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Place of Origin: Sub-Saharan African
Ethiopian Bronze Hanging Coptic Censer, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This sculptural bronze object is a 19th-century liturgical censer, or thurible, used for guided prayer and ritual ceremony within the Coptic O...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Sword and its scabbard-Diplomatic gift from Negus Menelik II Emperor of Ethiopia
Located in Leuven , BE
This prestige weapon was commissioned by Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia as a diplomatic gift for the renowned French Armenian merchant and honorary French envoy Matig Kevorkoff, a pr...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Premier Quality Zebra Taxidermy Shoulder Mount on a Painted Antique Wood Column
Located in New York, NY
This taxidermy African Zebra Head is a truly impressive piece that captures the beauty and majesty of this iconic animal. Mounted on a white washed wooden rustic column pedestal, thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fur, Wood
South Africa c.1890 Antique Folding Map – Cape Colony to Zambesi River
Located in Langweer, NL
South Africa Folding Map c.1890 – Juta Antique Linen-Mounted Map
This impressive antique folding map, “Juta’s Map of South Africa from the Cape to the Zambesi,” was published in Cap...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sable Antelope Taxidermy
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite specimen features a table mount taxidermy Sable Antelope, expertly crafted and beautifully preserved. The Sable Antelope is a stunning sp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fur
$5,000
Antique Madagascan Malagasy Bara Tribe Bronze Knife with Figural Handle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Madagascan bronze decorative knife.
With a sheepsfoot style blade and an ornate figural cast bronze handle - One side with a recumbent cat and the other with a pair o...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Bronze
GAMO HUNTING TROPHY 20th century
Located in Madrid, ES
GAMO HUNTING TROPHY
Chest mount 220.21 points, 5th in the world "Gold Medal" Hungary.
Approx. size: 140 cm.
very good condition
Category
20th Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
19th Century African Shona Dagger
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th Century dagger from the Shona people of Zimbabwe. It features beautiful carvings, a rich aged patina and a handmade steeped blade.
Category
1890s Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
African Vintage Statue Mama Africa
Masai
, Limited Edition
Located in Milano, IT
A splendid resin statue made by an unknown artist, in a limited edition. There is a label under the brass base specifying the edition number of the statue (1399/2000).
This statue r...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin
$957 Sale Price
20% Off
Large 19th Century Mottled Coco De Mer on Stand Maritime Sailors Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large late 19th Century Coco De Mer
The Coco De Mer is mounted on an orange threaded and tasseled stem set within a ebonised base.
The coco is solid in structure with an unusual...
Category
19th Century Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Natural Fiber, Wood
Ceremonial African Sword
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceremonial African sword hand hammered.
Category
1940s Arts and Crafts Vintage Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
$1,000
Vintage African Mandingo Tuareg Dagger Mali West Africa
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage African Mandingo Tribal Tuareg Dagger Mali West Africa.Collectible Tuareg Knife from Mali circa 1950s.This collectible dagger was hand-crafted by...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Full Size Nyala Taxidermy on Naturalistic Base
Located in New York, NY
This full-sized Nyala taxidermy is an impressive and striking piece that captures the beauty and majesty of this magnificent African antelope. Mounted on a naturalistic green grass b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fur, Wood
Antique West African Ivory Coast Baule - Senufo Currency Bracelet in Bronze
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Senufo/baule Locking Currency Bracelet: a time honored texture and form define this Senufo sculptural object. The abstract etchings were achieved through a process known as scarifica...
Category
19th Century Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
PAIR OF 20th Century KUDU HUNTING TROPHIES
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF 20th Century KUDU HUNTING TROPHIES
Chest mount, Rowland Ward R.S.A Zimbawe.
Approx. length: 187 cm.
very good condition
Category
20th Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
African Urembo Beaded Vintage Necklace Choker by the Maasai Tribe Kenya
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage African Urembo beaded necklace choker.
Handmade in Kenya by the maasai tribe.
Urembo means “beauty” and the handmade pattern and unique ...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beads
TWENTY-FOUR POINT DEER HUNTING TROPHY 20th century
Located in Madrid, ES
TWENTY-FOUR POINT DEER HUNTING TROPHY
Chest mount 234 points "CIC Gold Medal" Bulgaria.
Approx. length: 170 cm.
very good condition
Category
20th Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
Two Tribal Bronze Konga Anklet Leg Band
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
An early 20th century antique African tribal leg band (ankle bracelet),
These leg bands were both currency and status symbols for the Mongo tribe of northwest Congo.
They were ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
$1,850 / set
Selection of Authentic Kongo Knives
Located in Leuven , BE
The knives were handmade with heavily decorated Forged Iron blades with embellished wooden handles. They would use brass or leather wrappings and tacks that turned their weapons into...
Category
1930s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$12,446 / set
An Unusually Large 19th Century Topoke Tribe Currency Sword
Located in Hudson, NY
This currency sword, like most African trade currency items, was used as a way to transfer wealth for the purpose of buying land or animals but is most ...
Category
19th Century Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Taxidermy Waterbuck, Skull Mount
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Big Game Taxidermy, Waterbuck.
This prepared big game trophy skull mount is of a Water Buck, it may not be antique but it is very impressive. The taxidermy ...
Category
1940s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone
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
20th Century Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
19th Century Mary
David Livingston Memorial Relic Heart Buried Beneath 1896
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very odd Victorian collection of curiosity, a section of the tree that the Scottish physician, congregationalist and pioneer Christian missionary David Livingston was buried under ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Natural Fiber, Glass
The Ipcress File
Original Vintage Movie Poster, South African, 1965
Located in Devon, GB
An exceedingly rare poster for the South African release of the 1965 British espionage thriller 'The Ipcress File' starring Michael Caine as agent Harry P...
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Linen
MOUFLON 20th Century HUNTING TROPHY
Located in Madrid, ES
MOUFLON 20th Century HUNTING TROPHY
Chest mount 221 points "Gold Medal" Hungary.
Approx. size: 70 cm.
good conditions
Category
20th Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
Modernist Sculptural African Drum, Wire Iron Stand
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early African Drum,, Hand made,,Modernist iron stand,, Functional,,amazing sound as well as beautiful sculpture.
Category
Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Shi People, DRC, Ceremonial Sword
Located in Leuven , BE
The Shi are an ethnic group located in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, (Zaire), mainly located in the South Kivu province. This old sword...
Category
Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Metalized Skull of a Warthog
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Metalized skull of a warthog. The skull is provided with a real metal layer which has been corroded making it a beautiful patina.
The skull is mounted on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone
Angolan Colonial Snuff Tobacco Container, 19th Century
Located in Leuven , BE
A snuff container shaped as a European woman in 19th-century attire, with a unique design—a small black baby figure slides under her skirt.
Category
20th Century Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Engraved
Cape of Good Hope
Colonial Commemorative Glass, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A commemorating glass with an engraving of a farmer ploughing, an East Indiaman and a text reading:
Het Lan’s Wel Varen An De Caap (the country’s prosperity at the Cape of Good Hope...
Category
18th Century Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Beautiful agate African trade beads
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Probably Togo, Africa, probably early 20th century
Trade or slave beads formed an essential element in trade networks between Europe, Africa, Asia, the Pacific and America, from the...
Category
Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate
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
20th Century Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
19th Century Fang People Bronze Torque Neck Collar from Africa
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
19th-century cast bronze Fang People torque neck collar from Gabon. The opening is 3.75 inches, and the piece weighs over three pounds.
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Early African Cuica Drum, Tribal Sculpture, Hand Carved Wood
Located in Buffalo, NY
Drums are among the most important art forms in Africa, used both as a musical instrument and as a work of sculpture significant in many ceremonial functions, including dance, ritual...
Category
20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Vintage Taxidermy, Cape Buffalo.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Big Game Taxidermy, Mounted Cape Buffalo Head.
This large impressive trophy shoulder mount is of an African big game Cape Buffalo, also called African Buffalo. In recent years taxide...
Category
Late 20th Century Sporting Art Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Antler, Animal Skin
Very Large Hand-Drawn View of St Iago Cape Verde, by Frederici, 1783
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Johann Christian Friderici [= Frederici] (Heldburg 1766 - Cape Town 1804)
Prospect van het eyland, en de rheede van St. Iago. Geteekend van Johann Christian Friderici / Verbeelding van de inwoonders op St Iago
(View of the island, and the roadstead of St. Iago. Drawn by Johann Christian Friderci / Depiction of the inhabitants on St Iago)
?Porto Praia, Cape Verde...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Colonial Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
African Fulani Currency Bracelet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Characterized by its open shape capped with geometric ends, this bracelet is but one form of the many types of body adornments favored the Fulani people of West Africa. The thick des...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
20th c. Nautical Hand-Painted Trinket Pottery
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
A hand-painted trinket dish by ceramic pottery artist.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic, Paint
Grassland
s Chief knive embroided with trade beads
Located in Leuven , BE
Grassland 's Chief knive embroided with trade beads
Category
20th Century Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Pair of Antique South African Railway Cast Iron Locomotive Plaques or Badges
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and substantial pair of cast and cold-painted locomotive identification plaques show no foundry marks, but are presumed to have been cast in South Africa in circa 1910. Th...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
African Tribal Weapon in Animal Skin Holder
Located in Miami, FL
African ceremonial sword from the democratic Republic of Congo, circa 1920s. Iron and wood, in a case made of cloth and animal skin.
This status symbol tribal sword...
Category
20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$1,425 Sale Price
25% Off
African Bug Bead Necklace, Old Hand-Cast Metal Beads
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fulani, Nigeria
Hand-cast brass beads on a hand-woven cord
19th century
Measures: 17 in. / 43 cm
8 oz. / 227 g.
Category
19th Century Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
20th Century African Shovel Currency on Stand
Located in High Point, NC
This fascinating piece is an example of shovel currency, formerly used among the peoples of northern Nigeria as a form of monetary exchange. Forged iron would have been traded for go...
Category
Early 1900s Rustic Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$1,596 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Kuba Iron Currency Spear, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
While shield and spear were central to African combat, this iron example was most likely made to serve as a piece of trade currency. Many pre-colonization African currencies were modeled after objects of inherent value, resulting in sculptural combinations of function and beauty.
This large iron spear dates to the early 20th century and is attributed to the Kuba people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Secured to a narrow iron handle, the flattened blade has an elegant, sloping silhouette, subtly textured with concentric grooves and a rusted, antique patina. Forged as a broadleaf spear, the weapon contrasts a violent potential with images of peaceful branches swaying in the wind. We've set this unusual Kuba spear...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Folk Art Eno Antacid Advertising Sign
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This advertising sign was made during the 1960s in the Mid-Century Modern style and likely originates from South Africa. The sign is a combination of a professionally made molded, and silk screened plastic advertisement, which has been crudely mounted to a framed piece of pegboard with Styrofoam board in between. There is also a very light cord, presumably from a battery operated light...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Senufo Locking Currency Bracelet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Time honored texture and form define this Senufo sculptural object. The abstract etchings were achieved through a process known as scarification. The artisan meticulously traced and ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Vintage African Urembo Beaded Necklace Choker Kenya
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
African Urembo Beaded vintage necklace choker by the Maasai Tribe Kenya
Vintage African Urembo beaded necklace choker.
Handmade in Kenya by the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beads
Art of Africa Treasures from the Congo Hardcover Table Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Reference book on the art of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
180 mounted color illustrations + numerous b&w illustrations.
large heavy book, weight: 8 lbs
Art of Africa: Treasures from the Congo
Cornet, Joseph
Published by Phaidon Press, Ltd., London (1971...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
MOUFLON 20th Century HUNTING TROPHY
Located in Madrid, ES
MOUFLON HUNTING TROPHY
Chest mount 207 points "Gold Medal" Hungary.
Approx. size: 67 cm.
good conditions
Category
20th Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
Beaded Ndebele Initiation Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Wood
Beaded Ndebele Initiation Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Wood
Beaded Ndebele Initiation Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Wood
Beaded Ndebele Ceremonial Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Wood
Bamileke People, Cameroon, Forged Knife with Carved Wooden Head
Located in Leuven , BE
Solid forged Bamileke short sword with a finely carved face on the top of the handle. Patina of use
Category
20th Century Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
19th Century Bronze Pipe
Located in Copenhagen, K
Fantastic bronze pipe from the Vienna tobacco museum’s collection, from Belgian Congo.
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
$2,600
Bronze Alloy Staff Finial with Janiform Heads, Tiv People, Nigeria, Kunstkammer
Located in Leuven , BE
Top of a scepter sculptured in bronze alloy finial with two identical faces on both sides. Nice natural use patina. Base included in the price.
Category
Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Kenyan African Turkana Leather and Iron Fighting Shield Regency Hardwood Base
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original handmade Kenyan Turkana leather and iron bound fighting shield which has been expertly mounted to a Gillows quality hardwood a...
Category
1880s Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Post World War II South African Hebrew Inscribed Metal School Supply Box
Located in New York, NY
Metal school supply box sent by the South Africa Jewish Wars Appeal to the Wels displaced persons (DP) camp in Austria, 1947.
Painted blue and white with th...
Category
1940s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
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