Tribal & Folk Art

  • SOLD Antique Yoruba Manilla Currency Bracelet, West Africa(3158)

    SOLD Antique Yoruba Manilla Currency Bracelet, West Africa(3158)

    $110.00
    SOLD

    Manillas were commonly used by the Yoruba in the Coastal regions of Nigeria and along the Niger River. This thin simple round C-shaped manilla is decorated with incised linear designs on the outer round surface: it is centered on the top with parallel zig zag lines between a set of four parallel indentations which frame it. Each end also has zig zag indented striations.  Simple, yet elegant, the bracelet is in very good condition, with normal wear, and pitting that verify its age and use. It comes with a wood metal stand.

  • SOLD Antique/Vintage Haida Ceremonial Spoon, Canadian Pacific Northwest (1104LCL)

    SOLD Antique/Vintage Haida Ceremonial Spoon, Canadian Pacific Northwest (1104LCL)

    $630.00

    A potlatch means “to give away” or “a gift” and is a traditional feast central to many cultures of indigenous peoples of the Canadian Pacific Northwest Coast including the Haida tribe who have existed for over 17,000 years and currently inhabit Northern British Columbia, Pacific Northwest United States, and Southeast Alaska. Its main purpose is…

  • SOLD Antique/Vintage Hammered Iron Gong on Stand, Democratic Republic of the Congo (3893BKR) $395

    SOLD Antique/Vintage Hammered Iron Gong on Stand, Democratic Republic of the Congo (3893BKR) $395

    $395.00
    H: 21″  W: 8″ D: 4.75″ | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030

    This traditional African hammered iron gong is elegantly shaped like a flaring bell. Heat riveted, a forging process joining two metal pieces together, it was made by Congolese tribal people. Made with 5 parallel lines of 5 decorative round bulges on both sides, it was often held using a raffia handle and beaten using sticks covered with rubber at its end. Originally a ritual instrument, they were also beaten to call members of special restricted societies to meetings and were a symbol of wealth, prestige, and influence.

  • Sale! SOLD Antique/Vintage Small Rug w/Double Dorje China (3372)

    SOLD Antique/Vintage Small Rug w/Double Dorje China (3372)

    Original price was: $375.00.Current price is: $285.00.
    25″ Square

    This vibrant carpet can be used as aid for meditation to sit on or hung on a wall.

  • SOLD Bejeweled Wood Naga, Burma/Myanmar (11134B)

    SOLD Bejeweled Wood Naga, Burma/Myanmar (11134B)

    $1,133.00
    H: 32″  W: 20″  D: 7.5″  SHIPPING INFORMATION REQUIRED. CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030

    This exceptional naga was one of two that comprised a gong stand. Gongs were used in Burma for both ceremonial and musical purposes in religious, state, or secular settings. A protection figure, this naga is a superb carving elaborately decorated with gold lacquer and pigmentation. He opens his mouth wide bearing mother-of-pearl teeth and a curled blood red mouth and tongue to drive away malevolent spirits, also reinforced by the large glaring eyes circled in red. On first glance it is menacing, but its history as a protector of Buddha Shakyamuni make it prized as a fanciful, gleeful guardian. His scales are arched relief designs of mixed lacquer and ash and they are highlighted with inset cut mirrors and green sequin-like glass “jewels.” It is mounted on a museum quality stand and is in excellent condition for its age and use despite missing an ear.

  • Sale! SOLD Song Dynasty Tile of a Mythical Winged Pixiu, China

    SOLD Song Dynasty Tile of a Mythical Winged Pixiu, China

    Original price was: $485.00.Current price is: $395.00.

    The Song dynasty (960–1279) is considered the most culturally brilliant era in later imperial Chinese history. A massive expansion during this dynasty produced government, public and religious buildings and tombs with walls decorated with earthenware unglazed mold-made brick tiles. Some were purely decorative and others were wishes for happiness and comfort in the  deceased’s  afterlife…

  • Sale! SOLD Vintage Demon Mask (Jauk), Bali (1301-16QBE)

    SOLD Vintage Demon Mask (Jauk), Bali (1301-16QBE)

    Original price was: $110.00.Current price is: $0.00.
    H: 7.625″ W: 6.125″ D: 3.375″ | FREE SHIPPING within continental u.s.

    Most jauk keras (strong, scary) masks of a giant are often red or orange to reinforce a volatile dance with jerky movements. This jauk manis (good, sweet) mask dance is a more controlled, regulated and enacted with more calm and human movements.

  • SOLD Vintage Mask of a Demon Clown (Topeng Begul), Java (1201ZLE) $165

    SOLD Vintage Mask of a Demon Clown (Topeng Begul), Java (1201ZLE) $165

    $165.00

    Influenced by Islam for centuries, Javanese theater in Indonesia is stylized, didactic and full of central characters said to be cultural and historic icons of morality. Mask drama theater (Topeng Wayang) in Java is dominated by the conservative central Javanese palace courts (kraton) of Surakarta, Solo and Jogjakarta (Yogyakarta) which have long supported mask makers,…

  • Antique Wood Oil Lamp Double Fish Design, China #16902A-POK

    Antique Wood Oil Lamp Double Fish Design, China #16902A-POK

    $325.00
    H: 35″    W: 5.75″    D: 8″ CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPing

    This charming oil lamp is decorated with auspicious symbols: Fish symbolize harmony, marital happiness and double fish  mean “may there be abundance.” The oil cup is a lotus seed with a lotus leaf, symbols of a harmonious and fruitful marriage and also mean “the continuous birth of sons.”

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  • Sale! Vintage Ancestor Mask, Featured in 1st Spiderman Movie, Indonesia (1203)

    Vintage Ancestor Mask, Featured in 1st Spiderman Movie, Indonesia (1203)

    Original price was: $1,750.00.Current price is: $1,350.00.
    H: 20.75″  W:  8″  |  CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING

    Rare Timor ancestor mask for ritual offerings to honor the departed and provide space during village visits, repel evil spirits.  Featured in 2002 Spiderman movie in collection of the Green Goblin.

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  • Sale! Vintage Bearded Official Doll Acrylic Stand, China (1301B)

    Vintage Bearded Official Doll Acrylic Stand, China (1301B)

    Original price was: $195.00.Current price is: $135.00.
    Ht: 8.75″  D: 4″  D: 3.125″ | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.

    Colorful bearded official/entertainer doll with traditional hat, dark blue and gold robe holding paper clappers castanets. Mounted on lucite.

  • Sale! Vintage Black Lacquer Monk's Offering Hsun-Ok, Burma/Myanmar (6211)

    Vintage Black Lacquer Monk’s Offering Hsun-Ok, Burma/Myanmar (6211)

    Original price was: $695.00.Current price is: $495.00.
    H: 26.25″ Dia: 12.5″ |CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING COST

    Artfully shaped lacquered Hsun Ok for offerings to monks lid with a finial symbolizing a Buddhist stupa and applied mythical animals and floral decorations. Early 20th century pieces with these special details are harder to find and copies abound.

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