The Niger Bend | A Selection of Our Best Items |
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$3000.00 Authentic old door
item #1370Mali - Dogon The price of this door includes shipping anywhere in the 48 contiguous states of the USA. | $300.00 Brass couple making love
item #406Mali - Dogon This unique Dogon brass figure measures 5 3/4" long x 4" tall. |
$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. | $95.00 Brown mudcloth
item #1612Mali - Dogon |
$300.00 Cobalt blue beads - very old
item #1694Mali - Dogon 24 9/16" long strand, 49 mostly 16 mm beads | $400.00 Cobalt blue translucent beads - old
item #1693Mali - Dogon 24 7/8" long strand (63 cm), 69 13 mm diameter beads, mostly |
$5000.00 Dogon chief staff
item #365Mali - Dogon I bought this old staff in Bandiagara, the largest town in the Dogon region of Mali, after long and drawn-out negotiations with a Dogon chief. The object is surrounded by brass rings, one for every year of service as chief its bearer. There are 188 of them. This staff symbolizes the power of the chief. It measures 64" long (1.63 m). | $800.00 End cup human figure design wari game
item #926Mali - Dogon 26 x 5 1/2" (66 x 14 cm) |
$1950.00 Exceptional crocodile mask
item #761Mali - Dogon 33" tall. This mask is the only one of its kind I have ever seen, in almost 30 years of traveling in Mali, buying Dogon art there. Please click on the image for a closer look. | $200.00 Figure design 
item #1611Mali - Dogon |
$5000.00 Full size door, genuine and old
item #196Mali - Dogon 54 x 24" (137 x 61 cm) The price includes shipping anywhere in the 48 contiguous states of the USA. | $1750.00 Full size door, genuine and old
item #1381Mali - Dogon 42 x 17" (107 x 43 cm) The price includes shipping anywhere in the contiguous states of the USA. |
$3000.00 Full size door, genuine and old
item #1382Mali - Dogon 53 x 25" (135 x 63.5 cm) | $900.00 Granary door reproduction
item #202Mali - Dogon 22 x 27" (56 x 69 cm) |
$350.00 Head wearing traditional cloth hat
item #1013Mali - Dogon 7.9" (20 cm) | $150.00 Indigo cloth - design A
item #129Mali - Dogon This is a traditional cloth of the Dogon people, available in this and many other designs. We cannot always guarantee immediate availability of any single design. This design is A. It measures 60 x 48". These textiles always vary in size, though always within the range of the sizes specified among the indigo textiles represented on this page. Generally we are unable to guarantee these specific sizes although at this time, as I add these to the site these sizes are exact for each of these designs. Please click on the image to see a closeup of this design. |
$150.00 Indigo textile - Design B
item #711Mali - Dogon 68 x 45" (1.73 x 1.14 m). Please click on the image to view a closeup of this beautiful traditional cloth. | $150.00 Indigo textile - Design C
item #710Mali - Dogon 60 x 40". Please click on the image for a closer view of this traditional Dogon cloth. |
$150.00 Indigo textile - Design D
item #712Mali - Dogon 62 x 42 1/2". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile. | $150.00 Indigo textile - Design E
item #713Mali - Dogon 61 x 43 1/2". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile. |
$150.00 Indigo textile - Design F
item #714Mali - Dogon 62 x 44". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile. | $150.00 Indigo textile - Design G
item #715Mali - Dogon 58 x 39 1/2". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile. |
$150.00 Indigo textile - Design H
item #716Mali - Dogon 62 x 52". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile. | $150.00 Indigo textile - Design J
item #717Mali - Dogon 63 x 44". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile. |
$150.00 Indigo textile - Design K
item #718Mali - Dogon 58 x 43" (1.47 x 1.09 m). Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile. All of these textiles are individually hand dyed. Therefore yours may vary slightly from the one pictured here; the design will be the same but the execution may not be identical. | $350.00 Janus heads on base
item #1012Mali - Dogon 7 1/2" (19 cm) |
$250.00 Male figure holding penis
item #277Mali - Dogon 13" | $500.00 Metal 
item #1610Mali - Dogon 39 x 65.5" (.99 x 1.66 m) |
$2000.00 Old Dogon Ladder
item #9Mali - Dogon These genuine, used sculptural objects are still commonly in use today by many people in the Dogon country of Mali. The longer ones are used to reach the roof of a house; the shorter ones to access thatch-topped adobe granaries. Many are also still in use among other tribal groups, including the Lobi of Ivory Coast and the Somba (or Tamberma) or Togo. We have these types as well. Those we carry are all among the most beautiful: the oldest, most used and with most patina. Some are free-standing, mounted on iron bases; some are un-mounted. | $3900.00 Old full-size Dogon door
item #197Mali - Dogon 53 x 19" (135 x 48 cm) The price includes shipping anywhere in the 48 contiguous states of the USA. |
$4900.00 Old full-size Dogon door
item #1561Mali - Dogon 55 x 24" (135 x 48 cm) The price includes shipping anywhere in the 48 contiguous states of the USA. | $4500.00 Old full-size Dogon door
item #1562Mali - Dogon 58 x 19" (147 x 48 cm) The price includes shipping anywhere in the 48 contiguous states of the USA. |
$145.00 Old turtle fetish
item #367Mali - Dogon 8" long (20 cm). Please click on the image for another view of this genuine old, used fetish figure. | $325.00 Older male torso and head
item #1015Mali - Dogon 5 3/4" (14.5 cm) |
$375.00 Older woman seated figure
item #1016Mali - Dogon 7 2/3" (19.5 cm) | $1200.00 Oldest genuine door
item #198Mali - Dogon 18 x 43" (46 x 109 cm) Weathered and well-used, this is the most common type of door in use among the Dogon. |
$175.00 Seated male figure
item #842Mali - Dogon 5 3/4" (14.6 cm) | $175.00 Simple, stylized mask
item #771Mali - Dogon 11" tall, please click on the image for another view of this fine, unique design mask. |
$350.00 Single piece couple
item #792Mali - Dogon 12 1/4" tall. Please click on the image to see the other side of this unusual couple. | $1000.00 Small old granary door
item #200Mali - Dogon 17 x 24" (43 x 61 cm) This "door" is more a window than a door. It closes an opening to the adobe granaries in which the Dogon store their grain. The figures protect the grain inside from mold, insects and all other threats. |
$1000.00 Small old granary door
item #1559Mali - Dogon 17 x 31" (43 x 79 cm) | $500.00 Small old granary door
item #201Mali - Dogon 14 x 17" (36 x 43 cm) |
$500.00 Small old granary door
item #1557Mali - Dogon 17 x 19" (43 x 48 cm) | $900.00 Small old granary door
item #1558Mali - Dogon 20 x 16" (51 x 41 cm) |
$1000.00 Small old granary door
item #1560Mali - Dogon 18 x 31" (46 x 79 cm) | $375.00 Woman figure, arms raised
item #1014Mali - Dogon 11.8" (30 cm) |
$325.00 Woman with hands covering face
item #1017Mali - Dogon 6 2/3" (17 cm) | $175.00 Wood turtle fetish
item #375Mali - Dogon 11" long (28 cm). Please click on the image for another view of this authentic fetish figure. |
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