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Technique: Carved
Pacific Northwest Coast Tlingit Shaman
s Grizzly Tooth Pendant, circa Late 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic Northwest Coast Tlingit tribe shaman's pendant carved from Grizzly Tooth with jeweled/ beaded eyes likely acquired from Western/ European traders.
We were told this pi...
Category
19th Century Canadian Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Teeth
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Tribal Guardian Figure, Northwest Nepal
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century tribal guardian figure, Northwest Nepal
The mere essence of a protector figure remains in this weathered fragmen...
Category
Late 19th Century Nepalese Tribal Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Seated Female Figure on Stool Holding a Sword Ewe Ghana, West Africa ex Willis
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Seated female figure on classic Akan stool holding a sword. From the Ewe people of Ghana, West Africa. Created as three separate carved pieces of wood that fit together for display,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Carved Ebony Prestige Staff Depicting an Important Elder or Leader
Located in London, GB
A Carved Ebony Prestige Staff Depicting an Important Elder or Leader wearing a Head-Ring ‘Isicoco’
His waistband neck-ring and eyes inlaid with brass studs, his hands carved to his s...
Category
Late 19th Century South African Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Ebony
Mambila Large Female Figure African Sculpture
Located in Sharon, CT
Authentic old piece, retaining some of the original painted surface. Art from the Cameroon tribes played a great role in influencing and inspiring the German Expressionists.
Though ...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Modern Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Lance Joseph (Squamish, Salish B. 1957) Carved
Hand Painted Figural Column
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A strongly carved Figural Column by noted Coast Salish artist, Lance Joseph Joseph was born in 1957 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This carved figural totem, larger than l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Native American Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Tribal Wooden Nepalese Beaker Milk Pot with Handle
By Kuba
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large hand carved tribal wooden beaker Nepalese milk pot with handle.
Early 20th century antique tribal milk pot with incised pattern.
This rustic milk pot wa...
Category
Early 20th Century Nepalese Folk Art Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Balinese Offering Tray / Bowl
Dulang
with Bali Hindu Motifs
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Balinese offering tray; these trays known as "Dulangs" were used to carry offerings atop Balinese women’s heads during ceremonial processions. This 19th century "Dulang" features a m...
Category
Mid-19th Century Balinese Other Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Chiwara Headdress, Bamana
Bambara
People, Mali
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century Chiwara Headdress, Bamana (Bambara) People, Mali
Chiwara headcrests represent the antelope spirit who taught the Bamana people ...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ere Ibeji Male Commemorative Figure, Yoruba People, Nigeria, early 20th C
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Yoruba people have one of the highest incidents of twin births in the world. As a result, twin children are regarded as extraordinary, divine beings protected by Sango, the deity of ...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Akua´ba fertility dolls, Ashanti, Ghana. 20th century
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair of Akua´ba (Akuba/Akwaba) fertility dolls from Ghana. 20th century. 2 disc-headed carved figures, similar but not identical.
Good condition. Signs of wear consistent with age.
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
1950
s Lega
Idimu
Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Located in London, GB
This mid-twentieth century finely carved mask, from the Lega culture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displays the typically heart-shaped face of Lega 'Idimu' masks. Traces o...
Category
1950s Congolese Tribal Vintage Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia, Hardwood
Baule Royal Figure
By Baule Tribe
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a very fine Royal figure from the Baule people of Cote d'Ivoire ( Ivory Coast) . This fine sculpture would have been commissioned by the village to commemorate the life of a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,224
Old Weathered Hardwood Kuna Indian Abstract Figure, Panama, Ina Sua Wood
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old well weathered hardwood Kuna Indian abstract figure, Panama, Provenance, old CA state collection. Body abstracted down to two forms for shoulders and hips, with small fine head....
Category
Early 20th Century Panamanian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$750 Sale Price / item
70% Off
Balinese Offering Bowl
Dulang
with Floral Motif
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Balinese offering tray; these trays known as "Dulangs" were used to carry offerings atop Balinese women’s heads during ceremonial processions. This 19th century "Dulang" features a f...
Category
1920s Balinese Other Vintage Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$516 Sale Price
20% Off
Dan Prestige Wood Spoon with Legs, Ivory Coast, West Africa on custom base
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Dan finely carved wood prestige spoon or ladle, from the Dan people of Ivory Coast, West Africa. Spoons like this were used by the most prominent woma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Lombok Tribal Tray / Bowl
Dulang
/ Small Table
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This is a large 'Dulang' from Lombok. Dulangs amid Indonesia serve a number of purposes depending on the region they originate from. In Lombok 'Dulang' Tray were used as small tables...
Category
Mid-19th Century Balinese Other Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Small early Kuba Cup With Sweet Face, Fine Hair, Handle DRC, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Small early Kuba Cup With Sweet Face, Fine Hair, Handle DRC, Africa
Finely carved hair in tight geometric form, small projecting ears. Some damage and wear t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Tribal Art, Fertility Symbol, Borneo
Located in Kastrup, DK
Tribal art from Borneo (Indonesia) approx. 1920
Fertility symbol of carved wood, untouched original beach.
Artistic and naïve in its expression.
On stand of black painted iron.
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Fine Sculptural African Mortar and Pestle
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Reminiscent of the Elemental sculpture of Constantin Brancusi, this Hardwood African Mortar and Pestle has a fantastic paper smooth age patin...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
$1,600 / set
Standing Akan Ghana Tribal Female Figure Early 20th Century Africa, Black Hair
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Akan, Ghana, shrine figure, a standing female figure with black hair and details, remains of white pigment, with arms out holding a bottle, includes custom metal base. Probably a fig...
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$822 Sale Price
44% Off
Early 20th Century Native American North West Coast Eagle Comb
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Native American North West Coast Eagle Comb
The eagle has a frog in its claws which is “holding” a whale. Carved with classic Nort...
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Other Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Moroccan Tribal Berber Wool Comb
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Moroccan tribal Folk Art Berber wool comb.
19th century, nice patina, Museum collector piece.
Category
1870s Moroccan Folk Art Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Carved African Mali Antelope Headdress
Located in Houston, TX
Carved abstract mythological abstract antelope anteater headdress mounted on wood stand. These motifs symbolize excellence in farming and bountiful harvests...
Category
20th Century Malian Primitive Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Hand-Carved Wood Borneo Dayak Tribe Mask, Indonesia c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This hand-carved wooden mask is from Central Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. It features bulging eyes and a mouth emphasised by a full set of teeth and small nose. These masks we...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Powerful Carved and Painted Figural Sculpture/ New Guinea
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Powerful and haunting carved figural sculpture of a standing female figure in close embrace with an animal attendant, possibly a crocodile. The Sculpture is very worn and distresse...
Category
20th Century Asian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Painted Ibibio Polychrome Face Mask with Figure on Top, Nigeria Africa colorful
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine Painted Ibibio Polychrome Mask with Figure on Top, Nigeria Africa. Expressive small figure on top with one hand on top of head, other holding stom...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$2,065 Sale Price
30% Off
Lobi Stool by Sikire Kembire
By Lobi People
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a very rare stool from the renowned carver Sikire Kembere of the Lobi people of Burkina Faso . The stool is in the traditional form of three legs and Janus heads one male and...
Category
1930s Burkinabe Tribal Vintage Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
Zulu Wood Double Head Rest Stylized Human Figure, South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Zulu carved wood double headrest with stylized human figure in middle, from South Africa.
In stylized human form within a pair of vertical columns, with triangle arms and legs and he...
Category
Mid-20th Century South African Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Hand-Carved Wood Timorese Tribal Panel Set, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
These are early 20th century carved panels from Timor Island, they have been hand carved and feature a mix of human and animal figures. They also feature ceremonial tribal designs on...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Yaka Standing Wood Janus Male/Female Divination Figure DRC Congo, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved wood standing Janus back to back male/female divination figure from the Yaka people of DRC Congo, Africa.
Male figure side with open mouth with exposed carved teeth. Female ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Old Tribal Cubist Squatting Spring Figure Nepal Early 20th Century Namaste Asia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old weathered cubist squatting tribal carved wood Spring Figure with hands raised in namaste position. Wonderful open form figure with hands in front of chest and great profile. Thes...
Category
Early 20th Century Nepalese Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
$1,050 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Nupe Carved Wood Openwork Geometric Stool
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Well used and loved Nupe carved wood stool with openwork geometric design,
It is in good condition, appropriate for its age, use, and medium. Well used with deep patina, chips and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerien Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Dogon Tribe Hardwood Carved Rhythm Pounder from Mali, Africa
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Museum quality Dogon tribe ironwood percussion pounder reportedly collected from a Tellem cave in the Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali. Collected in the late 1970’s with approximate age...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Small Warrior Spirit Mask, Northwest Coast by Charlie Mickey, Nootka Nation
By Charlie Mickey
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A small warrior spirit mask
Northwest Coast
Carved and polychrome decorated mask with horse hair,
Hand carved by Charlie Mickey (1910-1988), Hesquiah...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Batak Tribe Ceremonial Bowl from Jackfruit Wood, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Batak tribe ceremonial bowl from jackfruit wood, early 20th century. The Batak Tribes are ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia....
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Fruitwood
$456 Sale Price
20% Off
Worn and Weathered Tsogho Short Bench with Faces, Gabon, Africa ex Visser
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Worn and weathered Tsogho short bench carved from a single piece of wood, with faces and figures, from Gabon, Africa. Blocky bench with roughly carved out openings, flanked on one s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerien Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Mende Helmut Mask
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Carved Helmut masks of this type were made by the Sande society of the Mende people of Sierra Leone, Africa for use in masquerades by young women in initi...
Category
20th Century Sierra Leonean Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Moroccan Tribal Berber Wooden Sugar Hammer
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Moroccan tribal Berber wooden sugar hammer.
Handcrafted by the Berber women of Morocco, hand-carved wood with tribal design, this folk art instrument is a...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Turkana Tribal Wood Headrest, Stylized Human Form, African Beaded Attachments
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Turkana or Pokot people's tribal carved wood headrest, stylized human form, early 20th century, Kenya, African.
Headrest from Kenya with attached leather, beads, buttons and a metal finger knife. Great sculpture...
Category
Early 20th Century Kenyan Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Group of Three Toraja Wood Offering Bowls, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Group of three Toraja wood offering bowls, from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Sweet abstract mid-century forms.
Created from native hardwood and with horn rings, these strikingly sculptural w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Spectacular Complete Dayak People Mens Mandau Sword
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rare Museum quality Traditional Men’s Sword known as a Mandau. Used by the Dayak while on the Hunt and in former times in disputes regarding hunting rights and land boundaries. Thi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Iron, Tin
Javanese Solid Teak Storage Box with Engravings Mid-20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This teak storage box comes for the Island of Java, Indonesia. Dating to the Mid-20th Century it was crafted from a single block of teak. It features ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Folk Art Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Teak
A Songye Male ‘Power’ Figure
Located in London, GB
A Songye Male ‘Power’ Figure
Open aperture to the head and stomach
Fine overall patina, loss to feet
Democratic Republic of Congo
19th Century
Size: 23cm high - 9 ins high
The ...
Category
19th Century Congolese Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$16,500
Rare Lobi Double Figure Male Female Standing on Shoulders Ghana Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rare double joined standing figure with male figure on top standing on female shoulders. Deep patina and wear from traditional use. Finely carved and expressive faces.
11 1/4 inche...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Nepalese Butter Churn Handle
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Nepalese Butter Churn Handle. Known as a Ghurra, individually carved from a single piece of wood having different geometric forms, a circle, a rec...
Category
19th Century Nepalese Tribal Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Group of Four Toraja Wood Offering Bowls, Sulawesi, Indonesia Dark Patina
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Group of four Toraja wood offering bowls, from Sulawesi, Indonesia with dark deep patina from use.
Created from native hardwood and with horn rings in the center portion (except on t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Small Traditional Kwere Medicine Container, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
This mid-twentieth century traditional medicine container from the Kwere culture in Tanzania has been finely carved into two sections.
The upper section tightly fits the body of th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Conical Leather and Straw Tribal Fulani Hat, Mali West Africa
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Conical leather and straw tribal Fulani hat, Mali West Africa
Folk Art organic fiber hat with leather applications that comes from the Fulani people in West Africa.
It is typically worn by the Wodaabe, a nomadic cattle-herder subgroup of the Fulani.
The organic straw is covered in leather straps both at the brim and top and with decorative leather elements in the middle. At the very top of the hat there is a knob which is covered in leather. At the base of the hat there is a chinstrap.
The hats were featured on dancers in the 2018 music video "All the Stars" by the artist Kendrick Lamar...
Category
20th Century Malian Folk Art Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Important 18th century Persian Jewish silver Amulet for mother and newborn
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Mysterious Amazing, 18th century silver talismanic amulet, Amulet for mother and Newborn with image of Lilith in the center made by Jews in Persia, the top of the Amulet has an amazi...
Category
1790s Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Agate, Silver
Luba Kifwebe Sandals
Located in Sharon, CT
Rare pair of African sandals, with beautifully articulated little Luba
'Kifwebe' (mask) heads as toe holds. Wonderful aged 'footprints'
produced from great use.
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,100 / set
Ere Ibeji Pair of Commemorative Figures, Ogbomosho, Yoruba People Nigeria 20th C
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Yoruba people have one of the highest incidents of twin births in the world. As a result, twin children are regarded as extraordinary, divine beings protected by Sango, the deity of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Dayak Men’s Carved Horn Utility Knife
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine carved water Buffalo horn Men’s Utility knife in traditional form. Used for tasks within the extensive forest areas of the Dayak Tribes in Borneo, the knife has the original c...
Category
20th Century Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Steel
Six Early 20th Century Hair Detanglers, Kerala, India
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Six early 20th century hair detanglers from Kerala and South Karnataka, India.
An unusual group of six hair detanglers found exclusively in Southern India. The carved wooden example...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Brass, Steel
Early 20th Century Miniature Shrine Ladder
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century miniature ladder, from the Dogon culture in Mali, replicates the form of full-size granary ladder, however, unlike its larger, practical counterparts, th...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ashante Stool
By Akan Ashanti
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a very rare Ashante Queen Mother's stool with exceptional Provenance . This stool would have been carved for a Queen Mother in the very early part of the 19th century. The st...
Category
Early 19th Century Ghanaian Tribal Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$2,018
19th Century Small Wooden/Metal Mortar from Yemen/Saudi Border
Located in Wainscott, NY
19th century small wooden/metal Mortar from Yemen/Saudi Border.
Category
19th Century Yemeni Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Ashanti Stool with Bird Motif, Ghana
Located in London, GB
This fine Ashanti stool from Ghana, which dates to the first half of the 20th century, features an unusual motif - a bird of prey. The surface of this stool exhibits a lovely smooth,...
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Nepalese Butter Churn Handle.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Nepalese Butter Churn Handle. Known as a Ghurra, individually carved from a single piece of wood having different forms, a circle, a stem and a f...
Category
19th Century Nepalese Tribal Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Finely Carved Lime Spatula by an Unknown Master Carver
Located in London, GB
A Finely Carved Lime Spatula by an Unknown Master Carver
Depicting a possibly unique Mother and Child (?) or Male and Female (?)
Wood ebony with lime infill
Massim Area, Papua New...
Category
19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Carved Tribal Art
Materials
Ebony
