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Period: 20th Century
Collection of Three Lobi Snake Currencies on Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A collection of Burkina Faso currency from the mid-20th century. This assortment of three vintage African ritual iron snakes effigies originate from the...
Category
Burkinabe 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Collection of Burkina Faso Currency
Located in Atlanta, GA
A collection of Burkina Faso currency from the mid-20th century. This assortment of three vintage African ritual iron snakes effigies originate from the L...
Category
Burkinabe 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
$1,100 / set
Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare mid-20th century Dida (Ivory Coast) hand-plated Shibori tie-dyed raffia ceremonial kerchief mounted on a linen stretched frame. This kerchief was not woven on ...
Category
Ivorian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Early 20th Century African Ceremonial Chief
s Garment with Leather + Shell
Located in Wainscott, NY
An early 20th-century ceremonial chief's garment from Africa with leather and shell embellishment. This Garment represents a magnificent display of cultural heritage and craftsmansh...
Category
African 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
$2,170 Sale Price
37% Off
Set of Three Early Twentieth Century Nigerian Door Panels
Located in London, GB
This set of three early twentieth-century panels, from the Nupe culture in Nigeria, display a blend of beautiful decorative designs, carved in low relief against a plain background. ...
Category
Nigerian Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Gelede Headdress, Yoruba People, Nigeria, circa 1950s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Gelede festivals honor the creative and dangerous power of women elders, female ancestors and goddesses known as "our mothers". The Gelede headdress often consists of two parts, a lo...
Category
Nigerian Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Carved African Stool/ Baga Tribe
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A strongly carved African stool with sculptural appeal. With good traditional form having a central pillar and scooped seat with a beveled edge. All original condition with age split...
Category
Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Rare Gabonese African Harp
Located in New York, NY
A rare figurative harp from made by the Vuvi or Tsogo people of Gabon. It is an instrument traditionally played by young men and boys. These rare instruments are well known for their...
Category
Gabonese 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Akha Hill Tribe Silver Cuff Bracelet, Golden Triangle
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A large Akha Tribe woven silver bracelet with spiral design. This Tribal bracelet encompasses tradition Hill tribe silversmithing techniques with each silve...
Category
Thai Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Silver
Beaded Royal Headress with Leopard Figure, Bamileke People, Cameroon
Located in Leuven , BE
The Beaded Royal Headdress is made of a palm tree fibre structure, enfolded with burlap cloth embroided with European glass beads that cover the entire object with geometric symbolic...
Category
Cameroonian 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Antique Central Asian Silk Ikat Panel, Uzbekistan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Central Asian Silk Ikat Panel, Uzbekistan
A large mounted silk and cotton ‘adras’ ikat panel with a dynamic 4-color design of large red rings with white centers surrounded b...
Category
Uzbek Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Early 20th Century Abstract Tonga Tapa Cloth Aboriginal Art Of South Pacific
Located in Barrington, IL
This striking early 20th century tapa bark cloth from Western Samoa and the greater Tongan cultural sphere is a rare and powerful example of Pacific Island textile artistry. Hand-pai...
Category
Tongan 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
Early 20th Century Abstract Tonga Tapa Cloth Aboriginal Art Of South Pacific
Located in Barrington, IL
This striking early 20th century tapa bark cloth from Western Samoa and the greater Tongan cultural sphere is a rare and powerful example of Pacific Island textile artistry. Hand-pai...
Category
Tongan 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
Early 20th Century Abstract Tonga Tapa Cloth Aboriginal Art Of South Pacific
Located in Barrington, IL
Early 20th century abstract tapa bark cloth from western Samoa with a royal coat of arms design. Hand-painted in deep brownish-black tones using traditional ‘o‘a sap blended with ch...
Category
Tongan 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
Vintage Ethiopian Leather Shield on Custom Iron Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Ethiopian tribal shield on custom iron stand. This vintage shield, originating from Ethiopia, has an overall convexly rounded-shape, and is made of a rich brown animal hide with wonderful patina. The leather shield...
Category
Ethiopian 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
Early 20th Century Abstract Tonga Tapa Cloth Aboriginal Art Of South Pacific
Located in Barrington, IL
Early 20th century abstract tapa bark cloth from western Samoa with a royal coat of arms design. Hand-painted in deep brownish-black tones using traditional ‘o‘a sap blended with ch...
Category
Tongan 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Parchment 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 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Teak
$997 Sale Price
30% Off
Set of 3 Tribal Necklaces
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful set of 3 Necklaces from Indonesia, from the Nias Island,
a Kalabubu headhunters Torque,
made out of small rings of Coconut and Copper,
very decorative objects,
36 cm high x...
Category
Indonesian Vintage 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Coconut
$2,603 / set
Vintage Ethnic Himalayan Tibetan Turquoise Coral Necklace
Located in London, GB
Vintage Ethnic Himalayan Turquoise Coral Necklace
A beautiful necklace of Tibetan Turquoise beads
interspersed with natural red coral and silver beads with silver clasp
Period 2nd ...
Category
Tibetan 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Silver
Fine Tribal Bambara Cubist Figurative Wood Door Lock Early 20th c Mali Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine Tribal Bambara cubist figurative wood door lock, early 20th century Mali, Africa great abstract figure with strong cubist stylized elegant face.
The Bambara of Mali use decorated door locks sliding horizontal bar and with a removable key (missing here) to secure the doors to houses or millet granary. This door lock shows a stylized human body with strongly sculpted face and carved notch in back to hold the movable cross bar. The rectangular body is decorated with fine, geometric line...
Category
Malian Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$975 Sale Price
50% Off
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
Malian Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Mbuti Ituri traditional handpainted Pygmee bark cloth
By OTHR
Located in Zemst, BE
Mbuti Ituri (Congo) traditional handpainted Pygmee bark cloth.
+/- 1920
These cloths we're made from the inside of the bark of the Ficus latex tree.
After been prepared and dryed, ...
Category
Congolese Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Shaman Body Bag / Object d
Art / Decorative Wall Hanging
Located in Wainscott, NY
Early 20th Century Shaman body bags were sacred and significant artifacts used in certain cultural practices and rituals among various indigenous communities and shamans in different...
Category
African 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Goat Hair
$1,771 Sale Price
29% Off
African Art Vase
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
African art vase, wood, 20th century.
Measures: H: 29 cm, D: 17 cm.
Category
African 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$769
Ethno Design Standing Human Skeleton Sculptured in Wood, South East Asia
Located in Leuven , BE
The sculpture dates from the beginning of the 20th century and has a wonderful patina.
Category
Burmese 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Namji Doll with Beads, Cowries, Coins and Metal Rings, Cameroon Mid 20th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Sometimes referred to as dolls, this is a highly abstract figure with conical head, arms and legs held out from body, long columnar neck wrapped with mulitple strands of different si...
Category
Cameroonian Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Copper Konga Legband from, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early 20th century (possibly late 19th century) African Legband (ankle bracelet) of copper alloy, from Mongo Peoples of the Congo. These legbands were both currency and status sym...
Category
Congolese 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Copper
Mangbetu Terracotta Vase, Early 20th Century, Formerly In The A. Francotte
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Mangbetu Terracotta Vase, Early 20th Century, Formerly In The A. Francotte Collection (Belgium)"
Mangbetu Vase, early 20th century. Elegant terracotta vessel from the Mangbetu peopl...
Category
Congolese Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Terracotta
Kuba Shoowa Textile 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Shoowa Prestige Cloth
Kuba Shoowa peoples
DR Congo, Kasai Region
Raffia palm fiber, natural and chemical dyes, cut-pile and stem stitch embroidery
24.5 x 24.5 inches (62 x 62 cm)
...
Category
Congolese Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
An African decorated Basket
Located in Schellebelle, BE
A beautiful 3-layered Rattan Basket from Africa,
Burkina Faso, nicely decorated with Cowrie Shells,
good old and used patina, nice shine of the used materials,
very decorative item
Category
Burkinabe Vintage 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Rattan
Early Standing Bambara or Malinke Female Figure Deep Patina, Mali West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Bambara or Malinke standing female figure with arms at sides, heavy wear and polish from handling and use. Possibly cut from the top of prestige staff. Fine refined abstract ...
Category
Malian Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$2,360 Sale Price
32% Off
Antique Japanese Nabeshima Carpet (Dantsu)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Nabeshima Carpet (Dantsu)
Nabeshima dantsu (carpets) are some of the earliest examples of rug making in Japan. The original weavers learned their craft from Chinese...
Category
Japanese Meiji 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Grebo Tribe Carved African Tribal Mask
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The Grebo Tribe reside in Southeast Liberia near the border of the Ivory Coast. Picasso once owned a Mask of this type and it undoubtedly figured in his emerging Modern style. In the...
Category
Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Africain Mid-Century Wooden Tribal Wall-Sculpture Mali-Dogon Golden Frame 1960s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Hand carved solid wooden doors of an African cabinet (Mali/Dogon).
fixed on a white colored wooden plate, gold framed.
The object shows typical African symbols...
Category
Malian Tribal Vintage 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Shell Currency Yua Bride
s Price, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Yua Shell Currency, Bride’s Price
Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea
Hand carved from a clam shell
Measures: 7.5 x 8.5 in / 19 x 22 cm
Height on c...
Category
Papua New Guinean Other 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Shell
Haussa People, Nigeria, Dagger with Organic Handle
Located in Leuven , BE
Beautifully crafted dager from Nigeria (Haussa People) with an organic handle.
Hausa people are frond in northwestern Nigeria and adjacent southern Ni...
Category
Nigerian 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Mid Century African Women Wood Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional African wood carving ,mounted on custom-made steel base of women graciously looking forward, beautiful facial expression, and very ni...
Category
Vintage 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Steel
African Lidded Vessel, Congo
Located in New York, NY
The Shi peoples are agriculturalists living on the shores of Lake Kivu in D.R. Congo. Artistically they are best known for their distinctively carved cups and pitchers...
Category
Congolese 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Genuine Lega Mask – Democratic Republic of Congo, early 1900
Located in Bilzen, BE
Carved from a single piece of soft, light wood, this refined Lega lukwakongo mask displays the minimalist elegance characteristic of Bwami society art. The oval face features a long ...
Category
Congolese Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Guine Statue Of The Kusu Tribe, DR Congo, First Half Of The 20th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Genuine carved wooden statue of the Kusu tribe DR Congo, first half of the 20th century with a tribal aged patina of use
Height without nail on the head 20 cm
Category
Congolese Tribal Vintage 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Brightly Coloured Ewe Cloth
Located in London, GB
An early and rare weft faced Ewe cloth woven in strops of brightly coloured red, blue, yellow cream, lime green and ivory.
A great example, large size. Con...
Category
Ghanaian Antique 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$5,012 Sale Price
20% Off
African Sculpture Zaire Antique Copper Coin
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
That's a true antique copper coin from Zaire, very rare: a modern simple sculpture !
I saw only another one like this, but it was not authentic: done for ...
Category
Congolese Archaistic Vintage 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Copper
$1,230 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 2 Yua rings
Located in Schellebelle, BE
A set of 2 Yua Rings in Shell from Papua New Guinea, beautiful decorated with fibres and small shells and elegant decorations,
the shell rings are hand made ...
Category
Asian Vintage 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Shell
$4,674 / set
Fine Female Yoruba Ibeji Figure African Tribal Art Antiques
Located in London, GB
African tribal Art Antiques Female Ibeji figure Yoruba Nigeria
A Finely carved Ibeji Figure from early 20th century, with delineated teeth and l...
Category
Nigerian 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Kerala Spiral Carved-Wood Boat Prow from Southern India
Located in Atlanta, GA
A South Indian (Kerala) wooden boat prow from the mid-20th century. This hand carved boat prow from Kerala is adorn with pierced spiral-carved volute, suppor...
Category
Indian 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Yaka Fly Whisk With Female Figure – Early 20th Century, Drc (33 Cm)
Located in Bilzen, BE
Beautiful Yaka flywhisk from the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, dating from the early 20th century.
Such objects were reserved for chiefs and diviners (nganga), servi...
Category
Congolese Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Massim Canoe Splash Boards from Papua, New Guinea
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of decoratively carved wood splash boards from the southeastern region of Papua, New Guinea, presented on custom stands. This pair of vintage tribal boards have been carved fr...
Category
Papua New Guinean 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Ikat Textile from Flores Island, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Flores, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. This textile is tubular for...
Category
Indonesian Other 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Yarn
$580 Sale Price
20% Off
Carved Twin figure Ibeji Yoruba People, Nigeria
Located in Leuven , BE
A finely carved significant Yoruba Male Ibeji figure with a tall headdress, expressive eyes, original bead belt and heavy wear and polish from native use. Areas of encrusted camwood ...
Category
Nigerian 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Necklace from Papua New Guinea
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional necklace from Papua New Guinea,
made out of 5 pieces of Shell,
made of fibres and small shells, used for ceremonies,
very decorative object
Category
Asian Vintage 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Shell
Early 20th Century East African Carved Headrest, Ethiopia (Kambatta People)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Showing a crescent shaped headrest braced by flattened 'V' shaped supports rising from a cupped base, decorated overall with hand carved linear motifs and exhibiting an old rubbed su...
Category
Ethiopian Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Large Buyu Protection Figure Democratic Republic Congo Africa
Located in Rochester, NY
Old Buyu male ancestral protection power figure showing good signs of genuine age w/ beautiful old color patina. Democratic Republic Congo, Africa. Mid 20th. Measures 32" h x 10" w x...
Category
Congolese Tribal 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Rare Silver Balangandãs - 20th Century Brazilian Native Hanging Amulet
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Mid 20th century brazilian silver hanging amulet from native culture in Brazil. Known as "Penca de Balangandãs" was used in the ancient times as an amul...
Category
Brazilian Other 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Toguna Female Anthropomo Post from Mali
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early to mid-20th century Toguna support post from the Dogon Tribe of Mali, on custom metal stand. This West African hand carved wooden bean was origin...
Category
Malian 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Ethno Design Selection of 7 Cache-Sexe Made of Palm Leaf, Mangbetu People, DRC
Located in Leuven , BE
Back aprons (negbe, pl. egbe) such as these were particularly popular among upper-class Mangbetu women at the turn of the 20th century. This distinctive kidney-shaped ornament pad wa...
Category
Congolese Vintage 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Mid-20th Century Ife-Style Bronze Royal Head, Benin
Located in NICE, FR
This rare and unique Ife-style bronze head, dating from the mid-20th century, draws inspiration from the great sculptural traditions of West Africa’s royal arts. Echoing the prestigious effigies of the kingdoms of Ife and Benin, these works embody the symbolic language associated with sovereign authority, lineage, and ancestral commemoration.
Crafted using the refined lost-wax casting technique, it demonstrates remarkable precision and mastery—harmonious proportions, finely worked surfaces, and a dignified presence. The style evokes the renowned Ife heads...
Category
Beninese Tribal Vintage 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
Ethno Design Mbole People, DRC, Chief Scepters Collection Made of Palmtree Leaf
Located in Leuven , BE
The Sceptres are made of the Midrib of Palm tree leaves. They were uses by the members of the Lilwaa Secret Society of the Mbole Tribe that live in the ...
Category
Congolese Vintage 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Shell Currency Yua Bride
s Price, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Yua Shell Currency, Bride’s Price
Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea
Hand carved from a clam shell
Measures: 7 x 7.5 in / 18 x 19 cm
Height on cus...
Category
Papua New Guinean Other 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Shell
Ethno Design early 20th Century, Drc, Selection of Three Bark Cloth Beaters
Located in Leuven , BE
Three old and well used bark cloth beater made out of a wooden shaft with a cross-hatched blackened tip which is lashed into position by a strip of cane. These grooved wooden beater were tools used to pound and soften tree bark, for the processing of bark cloth used as clothing. This tool has many different variations that are seen in indigenous cultures worldwide, yet all for a similar purpose. They vary in size, shapes, and materials. They are carved with parallel striations. Some bark beaters...
Category
Congolese 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A set of 4 Wooden Spatels
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Set of 4 Spatula from the XINGU,an Indian Tribe in Brasil,
these wooden objects were used for cooking,
from the collection of Gunther Hartmann (1924-2012), a German Ethnologist,
very...
Category
Brazilian Vintage 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Fruitwood
$2,011 / set