The Niger Bend | A Selection of Our Best Items |
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$275.00 2 Hands holding container asen figure
item #348Benin - Fon 5" tall. | $450.00 Abomey appliqueed animal flag
item #487Benin - Fon 59 1/2 x 47" (1.51 x 1.19 m) |
$225.00 Abomey appliqueed animal flag
item #1563Benin - Fon 37 1/2 x 55 3/4" (95 x 142 cm) | $450.00 Abomey appliqueed animal flags
item #486Benin - Fon 70 x 51 3/4". This is a contemporary flag, designed by an accomplished and exceptionally skilled textile artist. He follows in the footsteps of the early textile artists commissioned by the Fon court to produce these textiles which were symbols of the king of the Fon people, of the ancient Kingdom of Abomey. Click on the image to see two other versions of this same flag. The second one measures 60 x 59 1/2" and the third one measures 57 1/2 x 51". The second and third are $350 each. |
$150.00 Asen brass turtle figure
item #360Benin - Fon 4 7/8" long (12.4 cm). This is a typical example of one of the objects included on the top of an asen. Asen are stuck into the ground near the family house in memory of a deceased member of the family. Asen are iron stakes with round flat tops adorned with a wide variety of objects which presumably evoke the spirit of the individual the stake represents. Please click on the image to see 2 more views of this fine old object. | $300.00 Bocio male figureSOLD 
item #192Benin - Fon This item has been SOLD. This object is 11" tall. |
$150.00 brass asen-top elephant figure
item #339Benin - Fon 7 x 4 1/2" (17.8 x 11.4 cm) This is a genuine object having been attached to the top of an "asen" altar, the Fon objects used to memorialize the dearly departed. | $75.00 Cat painting on woodSOLD 
item #585Benin - No tribal association I regret that these have all been SOLD. I am trying to find more but so far have not been able to. Please check back again or email me to find out if I have any more. These all measure about 6 x 9 1/2" (15 x 24 cm). These were all painted by the same studio that did the other Benin signboards on this page. They were painted to demonstrate the skill of the artist and promote the business of that studio. The words painted on each say "The Singapore the smallest cat in the world". Please click to see 2 more. |
$1500.00 Elephant stool
item #805Benin - Fon 18 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 17" tall | $1500.00 Elephant table
item #812Benin - No tribal association 24" diameter, 23 /4" tall, made of monkey pod wood |
$450.00 Fertility dance torso 
item #187Benin - Yoruba 17 3/8" tall, 16 5/8" front to back, 14" side to side (44 x 42 x 35.5 cm) | $249.99 Flower stool
item #836Benin - Fon 19 x 11 x 18 1/2" tall (48 x 28 x 47 cm) made of monkey pod wood |
$400.00 Large multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1175Benin - No tribal association This is an exceptional sign in that this size and this level of detail is not found anywhere else in Africa, to my knowledge. These are exclusive to Benin and possibly to this one artist or this one studio. This one measures 20 1/2 x 15 1/2" (52 x 39 cm). | $400.00 Large multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1176Benin - No tribal association This is an exceptional sign in that this size and this level of detail is not found anywhere else in Africa, to my knowledge. These are exclusive to Benin and possibly to this one artist or this one studio. This one measures 20 x 15 3/4" (51 x 40 cm). |
$600.00 Largest multiple head beauty salon sign
item #556Benin - No tribal association 39 x 24" (99 x 61 cm) | $600.00 Largest multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1178Benin - No tribal association 39 x 24" (99 x 61 cm) |
$600.00 Largest multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1179Benin - No tribal association 39 x 24" (99 x 61 cm) | $500.00 Lion and cubs power symbol
item #786Benin - Fon 7 7/8" x 4 x 3 1/3" tall (20 x 10 x 8.5 cm) When the Fon king wants to send a message to someone important he hives a power symbol to the messenger so that the recipient will know the message is from the king. |
$799.99 Lion motif chair
item #673Benin - Fon All 4 lions represented on this chair are the symbol of a former ahosu (king) of the Fon people, Glele. Rare, if not unique in Africa, the Fon have a strong sense of their royal heritage, not unlike the British. They know their royal lineage. Each king has his own exclusive symbol, immediately identifiable to all Fon people. Glele was the ahosu from 1858 to 1889. | $699.99 Lion motif chair
item #674Benin - Fon All 4 lions represented on this chair are the symbol of a former ahosu (king) of the Fon people, Glele. Rare, if not unique in Africa, the Fon have a strong sense of their royal heritage, not unlike the British. They know their royal lineage. Each king has his own exclusive symbol, immediately identifiable to all Fon people. Glele was the ahosu from 1858 to 1889. |
$999.99 Lion motif chair - tall back
item #1757Benin - Fon All 4 lions represented on this chair are the symbol of a former ahosu (king) of the Fon people, Glele. Rare, if not unique in Africa, the Fon have a strong sense of their royal heritage, not unlike the British. They know their royal lineage. Each king has his own exclusive symbol, immediately identifiable to all Fon people. Glele was the ahosu from 1858 to 1889. | $999.99 Lion motif chair - tall back
item #1758Benin - Fon All 4 lions represented on this chair are the symbol of a former ahosu (king) of the Fon people, Glele. Rare, if not unique in Africa, the Fon have a strong sense of their royal heritage, not unlike the British. They know their royal lineage. Each king has his own exclusive symbol, immediately identifiable to all Fon people. Glele was the ahosu from 1858 to 1889. |
$499.99 Lion motif chair - vintage
item #1578Benin - Fon All 4 lions represented on this chair are the symbol of a former ahosu (king) of the Fon people, Glele. Rare, if not unique in Africa, the Fon have a strong sense of their royal heritage, not unlike the British. They know their royal lineage. Each king has his own exclusive symbol, immediately identifiable to all Fon people. Glele was the ahosu from 1858 to 1889. | $499.99 Lion motif chair - vintage
item #1564Benin - Fon All 4 lions represented on this chair are the symbol of a former ahosu (king) of the Fon people, Glele. Rare, if not unique in Africa, the Fon have a strong sense of their royal heritage, not unlike the British. They know their royal lineage. Each king has his own exclusive symbol, immediately identifiable to all Fon people. Glele was the ahosu from 1858 to 1889. |
$499.99 Lion motif chair - vintage
item #675Benin - Fon All 4 lions represented on this chair are the symbol of a former ahosu (king) of the Fon people, Glele. Rare, if not unique in Africa, the Fon have a strong sense of their royal heritage, not unlike the British. They know their royal lineage. Each king has his own exclusive symbol, immediately identifiable to all Fon people. Glele was the ahosu from 1858 to 1889. | $799.99 Lion motif chair - vintage
item #1759Benin - Fon All 4 lions represented on this chair are the symbol of a former ahosu (king) of the Fon people, Glele. Rare, if not unique in Africa, the Fon have a strong sense of their royal heritage, not unlike the British. They know their royal lineage. Each king has his own exclusive symbol, immediately identifiable to all Fon people. Glele was the ahosu from 1858 to 1889. |
$499.99 Lion motif chair - vintage
item #1761Benin - Fon All 4 lions represented on this chair are the symbol of a former ahosu (king) of the Fon people, Glele. Rare, if not unique in Africa, the Fon have a strong sense of their royal heritage, not unlike the British. They know their royal lineage. Each king has his own exclusive symbol, immediately identifiable to all Fon people. Glele was the ahosu from 1858 to 1889. | $899.99 Lion motif chair - vintage - tall back
item #1760Benin - Fon 38" tall (96.5 cm) All 4 lions represented on this chair are the symbol of a former ahosu (king) of the Fon people, Glele. Rare, if not unique in Africa, the Fon have a strong sense of their royal heritage, not unlike the British. They know their royal lineage. Each king has his own exclusive symbol, immediately identifiable to all Fon people. Glele was the ahosu from 1858 to 1889. |
$149.99 Lion motif foot stool
item #138Benin - Fon | $1250.00 Lion motif table
item #815Benin - Fon 22 1/4" diameter, 17 1/2" tall (56.5 x 44.5 cm) made of monkey pod wood |
$650.00 Male figure - longest manhood
item #789Benin - Fon Please click on the image for 2 more views of this authentic and very unusual male figure. | $700.00 Medicine Sign Set - 1 of 8
item #1486Benin - No tribal association 24 x 48" (61 x 122 cm) The price includes the shipping charges anywhere in the Continental US. |
$700.00 Medicine Sign Set - 1 of 8
item #1487Benin - No tribal association 24 x 48" (61 x 122 cm) The price includes the shipping charges anywhere in the Continental US. | $700.00 Medicine Sign Set - 1 of 8
item #1488Benin - No tribal association 24 x 48" (61 x 122 cm) The price includes the shipping charges anywhere in the Continental US. |
$700.00 Medicine Sign Set - 1 of 8
item #1489Benin - No tribal association 24 x 48" (61 x 122 cm) The price includes the shipping charges anywhere in the Continental US. | $700.00 Medicine Sign Set - 1 of 8
item #1490Benin - No tribal association 24 x 48" (61 x 122 cm) The price includes the shipping charges anywhere in the Continental US. |
$700.00 Medicine Sign Set - 1 of 8
item #1491Benin - No tribal association 24 x 48" (61 x 122 cm) The price includes the shipping charges anywhere in the Continental US. | $700.00 Medicine Sign Set - 1 of 8
item #1492Benin - No tribal association 24 x 48" (61 x 122 cm) The price includes the shipping charges anywhere in the Continental US. |
$700.00 Medicine Sign Set - 1 of 8
item #1493Benin - No tribal association 24 x 48" (61 x 122 cm) The price includes the shipping charges anywhere in the Continental US. | $200.00 Medium size beauty salon/barbershop sign
item #583Benin - No tribal association This sign measures 15 x 19 1/2" (38 x 49.5 cm). |
$250.00 Mother and child figure
item #209Benin - Fon Objects such as this were produced exclusively for the nobility of the Abomey kingdom of Benin. Only Abomey royalty had access to brass production. The royal family accumulated such pieces and distributed them to favored individuals as symbols of their power. | $300.00 Multiple head barbershop sign
item #1271Benin - No tribal association 30 5/8 x 18 1/8" (78 x 46 cm) |
$300.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1231Benin - No tribal association 27 5/8 x 15 7/8" (70 x 40 cm) | $300.00 Multiple head beauty salon/barbershop sign
item #1269Benin - No tribal association 27 5/8 x 15 7/8" (70 x 40 cm) |
$500.00 Name stool
item #779Benin - Fon 19 1/2 x 14 1/2". Please click on the image for 2 more views of this old, used, very personalized stool. | $200.00 Old asen top chameleon
item #743Benin - Fon 6 1/2" long. This object was one of several which adorned the top of an Asen, the iron post the Fon people use to memorialize individuals. Please click on the image to see the other side of this fine old chameleon figure. |
$595.00 Old male figure
item #788Benin - Fon Please click on the image for 2 more views of this really nice erotic figure. | $1750.00 Old relief figure pot
item #312Benin - Bariba This excellent quality pot from northern Benin measures 13 1/2" tall. |
$300.00 Short kneeling male fetish figure
item #790Benin - Fon Please click on the image for 2 more views of this genuine Fon fetish figure. | $1250.00 Single lion table
item #813Benin - Fon 21 1/2 " diameter, 20" tall; this is an old, used table |
$1500.00 Single lion table, map of Africa top
item #814Benin - Fon 26 x 20 1/2" top dimensions, 17 3/4" tall, made of monkey pod wood | $95.00 Small 4 head barbershop sign
item #554Benin - No tribal association 6 3/4 x 10 5/8" (17 x 27 cm) |
$95.00 Small motorcycle taxi sign
item #558Benin - No tribal association A cheaper way to get around than a taxi is on a motorcycle, at least for a single person. In Benin these taxi motos are everywhere, here represented on a painted sign, 7 1/4 x 10 1/2" (18.4 x 27 cm) | $200.00 Small multiple head barbershop sign
item #1296Benin - No tribal association 15 1/2 x 10 1/4" (39 x 26 cm) |
$95.00 Small vertical commercial art signSOLD 
item #1297Benin - No tribal association 5 3/4 x 9" (14.6 x 23 cm) | $950.00 Tall stool
item #781Benin - Fon 21 x 28 1/2". Please click on the image for another view of this fine old stool. |
$550.00 Vertical design barbershop signs
item #550Benin - No tribal association I think these are more of the work of the studio in Cotonou, Les Arts Junior, though there is no identification on these signs. Most of their work is for beauty salons, with representations of women and their hair styles. This is one they have done of men, for barbershops. Ths measures 15 x 32". Please click on the photo to see 2 more signs featuring women. The second one measures 10 x 16 1/2", the third 9 3/4 x 16 3/4". Both of these last 2 signs are $200 each. | $250.00 Vertical design beauty salon sign
item #549Benin - No tribal association This appears to be more of the work of the studio in Cotonou, Les Arts Junior, though there is no identification on these signs. This one measures 9 1/2 x 23 1/2" (24 x 60 cm). |
$200.00 Vertical design beauty salon sign
item #1226Benin - No tribal association This appears to be more of the work of the studio in Cotonou, Les Arts Junior, though there is no identification on these signs. This one measures 9 3/4 x 16 1/2" (25 x 42 cm). | $200.00 Vertical design beauty salon sign
item #1252Benin - No tribal association This appears to be more of the work of the studio in Cotonou, Les Arts Junior, though there is no identification on these signs. This one measures 9 5/8 x 16 1/2" (24.5 x 42 cm). |
$300.00 Woman asen figure
item #347Benin - Fon 8" tall. This is a fine example of one of the objects included on the top of an asen. Asen are stuck into the ground near the family house in memory of a deceased member of the family. Asen are iron stakes with round flat tops adorned with a wide variety of objects which presumably evoke the spirit of the individual the stake represents. |
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