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Material: Wood
Marroquin Arab 1870 Koummya Dagger With Sheath In Wood Silver And Brass
Located in Miami, FL
Marroquin forged steel dagger with sheath. Beautiful koummya dagger with a sheath from the region of Morocco, circa 1870. The blade was created with forged steel, mounted in wood and brass and embellished with silver parts decorated with chiseled and engraved motifs. The dagger is curved with a tick double edge blade, the handle is ornate with silver and wood. Like swords and daggers in most cultures, the Islamic dagger...
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1870s Moroccan Islamic Antique Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Brass, Steel

Genuine ax with copper blade from the Songye tribe DR Congo, early 1900
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine ax from the Songye tribe DR Congo, copper around wooden handle and with a heavy copper blade. The axes with a copper blade are much more rare then those from iron Hammered ...
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Early 20th Century Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Copper

Strong Marka Antelope Human Mask Wood with Metal, Mali Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Strong Marka antelope - human wood mask with metal, Mali Africa. Large square open eyes, long nose with horizontal lips, three projecting brass metal braids ending with feathered cl...
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Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Wooden Cup Kuba/ndengese Kingdom, Dr Congo, Late 19th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
A palm wine cup from the Kuba Kingdom DR Congo with a beautiful tribal patina of use, late 19th century height 13 cm, Cup diameter 10.5 cm Good condition
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Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Dogon Tribe Double Ancestor Figure Sculpture
Located in Bridgeport, CT
From the Dogon tribe of Mali in West Africa. A powerful vertical form sculpture of a standing female surmounted by a male Ancestor Figure lifting an offering to the sky. Powerfully c...
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20th Century Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Nice old Asian ritual festival mask Sri Lanka Ceylon Tribal Interior design
Located in London, GB
Nice old Asian ritual festival mask Sri Lanka Ceylonese A pretty cool mask with smiling grimacing man painted with ochre Period early 20th century, from a UK collection. Condit...
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Early 20th Century Sri Lankan Wood Tribal Art

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Wood

Wooden Make-up Box From The Kuba Tribe, Dr Congo, late 19th century
By Kuba
Located in Bilzen, BE
A very old wooden make-up box Circa: late 19th century Origin: DR Congo Very rich tribal aged patina and traces 9.5 x 15.5 cm, height 9 cm
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Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique Wood Tribal Art

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Wood

Fine Early 20th Century Chokwe Mask (Ex Afrika Museum Collection)
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century mask, from the Chokwe culture in Angola, displays unusual features. Carved from a light wood and decorated with yellow pigments, this fine mask exhibits ...
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1940s Angolan Tribal Vintage Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Fine Portrait Mask Tall Hair Design Baule People Ivory Coast Africa ex Fearing
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine portrait kpwan mask with tall braided hair design, dark to black patina, from the Baule People Ivory Coast Africa, ex Fearing. Well carved features, curved slit eyes, open mout...
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Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Carved Wood Tribal Bambara, Mali Africa Granary Door Lock Crosspiece
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Well-used wood door lock used by the Bambara people, Mali, Africa, with crosspiece. The top is an animal head with horns possibly an antelope. Includes...
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Early 20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Genuine wooden figure in frame from the Holo tribe DR Congo, first haf 20 th C.
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine carved wooden frame with a figure inside carved from 1 single piece, these kind of items called "Nzambi". Upper Kwango area DR Congo Tribal aged using patina Heigth 24 cm, ...
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Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Large Dogon Ladder, Mali
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Dogon ladder, Mali Wood Early to mid-20th century Measures: 75.5 x 14 in. / 192 x 36 cm With a textured, eroded patina, this ladder was originally used outdoors. Ca...
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Mid-20th Century Malian Other Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Tribal Art Zulu Neck Rest Head Rest South Africa
Located in London, GB
Nice vintage heavy hard wood Zulu neck rest with double antelope/animal design and burnished geometric pattern. length 43 cm height 13 cm Period 2nd half 20th century The Zulu are w...
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Mid-20th Century Zimbabwean Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Wabi sabi solid wood "Oromo" stool, Ethiopia 1950s
Located in ECHT, NL
Wabi sabi hand crafted stool. Made by the Oromo people of Ethiopia around the 1950s. Carved from a single piece of hardwood. Skillfully made and highly decorative. The top is made co...
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Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Folk Art Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood

Late 19th-Early 20th Century Tribal Mask, West Nepal
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century Tribal mask, West Nepal A mask from West Nepal with a rather heart shaped facial plane. There are three large iron staples, two of which may have secure...
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Late 19th Century Nepalese Tribal Antique Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Important Oceanic Carved Asmat Tribal Sago Bowl Serving Platter after War Shield
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and important Oceanic Papuan Asmat tribal carved ancestral sago bowl (also known as a platter, serving shield and tray) crafted in the likes of the...
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20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Cameroon "Bat" Stool African Sculpture
Located in Sharon, CT
Possibly Babanki. Circular ceremonial wood stool constructed of repeated animal heads. Original applied patina.
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Early 20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Early Pende Giwoyo Mask with Strong Face and Woven Black Raffia Hair Cap
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old Pende giwoyo mask with traces of yellow, black and red pigments and woven black raffia hair cap. Strong face with tight expression, weathered surface, goo...
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Organic Material, Wood

Toposa Shield, Southern Sudan
Located in San Francisco, CA
An early 20th century animal hide, wood and leather tops shield from Southern Sudan.
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Early 20th Century Sudanese Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Hide, Leather, Wood

Toba Batak Singa House Ornament, Sumatra, Indonesia 20th Century, Ex-Sotheby s
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Large carved hardwood ornamental structure used as a support and a decorative frontispiece. It bears a stylized face embedded within an ornately carved and painted geometric pattern....
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20th Century Indonesian Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood

Papuan Gulf New Guinea Bioma Standing Red/White Figure Tod Barlin col
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Papua New Guinea standing figure from the Bioma peoples with raised designs, stylized classic face, and additional face in stomach. Mounted on custom metal and wood base. Traces of...
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Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Late 19th-Early 20th Century Tribal Mask, West Nepal
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century Tribal mask, West Nepal A mask from West Nepal with a sharp straight nose, squinting eyes and a square mouth showing upper and lower teeth. There are re...
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Late 19th Century Nepalese Tribal Antique Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Granary Door Lock, Bamana Peoples, Mali
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Granary Door Lock, Bamana Peoples, Mali A figurative wood door lock from the Bamana (Bambara) people of Mali. This probably depic...
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Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Chi Wara Headdresses Animal Sculpture , Bambara People, Mali
Located in Antwerp, BE
Bamana old original pair Chi Wara headdress. Chi Wara (Antelope Headdress.) The dry savanna permits no more than a subsistence economy and the soil produces,...
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Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Rattan, Wood

Large Antique Wooden American Mortar and Pestle
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large wood antique American mortar and pestle. Early 19th c. Americana turned wood footed mortar and pestle. American, late 19th century wooden mortar and pestle...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Rare Gabon Mask From Tsogho Peoples with Character, Central Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early and rare mask from Gabon, Central Africa, created by the Tsogho peoples. Powerful large mask with carved open eyes, and black painted eyes above, below heavy carved eyebrows. ...
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Early 20th Century Gabonese Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Early Incised Carved Gourd Rattle From Congo Africa Man Zebra Crocodile Rhino
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Incised Carved One-piece Gourd Rattle from Congo Africa. Great (unknown) stories shown including a man, snake, two rhinos, a zebra (?) crocodile and on the other side a long s...
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Early Round Wood Yela M Bole Mask DRC Congo Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early to mid century danced light wood round mask from the Yela or M'bole people, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa. Finely carved mask with carved raised eyes and diagonal scarif...
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Mid-20th Century Gabonese Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Baule Standing Female Figure With Scarifications Hands Ivory Coast Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Baule Standing Female Figure with finely carved raised scarifications, hands on side of stomach with long figures. From Ivory Coast, Africa It is in good condition with wear, polis...
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Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Antique African Carved Toma Landai Tribal Ceremonial Mask Guinea Art Horns
Located in Dayton, OH
Early antique hand carved Toma or Landai mask from Guinea, Africa. “These brooding, often quite large, masks represent a forest spirit, Landai. Masks lik...
Category

Early 20th Century Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Raffia, Hardwood

Large Ceremonial Wooden Bowl – Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Large Ceremonial Wooden Bowl – Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea" Large Ceremonial Wooden Bowl – Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea Late 19th – early 20th century Exceptional an...
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19th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Antique Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Early Twentieth-Century Tanzanian Village Stool
Located in London, GB
The form of this finely carved early twentieth-century village stool, from the Hehe culture in Tanzania, consists of four short, upright legs supporting a dish-shaped seat. A small d...
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Early 20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood

Midcentury Carved Inuit TOTEM in Birch with Circular Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
Located in New York, NY
This handcrafted birchwood totem offers a stylized depiction of an inuit man. The facial features, consistent with native carving of this region, recall the style of Japanese kabuki masks...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Stone

Collection of Kriss Handles, Java, Indonesia, Late 18th / Early 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
A set of thirteen kriss handles originating from Java, Indonesia, dating from the late 18th to early 19th century. Beautiful aged patina in dark or amber tones. Exquisite carving wo...
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1790s Indonesian Tribal Antique Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Organic Handmade African Tribal Art Folk Art Hand Carved Wood Stool Ivory Coast
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Andrianna Shamaris Senufo Style African tribal art very unique wood stool, bench, side table or headrest from a single block of wood with stunning wood grain and patina. Stur...
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1950s Ivorian Tribal Vintage Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood, Reclaimed Wood

Guere Mask from Cote d Ivoire Africa with Sotheby s Sticker
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Guere wood mask with paint and fiber remnant from We people displayed on a metal stand. The We people (also known as the Krahn or Guere) are an indigenous African people that inhabit areas in nowadays eastern Liberia and western Côte d'Ivoire. Their material culture shares many aspects with the neighboring Dan tribe. Like the Dans, the We use a wide variety of masquerades, which hold important regulatory position within their small, egalitarian communities. Masks are owned by families and used by individual lineage members in contexts of social control, ritual ceremony and entertainment. This type of Guere mask, however, has a distinct fearsome character. The ferocious design with jagged facial expression, bulging tubular eyes are intended for use in mediations between community members, as visual aids during moral lessons, as well as forms of entertainment. By portraying the more frightening nature of the animal, the mask is viewed as powerful and may have been used as part of social control methods prior to the introduction of Western law systems during the colonial period. The mask on offer, based on our examination, appears to be an original one that was used natively instead of reproduction made for the tourist market. The surface presents apparently genuine patina consistent with use. The red paint that highlights the eyes and gapping mouth also appear original. There are small losses flanking the nose ridge by the eyes, extensive surface accretion, remain of some fiber tassels. The back of the mask reveals chisel marks from hand tools and importantly, stain marks that were likely from repetitive contacts from the nose of the wearer. The mask is 9" in height, and it retains an old Sotheby’s catalog...
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20th Century Ivorian Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Dayak Mango Wood Stool, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
An Indonesian low stool or seat, hand-carved from a single piece of dense and heavy mango wood, circa 1930. Dayak Benuaq tribe, Southeast Sulawesi. Presents age patina throughout. ...
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1920s Indonesian Tribal Vintage Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Ndoma Baule Portrait Mask, Ivory Coast, Wood, lacquered patina, Circa 1930
Located in NICE, FR
"Ndoma” Baule Portrait Mask, Ivory Coast, Circa 1930 Wood, heavy wood with deep brown-black lacquered patina. A superb old hardwood dance mask featuring an ...
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1930s Tribal Vintage Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Nigerian Nupe Tribe "Elephant" Stool With Decorated Top
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A vintage carved ten leg tribal "Elephant" wood stool with a finely decorated top. The carved central star has a square in the middle and is framed by three different carved bands. T...
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20th Century Nigerian Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Large Papua New Guinea Sepik River Mask Strong Face
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large dark reddish brown carved wood mask with underlying traces of red pigment, from New Guinea Sepik River Area. Strong downward looking expression, carved fringe edges. Signs of...
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Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Set of Two Decorative Vintage Mexican Painted Dance Masks Lizard a Mermaid
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Group of two polychrome painted wood mid-20th century Mexican dance masks. Each with a face one with a lizard on top and the other with a mermaid....
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Organic Material, Wood

Two Ceremonial Weapon from Highlands of Papua New Guinea Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
Two Oceanic ceremonial weapons from PNG highlands circa 20th century. It consists of two pieces. The first is an ax with a wood shaft and a flat elongated he...
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Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Rattan, Wood

Early Ghost Like Kumu Mask With Kaolin Open Eyes Mouth Teeth Congo Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Ghost Like Kumu Mask With Kaolin Open Eyes Mouth Teeth, Congo, Africa It is in good condition with wear, polish and erosion from traditional use, appropriate for its age, use,...
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Antique Tribal Dance Shield, Tutsi, Rwanda
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tutsi ceremonial dance shield. Rwanda-Burundi Second quarter, 20th century. Wood, natural pigment Provenance: Colonial period collection, Belgium...
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Early 20th Century Rwandan Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Bembe Bearded Male Figure Bust with Beard Hands on Stomach Staff Top DRC Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Striking Bembe bearded male bust figure with hands on sides of projecting stomach and finely carved beard. Stacking square hair style on top of head and projecting element hair on b...
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Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Songye Nkisi Power Figure
Located in London, GB
A rare and large hand carved horned Songye Nkisi power figure. A ‘Nkisi’ is a protective power figure of the Songye, southeastern Congo. Such sculptures are used as a major role in t...
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20th Century Congolese Primitive Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Ashanti Akan ‘Ghana’ Tribal Standing Female Figure Arm Out Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Standing Akan Ghana female figure, early 20th century, Africa. Intense expression with large eyes. Female figure with one hand on her breast, representing p...
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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Early Ibibio Standing Wood Male Shrine Figure, powerful, Nigeria, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Ibibio standing carved wood male figure, powerful expression with hands on sides of stomach, exposed teeth and vertical raised scarification marks on sides of face. From a shr...
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Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Batak Ritual Mortar Sumatra Indonesia Oceanic Asian Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
Batak ritual Mortar Sumatra Indonesia A Fine Batak Tribal ritual mortar carved in dense hard wood with Sinhga head A large impressive and rare object of...
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Early 20th Century Indonesian Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood

Ashanti Mother and Child Maternity Figure Carved by Osei Bonsu, Ghana
By Osei Bonsu
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Ashanti maternity figure by the master carver Osei Bonsu. The mother figure is seated on a simple backless chair. An infant lays calmly in her la...
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1930s Ghanaian Tribal Vintage Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Wood and Shell Inlay Scoop, Solomon Islands
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Wood and Shell Scoop, Solomon Islands A small scoop in the shape of a whale, with three rows of inlaid notched shell triangles and three circular shell eyes. Nice...
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Early 20th Century Solomon Islands Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Shell, Wood

Old Cedar Wood Sweet Refined Egyptian Mummy Mask
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Elegant old cedar wood sweet Egyptian mummy mask, 8 3/4 Inches high. Soft weathered surface and great expression. Areas of chips erosion and little bits mis...
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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Tribal Antique Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Organic Material, Wood

Vintage Rattan Basket Dayak Tribe Hand-Woven from Kalimantan, Borneo
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This vintage hand-woven basket originates from the Dayak tribe of Borneo crafted with rattan fibres and an ironwood frame and rim. These baskets are used to carry leaves, fruit, grai...
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Late 20th Century Indonesian Other Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Rattan, Wood

Antique Afro Caribbean Fine Wood Carving Male Ancestral Figure
Located in Rochester, NY
Exceptionally beautiful museum quality wood carving of a male ancestral figure with perfectly aged original surface color patina. Ink stamped on underside West Indies and old paper l...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Moroccan Berber Wooden Sugar Hammer Marteau a Sucre Deggaga
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Moroccan Berber hand-carved wooden sugar hammer "Deggaga". Handcrafted by the Berber women of Morocco, hand-carved and hand painted wood with tribal desig...
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Early 19th Century Moroccan Islamic Antique Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Modernist Dan Peoples Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
A chic modernist early 20th century Dan Peoples stool from Ivory Coast, carved from one piece of wood with a simple hourglass form, and the most wonderful p...
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Early 20th Century Ivorian Modern Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Carved Wood Aboriginal Shield, Western Australia
Located in Atlanta, GA
A tall and narrow parrying shield from the Aboriginal people living in the Western Australia. The piece was carved out of a single block of hard wood t...
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Early 20th Century Australian Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

20th Century Senufo Bird or Hornbill Statue Carved Wood Porpianong West African
Located in Dublin 8, IE
"Porpianong" refers to a Senufo wooden sculpture of a hornbill bird from West Africa, symbolizing fertility, continuity, and the Poro men's society. The figures are also called "Seti...
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1980s Malian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood

An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Located in London, GB
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem Wood, metal Old inscription and dated: ‘1892’ South Africa 19th Century Size: 45.5cm long - 18 ins long Published: ‘The ...
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19th Century South African Antique Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Woven Mat, Kuba People
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Kuba mat from the Kasai region of the D.R.Congo These were used on the ground, there are photos showing the Kuba King seated on similar ones. Raffia cord is wrapped around the thic...
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Wood Tribal Art

Materials

Raffia, Palmwood