to emulate the arms of the wheels. Washers and screws secure the wheels, complete with spokes. The service car...
Category
American Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal, Brass
Folk Art Pair Eastern European Terracotta Sculptures 1920
s
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1193 Hand made and painted pair folk art terracotta sculptures
female 4.5x7x6.5"
Male 4.5x6.5x7.25"
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Sumatran Hand-Carved Tropical Hardwood Bowl
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Sumatran hand-carved wood bowl from the early 20th century. This antique wood bowl comes from the Lampung province of Sumatra, which is locate on t...
Category
Indonesian Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Vintage Concrete Seagull Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Concrete Seagull Sculpture
Category
Unknown Folk Art Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Concrete
Boston Artistic Carving Company Gilt
Polychrome Eagle with Shield
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a carved and polychrome wooden eagle with shield probably from the Boston Artistic Carving Company. This well known company was active in Boston from the late 19th ...
Category
American Federal Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Giltwood
Hand-Carved Rustic Wooden Spoon, circa 1900s
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
A beautifully weathered hand-carved wooden spoon with a long handle and slightly squared bowl. The object bears the marks of practical use, yet its form and patina give it a sculptur...
Category
European Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Pair of Statuesque Cast Iron Horse Head Gate Post Finials
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Pair of Statuesque Cast Iron Horse Head Gate Post Finials
Pair of Large Painted Cast Iron Horse Heads, Gate Post Finials
This is a superb large pair of Gate Post finials they are 3 ...
Category
Folk Art Antique Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
Hook-Handled Wooden Ladle with Sculptural Form, 20th Century
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
An exceptional hand-carved wooden ladle with a distinctive curved hook handle, possibly designed to hang from a belt or a kitchen beam. The deep bowl and elegant curvature suggest us...
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Asian Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Good Large Bust of a Roman Lady in the Pre-Raphealite Style
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A good large bust of a Roman Lady in the Pre-Raphealite style
This is a good quality bust, the young woman has a fey demeanour and
long, thick, wavy hair which is tied back falli...
Category
Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Plaster
Rustic Cast Iron Dog Doorstop
Located in Queens, NY
American Country Rustic-style vintage black and white painted cast iron door stop of a dog
Category
American Rustic Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
Early Small Salampasu Warrior
s Wood Mask, Zaire, Africa, Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early carved wood small Salampasu Warrior's Mask, Zaire, Africa early 20th century, remains of black and white pigments, on custom stand.
Mask 10", height on stand 14" strong angul...
Category
Congolese Tribal Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
$2,200 Sale Price
44% Off
Rare Baule Mouse Oracle Box (Gnamien Kpan) Ivory Coast, Mid-20th Century Carving
Located in Wembley, GB
Rare Baule Mouse Oracle Box (Gnamien Kpan), Ivory Coast, Mid-20th Century – Carved Wooden Ritual Vessel with Female Guardian Figure
A striking and rare example of Baule ritual art fr...
Category
Ivorian Primitive Vintage Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Pearwood, Zebra Wood, Softwood
$8,044 Sale Price
38% Off
French Cast Stone Statue of Diana
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Cast Stone Statue of Diana
A Large reconstituted stone Statue of Diana, Diana is the goddess of the countryside and hunters, she sitting on a t...
Category
Classical Greek Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cast Stone
Japanese Noh Mask Depicting Yoroboshi
Blind Monk
Character Signed by Myori
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Japanese signed Noh Mask depicting Yoroboshi (Blind Monk) character
Yoroboshi captures the complex emotions of intense grief and spiritual deliverance. Behind the painful derangemen...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Weathered Old Tribal Squatting Spring Figure, Nepal, Early 20th Century praying
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old weathered tribal squatting spring figure with hands raised in namaste position, traces of clay and incrustation, expressive carved open mouth and eyes. These were protective figu...
Category
Nepalese Tribal Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
$1,296 Sale Price
35% Off
Solomon Islands Santa Cruz Hand Carved Conical Head "Duka" Figure, 1930s
Located in South Burlington, VT
Originally collected in the Solomon Islands in 1938, this one of a kind treasure from the south pacific comes from a private oceanic collection.
This is a Solomon Islands Santa Cruz hand carved figure called a Duka, circa 1930s.
It was carved in an extremely hard native wood and features a finely carved, unusual extended conical head, a handwoven loin cloth and turmeric encrustation. For your convenience, many of our photographs were taken in natural day light which accurately illuminate surface areas depicting original dark patina that you would expect from an important early carving such as this one. We will include a complimentary custom wood display base that you see photographed.
Dimensions: 21.25 inches high
Provenance: collected in l938 and originally acquired by a visiting French collecting tourist in the Solomon Islands then to dealer and Texas collector and to our private collection in year 2000 so could have been a specially crafted fine 1930s tourist sculpture piece for the visiting French tourist.
History:
Duka sculpture from Nendo Island, politically part of the Solomon Islands, is distinctive, and only a limited number of works have been documented. The conical extension at the back of the head represents a man's hairstyle. Called abe, its construction and shape was a symbol of wealth and high social status, and for older men, it also served the practical purpose of covering bald spots. All Nendo figure refer to deities or supernatural beings (Ellis: 2009, pp. 78-85)
Auction sale: Bonhams Auctions April 28, 2015 sale. Exceptional Lime Container...
Category
Solomon Islands Tribal Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Tapestry, Wood
$7,600 Sale Price
49% Off
Indonesian
Wayang Kulit" Shadow Puppet, Java, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This flat shadow puppet was crafted on the island of Java by a puppet artist using buffalo hide and mounted on bamboo sticks. It features movable arms, controlled by outer bamboo rod...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Zinc Horse Head, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French zinc horse head, circa 1930
Category
European Folk Art Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Zinc
1910s Flanders Statue Of Saint Pauls In Oak Wood Ecclesiastical Art Tall Big
Located in London, GB
This is a highly hand-carved oak statue of Saint Paul, originating from a church in the Flanders region near Waterloo, Belgium, and dating to the early 1900s. The figure is rendered ...
Category
Belgian Aesthetic Movement Vintage Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Oak
Hand Study in Plaster on Oak Plinth Base, Early 20th Century
Located in Faversham, GB
Anatomical plaster study of a man’s hand, sitting on an oak plinth base. With wonderful definition to the fingers and palm.
British, early 20th cent...
Category
British Art Deco Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Marble
$303 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Penguin Family, Dancing and Strutting
Located in Woodbury, CT
Dancing and strutting Penguin family, 1 strutting adult penguin, 1 dancing adult penguin, two juvenile penguins. All in original painted surface with animated poses. Carved wooden f...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paint, Wood
Pair Of Folk Art Carved Wooden Women
s Shoes, ca 1900
Located in Bilzen, BE
Pair of folk art carved wooden ladies' shoes richly decorated with glass beads and cow bone
Height 13 cm, length 12.5 cm
Original lacquer and colour
Around 1900
Category
Belgian Folk Art Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
wooden Gingerbread Cookie Speculaas Springerle Rolling Pin Antique German 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing wooden rolling pin. Some hand carved cookie springerle molds on it. It is in very good condition, some scratches but this is old-age. A n...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Old Australian Aboriginal Peoples Throwing Club
Located in South Burlington, VT
A monumental Australian aboriginal throwing club, crafted from a very hard wood and it dates to the early 20th century.
Incised longitudinal fluted design with a pitch coated handle.
Condition: Very good condition. Display base not included.
Dimensions: 26.5 inches in length.
Lifetime guarantee of authenticity: All of our works of art come with our lifetime authenticity guarantee. Red base not included.
History:
The throwing stick...
Category
Australian Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
$310 Sale Price
58% Off
Antique Swiss Black Forest hand carved walnut study of William Tell and his son
Located in Central England, GB
This superb quality walnut Swiss black forest sculpture depicts the Swiss legend William Tell jubilantly walking home arm in arm with his son with a large...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Walnut
Terracotta Articulated Doll Santos Figure
Located in Stamford, CT
Amusing Mexican terracotta doll figure with articulated limbs. Since it is solid terracotta it is likely this is a mold from which other dolls were made. As a folk art sculpture it i...
Category
Mexican Folk Art Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll with Dragon Robe Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face and original textile garment/ robe with a dragon symbol.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Hand Carved Rooster Plaque
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand carved plaque of a rooster on a roof top and unsigned by the artist. Great on a kitchen wall.
Category
American Adirondack Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Hand-Carved Pirate Figure
Located in London, GB
19th Century Hand-Carved Pirate Figure
Dimensions: H 9.5” x W 3.5” x D 2.5”
Weight: 500grm
Date: Circa 1880
Origin: Unknown
Material: Hand-carved pine (stained)
Overview
An unusual o...
Category
Unknown Folk Art Antique Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
Pig Carved Wooden Carousel Figure: Antique
Located in Mortsel, BE
Add a touch of whimsy to your space with this charming antique carousel figure featuring a carved wooden pig. Crafted with precision and mounted on a sturdy metal base, this carousel piece showcases the craftsmanship of yesteryears. Perfect for collectors and those who appreciate the timeless appeal of vintage carousel art...
Category
Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Mexican Terracotta Articulated Doll Figure Wearing a Military Hat
Located in Stamford, CT
Funky and very cool Mexican terracotta doll figure with articulated limbs. Since it is solid terracotta it is likely this is a mold from which other dolls were made. As a folk art sculpture it is absolutely charming.
The military hat...
Category
Mexican Folk Art Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Bronze sculpture "Girl on a Chair" by Spanish sculptor Juan Clara, 1920s
Located in Milano, IT
Bronze sculpture titled "Girl on a Chair" by Spanish sculptor Juan Clara, 1920s
Juan Clara's bronze sculpture Girl on a Stool captures the innocence and charm of childhood. This beau...
Category
Spanish Belle Époque Vintage Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Sculpture of a Bear in Leather
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A hand-made folk art sculpture of a bear from the first part of the 20th Century. This papier mâché bear is wrapped in leather, presented in its authentic old patina. This art work r...
Category
French Folk Art Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Leather, Paper
Cast Iron Cow Doorstop with Original Paint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iron Cow doorstop in pasture. This cow doorstop has amazing wear to the iron and paint. Great Patina. Time has treated this doorstop with the right kind of lo...
Category
American Country Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Female Sculpture by Ernst Gustaf Johansson, Sweden 1922
Located in Valby, 84
Female sculpture of carved wood executed by Swedish artist Ernst Gustaf Johansson Troide (b.1892 imagining his wife Maria Albertina Pettersson.
Signed EGT and dated 1922.
ERNST Gust...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Large Southeast Asian Burmese Thai Jeweled Giltwood Figure On Horse Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A large and most impressive Southeast Asian carved giltwood figure of a horse and mounted rider.
Early 20th Century, likely from Burma (present day Myanmar) or Thailand, possibly Hi...
Category
Southeast Asian Folk Art Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Antique Carved Sailboat set in Open Waters Oil Painting 1920
s
By Esposito
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
8-158 hand carved sailboat on open waters set in a wood frame
Signed on verso Esposito 1920
Image size 9.5 x 12.5".
Category
Italian Vintage Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Fruitwood, Paint
19th Century Black Forest Carved Dinner Gong
By Black Forest
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
19th century Swiss Black Forest carved brass dinner gong suspended by two trees each having a carved climbing bear. Very neat and unique piece of Bla...
Category
Swiss Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Striking Makonde Animal Helmet Mask, Dog or Hyena, Tanzania, Early 20th C.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Striking Makonde animal helmet mask, dog or hyena, Tanzania. Early 20th century with dark patina from traditional tribal use, wear inside from being used. Finely carved features, wit...
Category
Tanzanian Tribal Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Early Original Painted Shore Bird on Wood Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine early 20th century original painted and carved shore bird on wood log base. The bird has a coat of wax or something like varnished.
Category
American Adirondack Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Native American Indigenous Peoples Carved Polychrome Canoe Model
Located in Forney, TX
An exceptionally rare antique Native American / Indigenous Peoples hand carved and painted wooden dugout canoe model, dating to the early 20th century or earlier, likely Pacific Nort...
Category
North American Native American Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Twine, Wood, Paint
Makonde Mask Helmet, Africa, Early 20th Century
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Makonde helmet mask , Tanzania, Africa, early 20th century. Woman's face with a lip plug. The young woman represented wears earrings. Her hairstyle shows three large braids which are...
Category
Tanzanian Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Old and Well Used Luba Wood Medicine Mortar with Classic Face, DRC Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old and well used Luba wood medicine mortar with classic carved Luba face, DRC Africa.
The mortar is heavily worn and polished outside from many years of use, and the inside shows de...
Category
Congolese Tribal Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
$825 Sale Price
44% Off
Burmese Wooden Teak Nat Statue Spirit Guardians Pair, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
These statues are adorned wood-carved Burmese Mandalay 'Nat' Spirits from the early 20th century. Nats were worshipped by the Burmese people, depicted as supernatural guardians they ...
Category
Burmese Other Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Teak
Rare Baule Mouse Oracle Box (Gnamien Kpan) Ivory Coast, Mid-20th Century Carving
Located in Wembley, GB
Rare Baule Mouse Oracle Box (Gnamien Kpan), Ivory Coast, Mid-20th Century – Carved Wooden Ritual Vessel with Female Guardian Figure
A striking and rare example of Baule ritual art fr...
Category
Ivorian Primitive Vintage Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Pearwood, Zebra Wood, Softwood
$6,942 Sale Price
20% Off
Impressive hand carved statue of Christ, Netherlands 1900th
By Leonardo da Vinci
Located in ECHT, NL
Impressive hand carved statue of a lying Christ. Carved from a solid piece of oak. Impressive in size.
The anatomy is correct and the facial expression is amazing. Made by a skillfu...
Category
Dutch Medieval Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Oak
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand painted face and original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
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