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82 objects

African Woman Sculpture

Wengé wood sculpture of a bust of an African woman .Signed underneath by Benoit Konongo ( 1919-2008)

Period: 20th century

600 €

Stone Nomoli Sierra Leone Sculpture Circa 1700

Crouching  figures form this Nomoli Sierra Leone stone sculpture circa 1700. The hole at its summit was for offerings.

Period: 18th century

350 €

Colonial Furniture Item - Nigeria ? Circa 1920-40

This water carrier appears to be a piece of furniture. Made for the European market, Central Africa, 1920s-40s. Hardwood, dark patina. Mounted on a brass disc. Crack in the wooden base. 5 kg of wear. [...]

Period: 20th century

250 €
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Peruvian Silver-plated Bronze Artifact

Peruvian Artifact in Silver-Plated BronzeVery beautiful piece in silver-plated bronzeLate 19th centuryFree and insured shipping in mainland France

Period: 19th century

250 €

Bamiléké (cameroon) - Large Helmet Mask - H 45 Cm

Bamiléké (Cameroon) Large Helmet Mask - stylized face with wide mouth and expressive eyes H 45 cm with base

Period: 20th century

210 €

Cedar Wood Sculpture Vase

Exceptional cedar wood ball vase made from a very decorative piece monogrammed under the base Height: 25 cm Diameter: 24 cm

Period: 20th century

500 €

Archaic Period, Mano And Metate

Archaic period, Mano and Metate, circa 8000 BC, Central America. Millstones used for grinding nuts and spices, a magnificent artifact of primitive man.

Period: Before 16th century

185 €

Archaic Period Mano And Metate

Archaic period, Mano and Metate, circa 8000 BC, Central America. Millstones used for grinding nuts and spices, a magnificent artifact of primitive man.

Period: Before 16th century

185 €

Sculpted Stone African Head

Old stone sculpture of an African head. Made of concrete in the 1960' s and with nicely weathered traces of time and age.

Period: 21st century

1 240 €

Budai In Pink Rock Crystal. China, Qing Period.

The jovial deity, carved in a block of rose quartz, is represented standing, holding his big bag in one hand, a laughing child comes out of it. Budai is the symbol of joy but also of abundance, he is [...]

Period: 19th century

700 €

African Sculpture

We present this rare and superb African ebony sculpture, representing a large number of figures and characters. Superb patina. Weight 4.5 kg (E25) Ref: YA1a

Period: 20th century

380 €

Ivory. Sperm Whale Tooth. Ideal For Scrimshaw. 19th Century

Sperm whale tooth in ivory, ideal for a scrimshawer because already polished. Beautiful patina. 19th century. Height: 13.5cm

Period: 19th century

340 €
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Punu (gabon) - Blackened Mask - 30 Cm

Punu (Gabon) Blackened wooden woman's mask Height 30 cm with base

Period: 20th century

360 €

Venavi Ewe Statue

Statuette of the Ewe cultural group (Togo), commonly called Venavi and used in the context of the cult of twins like the Ibeji among the Yoruba of Nigeria. This female statuette has her hairstyle pain[...]

Period: 20th century

190 €

Tabua From The Fiji Islands, 19th Century. Sperm Whale Tooth Scrimshaw.

Rare tabua or tambua, pierced at both ends to pass a braided coconut fiber cord, and worn as a pendant by Maori chiefs as a sign of distinction. Fiji Islands, Tonga 19th century. This one measures 14.[...]

Period: 19th century

1 330 €

Statue Sénoufo

Senufo statue, from Ivory Coast, with cut-off feet, originally intended as a ritual altar figure. It features the characteristic rooster-crested headdress and a series of identity scarifications. The [...]

Period: 20th century

1 600 €

Anthropomorphic Terracotta Statuette From Mexico - Pre-columbian Art 14th-15th Centuries

Anthropomorphic terracotta statuette, from the pre-Columbian period (1), in perfect condition. Representation of a character in "clothing", a mask seems to cover his face, his legs are punctuated. Re[...]

Period: Before 16th century

200 €

Scrimshaw. Rare Tabua, Sperm Whale Tooth From Fiji. 19th Century.

Scrimshaw, Tabua, pierced at both ends to pass a braided coconut fiber cord, and worn as a pendant by Maori chiefs as a sign of distinction. Fiji Islands, Tonga 19th century. This one measures 16.5cm.[...]

Period: 19th century

850 €

Scrimshaw. Oosik, Carved Walrus Baculum. Penile Bone. Club. Alaska. Inuit. Curiosa.

Walrus baculum or penis bone used as a club by Inuit hunters. Head of the bone ending with a portion of sperm whale ivory tooth. Probably from Alaska. Length: 55cm. End of the 19th century, beginning [...]

Period: 19th century

620 €
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Beautiful Life Size Solid Translucent White Crystal Skull

Beautiful Life-Size Skull In Solid, Translucent White Crystal Circa 1970. Superb skull in white crystal, a work inspired by medical skulls and vanities executed around 1970. It is magnificent in pre[...]

Period: 20th century

2 650 €
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Warrior Head Tumaco Ecuador 500 Bc To 500 Ad Pre-columbian Art

Head of a warrior wearing a helmet decorated with a diadem in the shape of an arc, testifying to his rank and role within the clan. The face, marked by an ape-like expression, is accentuated by a nasa[...]

Period: Before 16th century

159 €

Akan Ghana Gold Powder Weighing Weights 19th Century

Old weight for weighing gold powder, it represents a scorpion, a theme often illustrated by figurines. Representation of the God Nyamé, it is also the symbol of death according to the proverb "The sco[...]

Period: 19th century

170 €

Akan Ghana Gold Powder Weighing Weights 19th Century

Antique gold powder weighing weight featuring a two-headed crocodile. Beautifully decorated on the body of the crocodile, expertly sculpted. "The crocodile is a very important theme in representations[...]

Period: 19th century

200 €

Scrimshaws, Four Sperm Whale Teeth. 19th Century

Four sperm whale teeth including three scrimshaws representing a woman with the inscription "EXCELSIOR", a penguin and a richly dressed standing man. Probably United States, Nantucket, 19th century. H[...]

Period: 19th century

1 550 €
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African Lintel - (tuareg)

Towering at over two metres in height, this exquisite piece is sure to make a statement in your space. Lintel sculptures are traditionally works of art carved into flat pieces of wood or stone, dating[...]

Period: 20th century

1 120 €

African - Figural Post Carving

This carved African figural post is an incredibly unique and truly special piece. Many of the intertwined figures depicted in this piece are holding axes and tools - perhaps a reference to the highly [...]

Period: 20th century

260 €

Africanizing Ceramic Sculpture. French Work. Circa 1970

Africanizing ceramic sculpture. French work. Circa 1970 Click Here to see this piece directly on Our Webite

Period: 20th century

980 €

Black Stone Carved Maternity Statuette. China Qing Period.

The mother lying on a cushion plays with her child, her legs crossed and her mutilated foot, her "lotus bud" ostentatiously stretched out. The attitude is provocative and cheerful. The 2 characters ar[...]

Period: 19th century

800 €

Bamileké Fish Sculpture

Bamileké Fish Sculpture Very beautiful piece, ideal in any type of decor Work at the beginning of the 20th century Free and insured shipping in mainland France

Period: 20th century

300 €

Benin Bronze Leopard Statue

Benin Bronze Leopard Statue Very beautiful piece from the early 20th century Very beautiful patina and carvings Some wear and small losses (lost wax casting) Free and insured shipping in mainland Fran[...]

Period: 20th century

300 €

Oba Warrior, Benin Bronze

Ancient sculpture with superb patina. Height 56.5 cm. Removable base 10 x 20 cm. Notre site et ses multiples offres : www.lecentrevilleantiquites.com/ D'autres objets d’Asie : www.lecentrevilleantiq[...]

Period: 19th century

780 €

Hampatong Dayak Fertility Bronze

Ancient Indonesian bronze fertility statuette, of the "hampatong" type (hampatongs are generally ancestor figures, protecting the community from evil spirits). It is decorated on both sides with a li[...]

Period: 20th century

450 €

Sunda Islands - Stone Rider

Sunda Islands, Atoni ethnic group Rider on his eroded stone mount 19th century Length 44 cm Missing and restorations With Base

Period: 19th century

900 €

Akan Baoulé-ashanti Togo/ghana/ivory Coast Early Arts Buffalo Head Bronze Lost Wax 20th

AFRICAN ARTS-EARLY ARTS-TRIBAL ART SCULPTURE AKAN CULTURE ASHANTI-BAOULÉ PEOPLES EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRONZE BUFFALO HEAD TOGO/GHANA/IVORY COAST Lost wax bronze pendant/sculpture, depicting a buffalo he[...]

Period: 20th century

200 €

Proto Dogon Mali Pendant - Primitive Art

Pendant in low relief, flattened. The character's face is Djénné. The rings at the base were to allow ornaments to be added. Its position: Bust in front and legs in profile seems close to the art of a[...]

Period: 18th century

320 €

19th Century Bronze Statuette Of Cupid On Onyx Base

This statuette is decorated with Cupid whose eyes are hidden by a scarf. This Cupid has a chocolate patina, from the 19th century, beautifully made. It is in good state of conservation, note chips on [...]

Period: 19th century

100 €

Ben Apollo, Maasai Woman, Statuette, Patinated Terracotta, 20th Century.

Ben Apollo, Patinated terracotta statuette, Maasai Woman, Signed and titled on the back of the statue. In good condition, tiny little chips of use, 20th century work. Weight: 788 gr. Dimensions: Heigh[...]

Period: 20th century

250 €
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African Fish In Bronze

African Fish In Bronze Very beautiful chiseled piece, quadripod base Free delivery to mainland France

Period: 20th century

298 €

Set Of 5 Cloisonné Enamels From China Circa 1960 Tbétat

I offer you this very decorative set, of good quality, inviting you to search for the sacred pearl.

Period: 20th century

70 €

Africa - Atelier Bingerville - Ivory Coast - Carved Wooden Wall Panel -

Ornamental and wall-mounted solid wood painting, from the BINGERVILLE Workshop in Ivory Coast, representing a charging elephant, signed on the back FABELY 80 and SENEGAL 82

Period: 20th century

360 €

Scrimshaw In Marine Ivory. Sperm Whale Tooth. New Bedford. 19th Century

Sperm whale tooth (Physeter macrocephalus/catodon) engraved in scrimshaw of a sailor holding a saber and brandishing a flag, his foot on an anchor. Caption: Brig Union. 1867. Cut stump with old screw [...]

Period: 19th century

820 €
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Bronze Figurine – India

Bronze figurine – India REGION: India MATERIAL: bronze PERIOD: early 20th century DIMENSION: 16 x 9 x 5 cm (Base)

Period: 20th century

450 €

Sculpture Early Arts Art Brut Royal Three-headed Figure In Patinated Wood Sumer Babylon 20th

BRUT ART EARLY ARTS POPULAR ART SCULPTURE THREE-HEADED FIGURE PATINATED CARVED WOOD 20TH CENTURY Large and slender three-headed royal figure in carved, blackened and patinated wood whose aesthetic is [...]

Period: 20th century

430 €

Dayak Warrior Borneo Kalimantan Indonesia 19th Century

Protective figure presenting a warrior standing with his hands symbolically placed on the top of his penis. His face with the expression marked by the wide open mouth symbolizing a sign of challenge o[...]

Period: 19th century

670 €

First Art 19th Oceania 13th Calvary Station Monoxyl

Monoxyl sculpture from the end of the 19th century or even the beginning of the 20th century, most certainly the thirteenth station of an ordeal in the Oceanian style. A “clumsy” illegible inscription[...]

Period: 19th century

480 €

"the Fisherman ". Sculpture By Charles Combes.

Panel carved in direct size and high relief. Signed lower left Combes. Exotic wood. Information on the artist see "African head" ID 115 4337.

Period: 20th century

1 800 €

Polychrome & Gilded Wden Carved Pieta, 17 / 18th Cty Colonial Statue

Haute époque/ colonial folk art 17th or 18th cty Small wooden carved, polychrome and gilded statue depicting a pieta: the body of Christ fall down on Virgin Mary knees. Folk art style correspondi[...]

Period: 18th century

320 €

Pair Wooden Elements India Late 19th

Pair of wooden elements probably Hindu temple. From the collection of an important Brussels decorator, they are very decorative. Normally I do not buy this type of object. It is so rare to find and ve[...]

Period: 19th century

4 200 €

Mexico, 1960s/1970s, Large Statue Of An Aztec God In Polychrome Terracotta.

Mexico, 1960s/1970s, superb and large polychrome terracotta statue depicting an Aztec god. He is seated and holds in his right hand a removable scepter whose end is a flower. Creation of very good qu[...]

Period: 20th century

250 €
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Alaska Inuit Art - Statuette, Period, Circa 100-300 Ad

An ancient figurine of the Inuit, Alaska, circa 100-300 AD original patina Height 6 cm

Period: Before 16th century

450 €
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Guatemala. Mask Of The Baile De La Conquista. Mid 20th Century. Carved And Painted Wood.

Guatemala.   Mask of the Baile de la Conquista.   Mid 20th century.  Carved and painted wood.  Wearing the masche you will feel a light scent of exotic wood. The Dance of Conquest is a public ritua[...]

Period: 20th century

200 €
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Alaska Inuit Art - Zoomorphic Statuette - Probably A Polar Bear

Alaska. Zoomorphic statuette. Bone. Sold with its base. Dimensions: Height: 2.5 cm. Width: 2cm. Depth: 4.8cm. Base height: 4.2 cm. Base: 1.5 x 4.5 x 7 cm.

Period: 18th century

600 €

Kingdom Of Ifé (nigeria) - 3 Leopards - 38 Cm

Nigeria - Kingdom of Ifé Bini Edo 3 royal leopards in bronze alloy with brown patina, speckled coat, H 38 cm

Period: 20th century

4 800 €

Carved Ox Horn Peacock

Sculpture from the 1920s Representing a peacock, it was made by a Pyrenean sculptor, in the south of France, from ox horns. The work of carving and folding is remarkable. The final work is very pretty[...]

Period: 20th century

150 €
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Crocodile Sculptures - African Bronze - Bobo - Burkina Faso.

The crocodile is a sacred animal. It is supposed to house the souls of ancestors. It is also associated with the water cycle: Indeed it reappears from its lair after having spent long months in hibern[...]

Period: 20th century

300 €
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Attié Or Ebrié Culture, Ivory Coast, First Half Of The 20th Century - Fisherman Fetish

Attié or Ebrié culture, Ivory Coast. First half of the 20th century. Fisherman's fetish. Wooden statuette with a beautiful patina. Crack on the back. Measurements: Height: 25cm. Width: 7.5cm.[...]

Period: 20th century

1 200 €

Sculpture en pierre blanche "Allégorie de la famille", XXe

Sculpture Allégorie de la famille Pierre blanche XXe Belle sculpture en pierre blanche "Allégorie de la famille".  

Period: 20th century

350 €

Africa - Nigeria C1950 - Idoma Head Naturalist

Africa - Nigeria, c.1950.  Naturalist Idoma head, perhaps from a statue of fertility.  Remains of polychromy with use of kaolin, especially on the eyes.  Open mouth, detailed dentition. Terra cott[...]

Period: 20th century

1 600 €

Hemba People, Rep. Dem. From Congo, First Half Of The 20th Century, Female Character Sculpture

Hemba people, Democratic Republic of Congo, first half of the 20th century, superb wooden sculpture depicting a hieratic female character represented standing on a circular base. The body is treated i[...]

Period: 20th century

850 €
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Fetish Statuette - Sepik

Old little standing female fetish with a peaceful face. Beautiful stylization of the character and detailed female attributes: the breasts are pointed and the sex is particularly apparent below the na[...]

Period: 19th century

1 400 €

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