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Material: Clay
Monumental Amazonian Shipibo-Conibo Anthropomorphic Pottery Vessel
Monumental Amazonian Shipibo-Conibo Anthropomorphic Pottery Vessel

Monumental Amazonian Shipibo-Conibo Anthropomorphic Pottery Vessel

Located in Miami, FL

Monumental Amazonian Shipibo-Conibo Anthropomorphic Pottery Vessel with Kené Patterning, Peru A rare and visually commanding 20th century pottery vessel from the Shipibo-Conibo cult...

Category

Mid-20th Century Peruvian Tribal Clay Tribal Art

Materials

Pottery, Clay, Earthenware

Pre Columbian Calima vessel Columbia ancient South America
Pre Columbian Calima vessel Columbia ancient South America

Pre Columbian Calima vessel Columbia ancient South America

Located in London, GB

Pre Columbian  Calima vessel Columbia ancient South America  A Calima vessel featuring double spouted stirrup vessel with incised design in red clay   Calima circa 200 BC- 400 AD Col...

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15th Century and Earlier Colombian Antique Clay Tribal Art

Materials

Clay

Signed Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo Hopi-Tewa Polychrome Ceramic Jar, c. Late 20th
Signed Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo Hopi-Tewa Polychrome Ceramic Jar, c. Late 20th

Signed Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo Hopi-Tewa Polychrome Ceramic Jar, c. Late 20th

Located in Denver, CO

This exquisite Pueblo ceramic jar (olla) by renowned Hopi-Tewa potter Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo is a masterful example of traditional Southwestern pottery. Handcrafted and signed by...

Category

20th Century American Native American Clay Tribal Art

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

20th Century Shipibo Pot
20th Century Shipibo Pot

20th Century Shipibo Pot

Located in Chicago, IL

A striking 20th century Amazonian Shipibo pot hand-built from clay, decorated with wide red and orange lines, and glazed with the sap of a tree. Members of...

Category

20th Century Brazilian Tribal Clay Tribal Art

Materials

Clay

Beninese Bronze and Rope Bust
Beninese Bronze and Rope Bust

Beninese Bronze and Rope Bust

Located in Miami, FL

Created in Benin some time during the late 19th Century, and acquired at the Albert F. Gordon Tribal Arts Gallery in New York in the early 1970s, this is a bronze cast bust embellish...

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Late 19th Century Beninese Tribal Antique Clay Tribal Art

Materials

Bronze

Tribal Style Clay Bust Sculpture
Tribal Style Clay Bust Sculpture

Tribal Style Clay Bust Sculpture

Located in Houston, TX

Tribal style clay bust sculpture. Unusual tribal style / African style artist clay bust from the 20th century. This unique colorful artist sculpture depicts a tribal figure.

Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Tribal Clay Tribal Art

Materials

Clay

Blanco Nobilis Spina Garland by George Lamiè, Hand-Carved Tribal Art
Blanco Nobilis Spina Garland by George Lamiè, Hand-Carved Tribal Art

Blanco Nobilis Spina Garland by George Lamiè, Hand-Carved Tribal Art

By George Lamiè

Located in Atlanta, GA

Inspired by the tribal bone garlands worn by the Vajrayana Buddhists of Tibet, this garland is a striking statement in sculptural minimalism, this hand-formed clay garland drapes ele...

Category

2010s American Tribal Clay Tribal Art

Materials

Clay

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The Borana Oromo people of southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya are historically a cattle-keeping culture, and each household keeps a number of traditional vessels for storing and ch...

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Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Clay Tribal Art

Materials

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Located in Point Richmond, CA

mid-20th century Tami Islands Papua new guinea wooden feast bowl Of classic form, each end carved with raised and incised imagery depicting stylized sea cr...

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Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Clay Tribal Art

Materials

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Interesting pre-Columbian terracotta frog transformed into a piggy bank
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Interesting pre-Columbian terracotta frog transformed into a piggy bank

Located in Leuven , BE

Interesting pre-Columbian terracotta frog that appears to have undergone a curious transformation into a piggy bank at some point in its history. Elega...

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Materials

Terracotta

Ancient Cedar Wood Sweet Refined Egyptian Mummy Mask
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Located in Point Richmond, CA

Elegant ancient cedar wood sweet Egyptian mummy mask, 8 3/4 Inches high. Soft weathered surface and great expression. Areas of chips erosion and little bits...

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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Tribal Antique Clay Tribal Art

Materials

Organic Material, Wood

Peru Pre Inca 100-700 Ad Moche Pre Columbian Personified Vessel in Earthenware
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Located in Miami, FL

Rare pre Hispanic Moche culture, pre-Inca earthenware vessel. A beautiful interesting piece, created in the southern Peru region around the 100-700 AD by the Moche culture. This rare early period...

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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Clay Tribal Art

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Earthenware, Pottery

Native American Indian Large Shipibo-Conibo Peruvian Amazon Pottery Jar Vase
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Native American Indian Large Shipibo-Conibo Peruvian Amazon Pottery Jar Vase

Located in Studio City, CA

A wonderful geometric patterned and designed hand painted and glazed Native American large earthenware jar/vase/pot made by the Shipibo-Conibo people, an indigenous people along the ...

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Mid-20th Century Peruvian Folk Art Clay Tribal Art

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery, Paint

Native American Vintage Mata Ortiz Fine Geometric design pottery pot
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Native American Vintage Mata Ortiz Fine Geometric design pottery pot

Located in London, GB

Native American Nice vintage Mata Ortiz pottery pot with superbly executed super fine geometric designs. Stunning piece, unsigned Circa 1970. H 18 W 16 cm 7 x 6 inch approx.

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1970s American Vintage Clay Tribal Art

Materials

Ceramic

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Located in Studio City, CA

A beautifully designed, large, hand-crafted Hopi-Tewa Pueblo/Hopi First Mesa pottery bowl by famed Native American potter/artist Elva Nampeyo (1926–1985) (also known as Elva Tewaguna...

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Materials

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Ancient Cedar Wood Sweet Refined Large Egyptian Mummy Mask
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Located in Point Richmond, CA

Elegant ancient cedar wood sweet large Egyptian mummy mask, 13 Inches high. Soft weathered surface and great expression. Areas of chips, erosion an...

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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Tribal Antique Clay Tribal Art

Materials

Organic Material, Wood

Abaca Tapis Skirt, Philippines, Mid-20th Century
Abaca Tapis Skirt, Philippines, Mid-20th Century

Abaca Tapis Skirt, Philippines, Mid-20th Century

$650

H 23.5 in W 29.5 in D 0.25 in

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Located in Point Richmond, CA

Abaca Tapis Skirt Bagobo people, Mindanao, Philippines Mid-20th century Hemp family Measures: H 23.25 in x W 27.5 in Fully opened: H: 46.5 in x W: 55 in Abaca is a textile unique to...

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Mid-20th Century Philippine Clay Tribal Art

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18th Century Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Clay Tribal Art

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Located in Point Richmond, CA

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Materials

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Vintage Earthenware Pot Anthropomorphic Features Nepal Early-Mid-20th Century
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Located in Point Richmond, CA

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Located in Rochester, NY

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Located in Chicago, IL

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Clay

Mid-20th Century Earthenware Pot from Sumba, East Indonesia
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Located in Point Richmond, CA

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Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Clay Tribal Art

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Grassland People, Clay Tobacco Pipe with Geometrical Designed Bowl and Stem
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Located in Leuven , BE

A tobacco pipe bowl and assorted stem from the Grassland People from Cameroon, modeled with geometrical motifs. The pipe has been sculpted, not moulded. This item comes with a sig...

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1920s Cameroonian Tribal Vintage Clay Tribal Art

Materials

Clay

Grassland People, Cameroon, Figural Clay Tobacco Pipe
Grassland People, Cameroon, Figural Clay Tobacco Pipe

Grassland People, Cameroon, Figural Clay Tobacco Pipe

Located in Leuven , BE

This piece is a tobacco pipe bowl modeled with a face. The face is characterised by scarification on cheeks and chin, small ears and detailed eyelids. The wooden pipe stem shows a sm...

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1920s Cameroonian Tribal Vintage Clay Tribal Art

Materials

Clay

Native Mexican Pottery Clay Pot Vessel Oaxaca Terracota Folk Art Mouse Head Tail
Native Mexican Pottery Clay Pot Vessel Oaxaca Terracota Folk Art Mouse Head Tail

Native Mexican Pottery Clay Pot Vessel Oaxaca Terracota Folk Art Mouse Head Tail

By Silvia Martínez Díaz

Located in Queretaro, Queretaro

This humorous piece is a one of a kind by master artisan Silvia Martínez. Silvia sculpts a mouse's head on the front of the pot and the tail for the back of...

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2010s Mexican Native American Clay Tribal Art

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta, Clay