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Place of Origin: Sub-Saharan African
Mid-20th Century Dance Skirt Panel, Kuba, D.R.Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th Century Dance Skirt Panel, Kuba, D.R.Congo
A wonderful, almost op-art Kuba dance skirt panel with an appliqued design of four squared spirals. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Natural Fiber
Pair of Wall Panels, Antelopes, Michele Original
Space Age Products, Rhodesia
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Pair of Wall Panels – Antelopes – Michele Original for Space Age Products, Rhodesia, 1970s
Striking and rare, this vintage pair of wall panels powerfully and elegantly captures the ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Copper
Mounted Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare mid-20th century Dida hand-plated Shibori tie-dyed raffia ceremonial kerchief mounted on a linen stretched board that floats off the wall in the shape of the k...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Raffia
Tongue-in-Cheek Mounted Kuba Cloth Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
A provocative late 20th century Kuba cloth panel with a bold zigzag and diamond pattern woven in black and natural cut pile raffia surrounding a tongu...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Raffia
2006 Landscape by Philip Erskine (South African 1933- )
Located in Dallas, TX
oil on canvas landscape by Philip Erskine (South African 1933- ) Philip Erskine is a South African Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1933, South Africa, 2006
signed and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
20th Century Bark Cloth Painting, Mbuti
Efe
People, D.R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th Century bark cloth painting, Mbuti (Efe) people, Ituri Forest, D. R. Congo
A painted barkcloth from the Efe people in the Ituri forest of no...
Category
1970s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Natural Fiber
Baule Painted Ram Mask
Located in Chicago, IL
The Baule people of the Ivory Coast used ram masks in secular, public performances. Realistically carved, and wonderfully decorated, they were designed to draw attention and enhance ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
African Futurist Gold Mask Created by Bomber Bax
Located in Milano, IT
Single African mask created by artist Bomber Bax.
The mask dates back to the early 1900s and was subsequently processed and painted in late 2022 by the artist.
The artist used spec...
Category
Early 1900s Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
$2,399 Sale Price
20% Off
Museum Quality West African Indigo Textile
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Museum quality West African indigo textile. From Dahomey (Benin), circa 1925.
The same piece is in the permanent collection of Musée de l'Homme in Paris.
There has been a lot ...
Category
1920s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
Large African Painting by Ngasagras
Located in Antwerp, BE
Fantastic painting of an African market by Ngasagras who was a member of the Poto-Poto school in Brazzaville,Congo.This wonderful piece depicts a Market...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Contemporary artwork Showcase By John Murray
Located in Paddington, NSW
John Murray is a South African painter living and working in Cape Town South Africa. Finding significance in the contrasting states between the tangible and the imperceptible, playfu...
Category
2010s Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
1972 Pablo Picasso - Musee Dynamique - Dakar Original Vintage Poster
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Winchester, GB
Featuring a typical cubist sketch from the same year "The Clown and the Harlequin", this stunning and rare poster was created in 1972 for a Pablo Picasso exhibition...
Category
1970s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
F. Njiraini,
Anger I Go
, Oil Painting on Canvas, Kenya, circa 1970
s
Located in Chatham, ON
F. NJIRAINI - 'Anger I Go' - mid-century Expressionist oil painting on canvas - signed lower left - titled verso - framed - Kenya - circa 1970's.
Excellent vintage condition - no ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Large FRamed Ghanaian Fante Flag
Located in Kent, Dover
A large Ghanaian hand stitched Fante Asafo flag, in a dark walnut frame. Depicting the Union Jack, a central lion, surrounded by four clubs.
Category
1940s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton, Beech
Hammered Copper Wall Relief of African Pots, Congo 1960s, in the Style of Baruti
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant hammered copper wall panel from Congo, depicting a rhythmic arrangement of traditional African pots. Executed circa 1960–1970 in the spirit of the L...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Copper
Alexandre Jacovleff (1887–1938), Portrait of a Young African Man, 1925
Located in Paris, FR
Alexandre Jacovleff (1887–1938), born in Saint Petersburg and later naturalized as French, was a prominent Russian painter. The son of a naval officer, he studied at the Imperial Aca...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Original Vintage Rail Travel Poster Johannesburg The Metropolis Of South Africa
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Johannesburg the Metropolis of South Africa featuring a stunning Art Deco design depicting the stylised silhouette of a couple looking out at the v...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Woman and Her Cat" Mixed Media Artwork by Rupert Picott
By Rupert Picott
Located in Pasadena, CA
The work is a lively portrayal of an African nude woman in her bedroom. Under the bed, a discontent cat harbors grudges against its owner robbing its yellow cushion. The painting is ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
$481 Sale Price
59% Off
Large Blue Wildebeest Antelope Carpet / Rug from Kenya, British Colonial Era
Located in New York, NY
A noble and elegant African blue wildebeest rug or carpet from the British Colonial era in Kenya. Blue Wildebeest are known beautiful and subtle color r...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Colonial Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Animal Skin, Felt
Kuba Dye-Resist Tcaka Textile
Located in Chicago, IL
Visually dynamic and highly textured, this raffia textile expresses the irregular, geometric patterns typical of Kuba textile art. Created by an artisan of the Kuba people of the Dem...
Category
20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Raffia
African Futurist Black Tribal Mask by Bomber Bax
Located in Milano, IT
Contemporary African single mask created by the artist Bomber Bax.
The mask dates back to the early 1900s and was subsequently processed and painted in late 2022 by the artist.
The...
Category
Early 1900s Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
$2,399 Sale Price
20% Off
2023_08 By Louise Gelderblom
By Louise Gelderblom
Located in Paddington, NSW
Louise Gelderblom is a South African ceramic artist known for her distinctive, large-scale hand-built vessels and sculptural forms. Based in Cape Town, she combines traditional craft...
Category
2010s Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
"The Dancer Salute" Expressionist Gouache by Austino Obi Okafor
Located in Pasadena, CA
Stunning gouache painting of a dancer-like figure by the artist Austino Obi Okafor. "The dancer salute" gives the artwork a full expressive dimension with their long span stretching ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 20th Century Hand Carved African Fertility Mask, Akan People
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very decorative fertility mask by the Baule tribe, associated with the Akan people who live both in Ghana and in the Ivory Coast. The sides with three...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Vintage Masana Story Tapestry Hand Made Signed and Numbered Lebowa South Africa
Located in Bochum, NRW
Vintage Masana Story tapestry, a handmade, signed, and numbered piece from Lebowa, South Africa.
Measuring 90 x 128 cm, this tapestry is a stunning example of African folk art and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
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
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Raffia
Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare mid-20th century Dida hand-plated Shibori tie-dyed raffia ceremonial kerchief mounted on a linen stretched board. This kerchief was not woven on a loom, but ra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Raffia
John Roland Brown, Panorama of Cape Town From Signal Hill, Circa 1910
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A monumental early 20th century landscape by South African artist John Roland Brown (1850–1923), depicting a panoramic view of Cape Town from Signal Hill. Executed with meticulous de...
Category
1910s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper, Linen
Bidjogo Tribal Initiation Ox Mask, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
After oxen were introduced to Guinea Bissau by Portuguese sailors in the 15th century, its strength, aggression, and nobility quickly became integrated i...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Hide, Wood
A Pair of Taxidermy African Grey Parrots Mounted
Located in Dallas, TX
A striking pair of taxidermy African grey parrots, beautifully preserved and mounted on a single wood base. The pair is presented in excellent condition, showcasing the species’ natu...
Category
1980s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Feathers
Copper Panel Artwork by Pemba
By Pemba
Located in Antwerp, BE
African copper panel artwork by Pemba. Congo.
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal, Copper
19th Century Original Photograph of Camps Bay, South Africa
Located in New York, NY
A rare original albumen print of Camps Bay, South Africa.
Category
19th Century Antique Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Large Scale N’dop Display Cloth Panel
Located in London, GB
A very large scale N’dop display cloth panel made of strips of indigo dyed mixed fibre cloth tie dyed with typical designs. With the original red and green...
Category
1950s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Fabric
Nigerian Striped Cloth
Located in London, GB
A very unusual cloth woven in shades of blue with coral and ivory stripes.
This type of cloth is woven to celebrate the coming of age of girls in the village.
Conservation mounted on...
Category
1930s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
$4,387 Sale Price
20% Off
A mounted rare mid twentieth century ewe cloth
Located in London, GB
A mounted special woman’s ewe cloth from south east Ghana with floating motifs, each with a proverbial meaning over strips of blue and green alternated with warp faced blocks of yell...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
Arthur English, Hand Colored Photograph, Signed, South Africa, circa 1950
s
Located in Chatham, ON
Arthur English - Mid Century original hand colored landscape photograph - dry mounted to paper board - unframed - signed lower/right by the photographer/artist - South Africa - circa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint, Paper
Roy Carruthers - The Smoker - Oil on Canvas - Painting - 1977
By Roy Carruthers
Located in North Miami, FL
This commanding large-scale oil on canvas by South African artist Roy Carruthers is a powerful testament to his artistic voice and expressive mastery. Titled Smoker (1977), the paint...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Noblewoman
s Ceremonial Overskirt, Kuba People
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Noblewoman’s Ceremonial Overskirt
Shoowa People, DR Congo
Mid 20th century
Raffia, palm fiber, stem stitch and cut pile embroidery
42.5 x 2 ins. (108 x 51 cm)
An unusual overskirt ...
Category
1950s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Raffia
Mid-Century Modern African Tapestry
By Marguerite Stephens, Betty Cilliers-Barnard
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century tapestry designed by Betty Cilliers-Barnard (1914-2010) and handwoven by Marquerite Stephens in Johannesburg, South Africa. Entitled "African Multiplication" and woven i...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Tapestry
Noblewoman
s Ceremonial Overskirt, Kuba People
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Noblewoman’s Ceremonial Overskirt
Shoowa People, DR Congo
First half 20th century
Raffia, palm fiber, stem stitch and cut pile embroidery
49 x 23 ins. (124.5 x 58.5 cm)
The eroded ...
Category
Early 1900s Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Raffia
$3,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Kirdi Leather Shield on Custom Wall Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderfully sculptural Kirdi leather shield from Cameroon, with a beautiful geometric pattern that's been 'stamped' into the leather resulting a raise...
Category
20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Leather
Yoruba Beaded Sash, c. 1950
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately-constructed colorful train was painstakingly created by Yoruba artisans in Nigeria in the mid-20th century. Recent designs such as this were based upon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Fabric, Beads
Early to Mid-20th Century Beaded Cache-Sexe, Kirdi People, Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early to Mid-20th Century Beaded Cache-Sexe, Kirdi People, Cameroon
An unusual cache-sexe from the Kirdi tribe of Cameroon made of colorful glass trade beads, fiber string, and cowr...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Natural Fiber, Beads
Early 20th Century Woven Ceremonial Royal Fan, Chokwe People, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Woven Ceremonial Royal Fan, Chokwe People, D. R. Congo
A rare and finely woven fan attributed to the Chokwe ethnic group of Angola, southwestern D. R. Congo and n...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Natural Fiber
Naive Ethiopian Genre Painting, 1970s
Located in Budapest, Budapest
Naive Ethiopian Genre painting, 1970s
oil on canvas
with Ge'ez language inscriptions.
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
$3,839 Sale Price
20% Off
Omar Diop,
Juan de Pareja
Photograph, 2014
By Omar Diop
Located in London, England
Photograph from the 'Diaspora' series
Limited edition no. 7/8 (edition of 8 + 2 AP)
Signed, titled and numbered
With certificate of authenticity
Image 120 x 80 cm
Framed 128 x 88.5 cm
Note: Omar Victor Diop...
Category
2010s Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Wandala Shield from Chad
Located in Stamford, CT
Wandalà shield, from Cameroon/Chad. Made with cowhide and natural pigments.
For a similar example see- Benitez-Johannot, Purissima and Jean Paul Barbier, Shields: Africa, Southea...
Category
20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Cowhide
$3,600
Adire Eleko Yoruba Textile
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Adire Eleko Woman's Wrapper
Yoruba People
Nigeria
Circa 1960s-1970s
Cotton) (2 panels), starch-resist and stencil dyed with indigo
74 x 67 3/4 ins (188 x 172 cm)
"IRANA RDLEN " w...
Category
1960s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
Vintage South African Wall Plaque in Embossed Copper, Signed Muko 82
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Hand-crafted embossed copper wall plaque depicting a tribe/traditional South African woman. Signed Muko and dated or numbered 82. Mounted on a wooden back-plate with nails.
Measure...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Copper
Moses Unokwah (Nigeria) “Mai Molo” Metal Relief 1993
Located in Savannah, GA
Moses Unokwah
(Nigeria, b.1964)
Mai Molo, 1993
foil relief
edition 9/45
signed lower right
sight: 7½ by 31 inches
frame: 10½ by 34 inches
This sculpted foil relief from Nigeri...
Category
1990s Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
At Manteto Ceramic Wall Mask
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ceramic mask, Baku Ghana.
Signed:AT Manteto,Baku 1974.
Measures: Height 32 cm.
Width 17 cm.
Depth 8 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Highly Decorative Wood African Mask
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Highly Decorative Wood African Mask
Category
20th Century Dutch Colonial Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
$335 Sale Price
20% Off
Beautiful Hammered Copper Bas-relief of an African Woman
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful Hammered Copper Bas-relief of an African Woman
This 1981 masterpiece, signed by renowned artist M. Wangala from Congo, is a unique addition to any art collection. It is a ...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Copper
Antique Tetela Textile, DR Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Congolese Textile
Tetela
DR Congo
19th century
Measures: 68 x 41 inches (172 x 104 cm)
Provenance: Ambre-Congo gallery, Brussels
$5,000.
A very rare ...
Category
1880s Tribal Antique Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Natural Fiber
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
Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Natural Fiber
African Yoruba Diviner
s Red Beaded Panel Sash 1950
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
African Yoruba Diviner's Red Beaded Wall Hanging Panel Sash 1950.
This extraordinary beaded wall hanging is a stunning example of Yoruba craftsmanshi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Textile, Beads
Museum Quality West African Indigo Textile
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Museum Quality West African Indigo Textile. From Dahomey (Benin), Circa 1925.
The same piece is in the permanent collection of Musée de l'Homme in Paris.
There has been a lot ...
Category
1920s Tribal Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
African Ethiopian Tribal Folk Art Painting 20th Century Battle Scene on Canvas
Located in Milano, MI
African Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This tribal folk art painting depicts a battle scene and the canvas is mounted on a parallelogram-shaped frame.
It is a large battle painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Mid-Century Modern “And Together We Rise” Abstract Serigraph Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Designer: Muraina Oyelami
Manufacturer: Muraina Oyelami
Materials: Serigraph
Vibrant and emotionally evocative, this original serigraph title...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sub-Saharan African Wall Decorations
Materials
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