This carved fighting shield is decorated with bands of white ochre for ceremonial use, and is made from bush hardwood. The linear carving to the front is similar to the carving of the wunda shield, an

 

Mentawei Net floater (extremely rare) Size: 68 cm // 27 inches Made of wood Mail: within Europe 20.-//outside Europe: $30.- MAY I invite you to check my other listings: see store of NEW-GUINEA-ART ___

 

PIPE: FACE-EFFIGY, CONTACT-PERIOD, Webster Parish, Northern Louisiana, 19th Century Length: 3” Width: 2” Depth: 1 ½” Weight: 2.6 oz In the late 1800s, just outside of the city of Springhill in

 

I will be listing several Vintage African Artifacts over the next few days. Check out my other items! These are from an estate collection of a couple employeed by the state department. Travels took th

 

Nail and mirror fetishes are a unique and important phenomenon of Kongo sculpture. In the Kongo, all these fetishes are called nkisi. Nkisi means “medicine”. Historically, there were two types of

 

Antique Vintage African Tribal Folk Primitive Art Leather Covered Bottle Flaskfound in clearancehave no idea of historycondition as photos

 

Cherokee tribes have been resourceful with their surroundings using the earth to make special weapons and tools. According to the Cherokee Nation, one of the favorite materials of the Cherokee Indians

 

This is a wonderful Estate find! Vintage Hide, wood, and sinew Navajo Large Hand made Drum. I was told this was from a Navajo reservation years ago. Great sound! Approx. 18" tall x 11" dia. GREAT cond

 

A superb example of a Teko Teko; which is a carved representation of a maori warrior (and sometimes wrongly referred to as a tiki). He is in immaculate condition; with no splits or chips to either the

 

Here we have a hand carved walking stick. Originally purchased on a safari holiday in Africa in the early 1960's. It features a full body elephant on the top and under it are two elephant heads in pro