The Niger Bend | A Selection of Our Best Items |
|
$125.00 2nd set of great brass couples making love
item #402Burkina Faso - Bobo This couple measures 4 x 2". Please click on this image to see another 2 happy couples. The second one measures 4 1/2 x 3", the third 5 1/8 x 2". | $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. |
$250.00 Baule brass beads
item #85Ivory Coast - Baule The larger beads in this strand measure 2 1/4" (5.7 cm) in diameter; the smaller ones 7/8" (2.2 cm). The strand is 47 5/16" (120 cm) long. | $1950.00 Benin brass head
item #794Nigeria - Yoruba 14 1/2" tall (37 cm) |
$125.00 brass asen figure
item #302Togo - Fon 4" tall (10 cm) | $95.00 brass asen figure
item #308Togo - Fon 5" long |
$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. | $1300.00 Brass bell
item #1643Nigeria - Yoruba 11 1/2" tall (29 cm) |
$400.00 brass chameleon pendant
item #309Mali - Bamana 8" long | $750.00 Brass chief figure
item #204Ivory Coast - Baule 5" tall, ca. 1966, from Ouelikoro |
$300.00 Brass couple making love
item #406Mali - Dogon This unique Dogon brass figure measures 5 3/4" long x 4" tall. | $95.00 Brass elephant fetish figure
item #338Ivory Coast - Baule 7" long x 4" tall (17.8 x 10 cm) Reproduction. |
$65.00 Brass elephant fetish figure
item #1550Ivory Coast - Baule 3 1/2 x 2" (8.9 x 5 cm) | $45.00 Brass elephant fetish figure
item #1551Ivory Coast - Baule 1 3/4 x 1 1/2" (4.4 x 3.8 cm) |
$145.00 Brass elephant figure
item #349Ivory Coast - Baule 9" tall (22.9 cm) | $250.00 brass elephant goldweight pendant
item #340Ivory Coast - Baule 1 1/2 x 1". This genuine, old and used object was used as a counterweight in the gold trade and was configured when made as a pendant for easy of portability. |
$195.00 Brass equestrian
item #350Mali - Bamana 5" tall (12.7 cm) | $95.00 Brass equestrian figure
item #344Ghana - Ashanti 2 3/4" tall |
$75.00 Brass equestrian pendant
item #357Mali - Bamana 1 3/4" tall x 1 1/2" wide | $145.00 brass horse figure
item #351Mali - Bamana 4 3/4 x 3" (12 x 7.6 cm) |
$125.00 Brass loving couples
item #401Burkina Faso - Bobo I came across these 12 different brass couples while visiting a brass studio in Burkina Faso, quite by accident. Each position is different and the quality of all is excellent, way better than any similar such product I have found in all the time I have been in Africa. These are all one of a kind; there were no others. This first couple measures 5" x 2 1/2" tall. Please click on the image to view 2 more couples. The second one measures 4 3/4 x 2 1/2", the third 4 3/4 x 2 3/4". All are the same price $125. | $450.00 Brass turtle container
item #353Mali - Dogon 8" tall (20 cm). Please click on the image for a closeup view and an uncovered view, with the top off. |
$495.00 Brass turtle equestrian pot
item #354Nigeria - Yoruba 15 1/2" tall (39 cm) | $125.00 Brass XL disk bead
item #1687Ivory Coast - Baule 4" tube (10 cm), 3 9/16" diameter (9 cm) |
$125.00 Brass XL disk bead
item #1688Ivory Coast - Baule 3 13/16" tube (9.7 cm), 3 3/8" diameter (8.6 cm) | $125.00 Brass XL disk bead
item #1689Ivory Coast - Baule 4" tube (10 cm), 3 9/16" diameter (9 cm) |
$125.00 Brass XL disk bead
item #1690Ivory Coast - Baule 3 11/16" tube (9.4 cm), 3 3/8" diameter (8.6 cm) | $125.00 Brass XL disk bead
item #1691Ivory Coast - Baule 3 11/16" tube (9.4 cm), 3 5/16" diameter (8.4 cm) |
$125.00 Brass XL disk bead
item #1692Ivory Coast - Baule 4" tube (10 cm), 3 5/8" diameter (9.2 cm) | $900.00 Ceremonial vessel
item #208Nigeria - Yoruba This 7 1/2" tall object is a fine reproduction of an 11th century Ife piece. There is a male figure "wrapped around a vessel positioned on the circular platform of a stool. The figure holds the looped handle of the stool with its left hand and a scepter in its right." The original is made of zinc brass and measures 4 7/8" tall and is the property of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments in Nigeria. |
$250.00 Chameleon pendant
item #856Ivory Coast - Baule 2.4 x 1.5" (6.1 x 3.9 cm) | $600.00 Crocodile goldweight
item #841Ivory Coast - Baule 2 1/2" (6.4 cm) |
$125.00 Cross design gold weight
item #854Ivory Coast - Baule 1 5/16 x 15/16" (3.3 x 2.3 cm) | $125.00 Disk top pyramid gold weight
item #850Ivory Coast - Baule 15/16 x 15/16 x 1 3/8" tall (2.3 x 2.4 x 3.3 cm tall) |
$125.00 Disk top pyramid gold weight
item #848Ivory Coast - Baule 5/8 x 5/8 x 1 5/16" tall (1.5 x 1.5 x 3.2 cm tall) | $125.00 Disk top pyramid gold weight
item #849Ivory Coast - Baule 13/16 x 14/16 x 1 3/16" tall (2.1 x 2.2 x 2.9 cm tall) |
$150.00 Double gong design goldweight
item #864Ivory Coast - Baule 2" (5.2 cm) | $2500.00 Equestrian
item #214Nigeria - Yoruba 22" tall (56 cm) Beautifully made for the art market. The price includes shipping to most locations in the 48 contiguous US states. |
$7500.00 Excavated bracelet
item #971Niger - unknown tribe 7.6 x 7 x 7 cm (3 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4") | $950.00 Exceptional elephant tail motif goldweight
item #832Ivory Coast - Baule 3 13/16 x 1 5/16" (9.5 x 3.3 cm) |
$7500.00 Extraordinary excavated solid bracelet
item #974Niger - unknown tribe 15.25 x 12.7 cm (6 x 5") | $125.00 Fan design goldweight
item #858Ivory Coast - Baule 2 1/16 x 1 1/8" (5.2 x 2.8 cm) |
$150.00 Fan design goldweight
item #859Ivory Coast - Baule 1 7/8 x 1 3/16" (4.8 x 3.7 cm) | $5000.00 Finest antique bracelet
item #972Mali - unknown tribe 8.25 x 7.3 x 6 cm (3 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8") |
$50.00 Geometric goldweight
item #833Ivory Coast - Baule 1 3/16 x 13/16" (3 x 2 cm) | $50.00 Geometric goldweight
item #837Ivory Coast - Baule 15/16 x 14/16" (2.3 x 2 cm) |
$75.00 Geometric goldweight
item #839Ivory Coast - Baule 1 1/4 x 3/4" (3.1 x 1.8 cm) | $50.00 Geometric goldweight
item #840Ivory Coast - Baule 1 1/8 x 1 3/16" (3 x 2.7 cm) |
$50.00 Goldweight
item #855Ivory Coast - Baule 11/16 x 12/16" (1.7 x 1.7 cm) | $25.00 Goldweights - fifth set of photos
item #509Ghana - Ashanti Please click on the image to view two more sets of goldweights, at the same price, $25 each. |
$50.00 Goldweights - fourth set of photos
item #508Ghana - Ashanti Please click on the image to view two more groups of goldweights. The weights in the second set are $25 each. Those in the third set are $50 each. | $50.00 Goldweights - third set of photos
item #507Ghana - Ashanti Please click on the image to view two more photos. The second photo is another view of these same weights, showing their sizes. The third is a different set of weights. |
$950.00 Helmet
item #1385Ivory Coast - Koulangou 9 1/8" tall, 8" front to back, 7 3/8" side to side (23 x 20 x 19 cm) | $950.00 Helmet
item #1386Ivory Coast - Koulangou 8 3/4" tall, 7 1/4" front to back, 7 3/4" side to side (22 x 18 x 20 cm) |
$950.00 Helmet
item #1387Ivory Coast - Koulangou 7 1/2" tall, 8 1/2" front to back, 7 1/2" side to side (10 x 22 x 19 cm) | $950.00 Helmet
item #1403Ivory Coast - Koulangou 6 5/8" tall, 10 1/2" front to back, 7 3/4" side to side (16.8 x 26.7 x 19.7 cm) |
$950.00 Helmet
item #1404Ivory Coast - Koulangou 6 5/8" tall, 10 1/2" front to back, 7 3/4" side to side (16.8 x 26.7 x 19.7 cm) | $900.00 Ife warrior head
item #1371Nigeria - Yoruba 12" (30.5 cm) |
$4500.00 Large brass cuff
item #973Mali - unknown tribe 9.5 x 8.25 x 10.5 cm (3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 4 1/8") | $95.00 Large gold dust spoons
item #440Ghana - Ashanti Please click on the photo to view another set of large gold dust spoons in another style. |
$250.00 Larger brass couples
item #405Burkina Faso - Bobo This couple measures 6 x 4 1/4". Please click on the image to see another large couple, which measures 6 3/4" tall. | $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. |
$125.00 Loop top pyramid gold weight
item #846Ivory Coast - Baule 7/8 x 7/8 x 1 5/16" tall (2.1 x 2.2 x 3.2 cm tall) | $3000.00 Male figure
item #1368Ivory Coast - Baule 18 3/8" (46.7 cm) tall overall; the statue alone is 17" (43 cm) tall |
$1750.00 Mother and child
item #206Ivory Coast - Baule 8 " (20 cm) | $300.00 Naked male goldweight
item #279Ivory Coast - Baule 2" tall (5 cm). Erotic themes are expressed in every medium of African art, including the accessories used in commerce. This is a genuine goldweight, having been made exclusively for use by Africans and used for a long time by the intended recipients. It was not made for sale. Please click on the image for another view of this fine piece. |
$350.00 Old brass airplane ring
item #284Burkina Faso - Lobi The airplaine on this exceptional ring measures 1 5/8" long and 1 3/16" wide. Please click on the image for 2 more views of this beautiful ring. | $250.00 Old brass chameleon hairpick
item #744Ivory Coast - Baule 7 1/3" long. Please click on the image to see the full object. |
$395.00 Old brass elephant fetish pendant
item #337Ivory Coast - Baule 6" long, 3 1/2" tall (15 x 8.9 cm) Genuine, not made for sale. | $500.00 Old brass equestrian
item #301Ivory Coast - Senufo 6 1/4 x 4" (16 x 10 cm) Authentic, not made for sale. |
$50.00 Old brass gold dust spoons
item #439Ghana - Ashanti These are all old brass spoons which were used for manipulating gold dust in commercial transactions. Please click on this photo to see another set of old brass spoons. Most of the spoons are $50. The exceptions are as follows: the one in the lower left of this photo is $95. The one just above that one is $30. The smallest one in the top of the same photo is $25. In the second photo the smallest spoon in the top right of that photo is $30. | $350.00 Old brass turtle pendant
item #16Burkina Faso - Lobi 2 1/4 x 1 11/16" (5.7 x 4.2 cm) |
$1450.00 Old detailed design pipe
item #205Ivory Coast - Baule 7" long (18 cm), from Ouelikoro, ca. 1966. I bought this piece together with the seated chief figure and the seated mother and child of the same origin. The dealer from whom I bought these had obtained them all together from a single owner. | $150.00 Old extraordinary abstract pendant
item #863Mali - unknown tribe 2 3/4 x 2 9/16" (6.8 x 6.4 cm) |
$50.00 Old goldweights - all types
item #109Ivory Coast - Baule Geometric were used for centuries to weigh gold and are all at least 100 years old since the practice of using gold as a common unit of exchange ended about 100 years ago. Please click on the image to view two more photos and two more types of old goldweights. The second photo shows a group of assorted goldweights, all $25 each. These are more ordinary in shape but have specific weights and were as useful as the more intricate weights. The third photo shows two shield figurative goldweights, both priced at $175 each. | $750.00 Old Lobi brass snake pendant
item #49Burkina Faso - Lobi This is a very old, authentic pendant, truly extraordinary. 9 11/16 x 4 7/8" (24.6 x 12.4 cm) |
$300.00 Old long brass bicone bead - rare
item #1746Ivory Coast - Baule 12 cm long (4 3/4") | $300.00 Old long brass bicone bead - rare
item #1747Ivory Coast - Baule 12.7 cm long (5") |
$300.00 Old long brass bicone bead - rare
item #1749Ivory Coast - Baule 10.9 cm long (4.3") | $300.00 Old long brass bicone bead - rare
item #1750Ivory Coast - Baule 12.4 cm long (4.9") |
$300.00 Old long brass bicone bead - rare
item #1751Ivory Coast - Baule 10.4 cm long (4") | $300.00 Old long brass bicone bead - rare
item #1752Ivory Coast - Baule 10.7 cm long (4.2") |
$300.00 Old long brass bicone bead - rare
item #1753Ivory Coast - Baule 12 cm long (4 3/4") | $300.00 Old long brass bicone bead - rare
item #1754Ivory Coast - Baule 11.9 cm long (4.7") |
$300.00 Old long brass bicone bead - rare
item #1755Ivory Coast - Baule 11 cm long (4 1/3") | $600.00 Old male figure
item #834Ivory Coast - Tagbana 4" tall (10 cm) |
$250.00 Old single chameleon pendant
item #740Ivory Coast - Baule 1 9/16" (4 cm) Please click on the image to see the reverse side of this very old, worn pendant. | $350.00 Old snake disk pendant
item #830Mali - unknown tribe 2 1/8 x 1 3/16" (5.4 x 2.9 cm) |
$75.00 Pyramid gold weight
item #845Ivory Coast - Baule 1 1/16 x 1 x 3/4" tall (2.6 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm tall) | $1250.00 Seated chief
item #210Cameroon - Bamileke 15 3/4" (40 cm) |
$175.00 Seated male figure
item #842Mali - Dogon 5 3/4" (14.6 cm) | $75.00 Second group of geometric goldweights
item #506Ghana - Ashanti Please click on the image to see two more sets of goldweights. All of the goldweights in the second and third sets are priced at $50 each. |
$250.00 Shango pair
item #1644Nigeria - Yoruba 11 5/16 and 11 1/2" (28.7, 29.2 cm) | $95.00 Square tower pyramid gold weight
item #851Ivory Coast - Baule 1/2 x 1/2 x 3/4" tall (1.2 x 1.3 x 2 cm tall) |
$150.00 Sun design round goldweight
item #860Ivory Coast - Baule 1 1/8" diameter (2.8 cm) | $25.00 Tiny triangle goldweight
item #861Ivory Coast - Baule 9/16 x 11/16" (1.4 x 1.6 cm) |
$50.00 Triangle geometric goldweight
item #838Ivory Coast - Baule 1 5/16 x 1 1/8" (3.4 x 2.8 cm) | $125.00 Triangle geometric goldweight
item #853Ivory Coast - Baule 3/4 x 2 1/8" (1.8 x 5.3 cm) |
$125.00 Triangle pendant goldweight
item #862Ivory Coast - Baule 7/8 x 2 1/8" (2 x 5.2 cm) | $500.00 turtle goldweight - old, rare
item #1748Ivory Coast - Baule 3.7 x 2.2 cm (1.5 x .86") |
$45.00 Very tiny stool gold weight
item #852Ivory Coast - Baule 3/8 x 1/2 x 3/8" tall (.9 x 1.2 x .9 cm tall) |
text and images copyright 2012 Niger Bend