Organic Modern Tribal Art
ORGANIC MODERN STYLE
Organic modern furniture is characterized by clean lines, an overall uncomplicated aesthetic and a prioritizing of natural, sustainable materials, such as wood and stone. There are lots of earth tones and natural-world textures rather than bright color palettes or fabrics embellished with busy patterns.
Organic furniture is minimalist and, owing to the ideas of venerable architect Frank Lloyd Wright, designed for warm spaces that promote harmony between human habitation and the great outdoors. Organic modern design, including in furniture and architecture, emerged in the 1930s.
Designers such as Andrianna Shamaris, Alguacil Perkoff and Jörg Pietschmann — all known for organic modern design — have created furniture that brings dynamic and unpredictable energy to home interiors while emphasizing the importance of a relationship with the natural world.
Striking an appealing balance between our living spaces and nature doesn't have to be an arduous task — the broad selection of original organic modern furniture on 1stDibs includes solid wood tables, bamboo seating options, hand-knotted wall tapestries and more.
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Style: Organic Modern
ARKO Wall Art14 Contemporary Art Japanese Craft Rice Straw Art Wall Sculpture
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO.
Title: Composition Marcato (B)
This is one of the series named "Composition XX"
Her works have the feelings of...
Category
2010s Japanese Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
ARKO Wall Art15 Contemporary Art Japanese Craft Rice Straw Art Wall Sculpture
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO.
Title: Composition Rinforzando
This is one of the series named "Composition XX"
Her works have the feelings of...
Category
2010s Japanese Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
ARKO Wall Art11 Contemporary Art Japanese Craft Rice Straw Art Wall Sculpture
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO.
Title: Composition Rubato
This is one of the series named "Composition XX"
Her works have the feelings of cont...
Category
2010s Japanese Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
Framed Samoan Tapa Cloth
Located in Highland, IN
This striking piece of Samoan Tapa cloth speaks to the history of the South Pacific islanders who have made these beautiful barkcloth artworks for generations and with it's repeating...
Category
1980s American Samoan Vintage Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Wood
$1,800
Italian Modernist Black Iridescent Murano Glass Sculpture in the Shape of a Head
By Alfredo Rossi, Ernesto Purisiol
Located in New York, NY
Amazing modern head in an ethnic design inspired by the Easter Island statues, very expressive mouth-blown sculpture in black Murano glass worked ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Large Teak Burl Wood Bowl, East Java or Madura, 18th/19th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A beautiful bowl, originally a musical frame drum called Terbang, which was used in ecstatic devotional music. The drum was hewn from a single piece of teak...
Category
Late 18th Century Javanese Antique Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Teak
ARKO Wall Art12 Contemporary Art Japanese Craft Rice Straw Art Wall Sculpture
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO.
Title: Composition Marcato (A)
This is one of the series named "Composition XX"
Her works have the feelings of...
Category
2010s Japanese Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
ARKO Wall Art13 Contemporary Art Japanese Craft Rice Straw Art Wall Sculpture
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO.
Title: Composition Allargando
This is one of the series named "Composition XX"
Her works have the feelings of ...
Category
2010s Japanese Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
ARKO Wall Art16 Contemporary Art Japanese Craft Rice Straw Art Wall Sculpture
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO.
Title: Composition Sostenuto
This is one of the series named "Composition XX"
Her works have the feelings of c...
Category
2010s Japanese Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
Belgium Linen Covered Blue and Yellow Throw Pillow
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage handwoven Belgium linen throw pillow.
The front and the back are made from a different color, front is plain blue and back is plain canary...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Linen
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Vintage Teak Wood Bowl from Java, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A teak wood bowl crafted on the island of Java, Indonesia. The bowl was cut from a much larger slab of wood and maintains a minimalist design.
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Late 20th Century Indonesian Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Teak
Mud Cloth
Bogolanfini
, Mali, Bamana People, Mid-20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A mud cloth (Bogolanfini),
Mali, Bamana People
mid-20th century.
Hand woven 'discharge dyed' cotton
Approximately 71 x 52 in. (180cm. x 132cm.)
A dazzling geometric pattern...
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Mid-20th Century Malian Organic Modern Tribal Art
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Fabric
20th Century Prestige Cloth, Shoowa, Kuba Kingdom, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th century Prestige cloth, Shoowa people, Kuba Kingdom, D. R. Congo
A syncopated pattern of opposing forces lends this prestige cloth a sense of movement both horizontally and v...
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sex Modesty Apron, Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal beaded cache-sex modesty apron (Pikuran),
Mandara Mountains, Cameroon
These colorful cache-sex were worn for celebrations, rituals...
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Early 20th Century Cameroonian Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Beads
$450 Sale Price
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H 9 in W 19 in D 0.25 in
Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile
Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo
A graphically compelling example of a Kuba raffia fiber prestige cloth with cut pile and stitched embroidery. In very good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Ethnic Parchment African Art Wall Sconce
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
African tribal art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These Moroccan art pieces could be used as wall lamp s...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Indian Embroidered Kantha Cloth
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Indian Embroidered Kantha Cloth
Indian kantha cloths originally developed as a way in which old sari cloth could be recycled and put to use. They’re usually composed of 3-4 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Early 20th Century Ceremonial Cloth / Tampan, South Sumatra, Indonesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century ceremonial cloth / Tampan, Paminggir, Lampung region, South Sumatra, Indonesia
Commonly referred to as ship cloths, these ceremonial tampan would have been used as gifts, wrappers, cushions or pillows in any number of life-transition ceremonies, including children’s first hair cutting...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
$2,200
H 31 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
1970s Modernist Black Glass Head
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A black glass head dsigned and manufactured in Italy in the Seventies, it's in perfect condition. The black glass gives it a sleek and sophisticated aesthetic. Glass, with its reflec...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Glass
Mid-20th Century Man
s Ceremonial (cofradía) Outfit, Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century man's ceremonial (cofradía) outfit, Chichicastenango, Guatemala.
25" (63.5 cm) shoulder to hem by 59" (274 cm) across shoulders
It is rare to find a complete ceremonial cofradía outfit in such good condition. The blue zigzag embroidery at shoulders and cuffs is said to signify that the wearer was an astrologist or day-keeper of the ceremonial Maya calendar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Guatemalan Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
$675 Sale Price
25% Off
H 29 in W 59 in D 1 in
Midcentury Wall Art Piece in Straw, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful wall art piece for Czechoslovakia in 1960s. The art piece was created in Czechoslovakia and shows a typical style of the era. The original woo...
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1960s Czech Vintage Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Straw, Glass, Wood
$136 Sale Price
70% Off
H 16.54 in W 7.49 in D 0.79 in
Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile
Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo
A graphically compelling example of a Kuba raffia fiber prestige cloth with cut pile and stitched embroidery. In very good...
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Previously Available Items
Vintage Teak Burl Wood Bowl, Java, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Teak Burl Wood bowl, Java, Mid-20th Century. 9-3/4" dia by 4-1/2" tall.
This lovely burl bowl was used to hold the betel nut and condiments for betel nut chewing, an essential form of social interaction throughout southeast Asia. Because sharing betel was such an important act of hospitality, the vessels and paraphernalia involved also became highly prestigious objects.
This beautifully figured bowl was such an object, and would have been treasured for the quality and density of its burl. It is hand made from a single piece of teak burl. Originally it would have had a metal liner, most probably of bronze or brass, and would have held a number of smaller metal vessels...
Category
Mid-20th Century Javanese Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Teak, Burl
Large Vintage Teak Burl Wood Bowl, Java, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large vintage teak burl wood bowl. Java, mid-20th century.
This beautifully figured bowl is fashioned from a large burl wood musical drum, called terbang, from Java. Hewn from a sin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Javanese Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Teak
Old Tribal Wooden Bowl from the West Nepal Himal, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old tribal wooden bowl from the West Nepal Himal, mid-20th century. Measures: 14" diameter by 6" tall.
This bowl is hand hewn from a single piece of local wood. It has a rich dark p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nepalese Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Large Vintage Wood Bowl, Sumatra, Jackfruit Wood, Stained, Mid-Late 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large vintage wood bowl, Sumatra, jackfruit wood, stained, mid-late 20th century
This bowl was fashioned by hand from a single piece of jackfruit wood, and was used to as an impress...
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1980s Indonesian Vintage Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Large Vintage Teak Bowl, Hand Hewn, 23 Dia Cirebon, North Java, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large vintage teak bowl, hand hewn, 23 Dia Cirebon, North Java, mid-20th century
This rustic wood bowl was fashioned by hand from a single piece of t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Javanese Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Teak
20th Century Zulu Beer Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
An outstanding 20th century tribally-used Zulu hand-built ceramic beer pot with hundreds of applied clay spikes running around the perimeter and forming a rep...
Category
20th Century South African Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Earthenware
Large Vintage Teak Mortar Tray from Northern Thailand, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large vintage teak mortar tray from northern Thailand, mid-20th century.
Fashioned from a beautifully figured and especially dense single thick piece of ol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Teak
Andrianna Shamaris Tribal Necklace
Located in New York, NY
Coconut shell and bronze tribal necklace from Sumatra set on a modern base. Measures: 10" W x 17.5" H.
Category
2010s Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Hand-Carved Palm Tree Swirl Urns
Located in Dallas, TX
Natural blonde texture and dark brown color palm tree wood bowls, hand chiseled to make swirl urns for a tribal decor.
The making takes place by wet,...
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20th Century South Asian Organic Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Palmwood
Stunning Huge New Guinea Sepik Style Mask
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Composed of all natural elements, this huge New Guinea Sepik style mask is a turtle shell inlaid with shells, shark teeth, feathers surround by a corn husk...
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20th Century Papua New Guinean Organic Modern Tribal Art
Pair of Carved Coconut West Indian Maracas
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Nothing says the West Indies like palms swaying, maracas playing, and trade winds blowing. This pair of inlaid and carved possibly coconut maracas capture it all, beautiful alternat...
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1940s Caribbean Vintage Organic Modern Tribal Art
Organic Modern tribal art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Organic Modern tribal art 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 tribal art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, wall decorations, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, canvas and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Organic Modern tribal art made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and Japan pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tribal art, popular names associated with this style include ARKO, and Alfredo Rossi. 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 tribal art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $690 and tops out at $5,000 while the average work can sell for $2,600.