Anyone seen carved tables like this

[jtw1313]

Found this on the side of the road I swear I run across the strangest stuff

 

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[lazabert]

That is a sweet unit, wow-- nice find

 

[cudamark]

Plant or vase stand.

 

[tamrock]

Looks like something made in Africa to me, but I can't find any others like it.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Polynesian Islands possibly?

 

[trdking]

Polynesian Islands possibly?

Looks more african to me because it is a dark wood. Poly Islands are more reddish in color imo

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Looks more african to me because it is a dark wood. Poly Islands are more reddish in color imo

The wood has been burned, torch of some kind, that color isn't the actual wood color.Also the top has a stringy appearance to the grain on the side of piece so I think that is palm wood.The legs are not palm though.The top could be press wood though, but normally that wont burn well as it is composed of basically saw dust and glue.

 

[jtw1313]

I'm pretty sure from what I've read that that face is African tribal medicine man if you look close you can see the heads seem they were rubbed or touched alot

 

[jtw1313]

Here are some close ups

The legs seem to be all one piece each head seems molded in with some putty or mud?

 

[diggummup]

My first thought was African but I'm not so sure. The heads don't appear to have African features, they almost look like devil or demon heads. Could be me viewing it on my phone that's causing that though. cool piece of folk art regardless.

 

[sutphin]

Hey 1313 I don't know about you but I would take that dang thing back and act as if I never saw it, don't know about this, there wasn't a note attached saying handle at your own risk was it!!!!vanzutphen

 

[jtw1313]

Lol

 

[jtw1313]

Here is a pretty close face

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[Kevlardini]

Hi Jtw 1313,
Believe it or not, I have something very similar to your table. About a year ago, I found this at a yard sale.

His name was the "three million year old man". The guy said "take him away, he's free", so naturally, I thought how could I pass that up and I took him. As shown in one picture, his legs are also held together by some putty mixture, and the wood and carving style on mine is very similar to your table. If I remember correctly, the man said it was either an old African piece, or was made by some Indian or native tribe in or around Arizona.
BTW, do be careful, because my 3 million year old man has shown suspicious activity around the house. Who knows what could happen with a table?

 

[jtw1313]

Ha that's cool I figured it was some kind of tribal piece there is nails covered in this putty that can get a date

 

[jtw1313]

If you examine the carving it is very interesting check it out under a loop you will be surprised

 

[Kevlardini]

It definitely has a unique texture. I wonder what type of wood it is.

 

[jtw1313]

It's defiantly strange I will tell you that. I'm going to try take a nail out later

 

[unclemac]

as it happens this is right up my main street at the moment. I have been watching for a few months now a character on EBAY that buys African art pieces cheap and re-lists them as "pre-contact" (always "pre-contact") Hawaiian or Native American artifacts. He lists them for big bucks too and sometimes unsuspecting folk bid and buy this frauds.

....anyway, this is his present listings...

212hanny | eBay

you will see similar stools and he has listed others in the past even more similar. Most are made of palm wood, as if palm wood is exclusive to the Pacific Islands...gee...do you think palm trees grow in Africa and are a very inexpensive source of carving material?...(of course they do and are).

so my two cents is that this is African, fairly recent (as in 1980 and up), made as an import item, maybe for a store like Cost Plus World Market, and a fun but not valuable piece.

Furniture, Home Decor, Rugs, Unique Gifts | World Market

here is this listing too...but they call it antique, so you never know...one thing i do know is that modern day tribal carved stuff is still being made all over the world.

Antique Carved Tribal Art Stool | 228741 | Sellingantiques.co.uk

 

[jtw1313]

Thanks unclemac great info the stand in your link looks like it was made yesterday mine must of had a much harder life I guess lol