The Niger Bend | A Selection of Our Best Items |
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$125.00 2-head barbershop sign
item #1291Ghana - No tribal association 22 x 21 1/2" (56 x 55 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. | $49.00 2-Head Barbershop/Beauty Salon Sign
item #1293Ghana - No tribal association 16 x 11" (41 x 28 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. |
$400.00 2-Head Barbershop/Beauty Salon/Phone Booth
item #607Ghana - No tribal association This signboard measures 48 x 23 3/4" (122 x 60 cm). The establishment that used this sign was a versatile one, doing both men's and women's hair. Many people in Africa either do not have a phone of their own or they don't have enough money to buy credits for their prepaid phones so they use public phones which are privately operated. A call placed this way may not be the cheapest on a per minute basis but is does require the lowest outlay. There are many outlets set up all around town to provide only this service since all they need is a cell phone. This salon, however, provides that service in addition to its main business and included that on their sign. | $500.00 2-head sandwich beauty salon signs
item #629Ghana - No tribal association Each of these two signs measures the same, 25 1/2 x 41" (64.8 x 104 cm). Please click to see the other one. |
$400.00 2-sided Beauty Salon sign
item #610Ghana - No tribal association 35 1/4 x 15 3/4" (89.5 x 40 cm) | $1250.00 2-sided Best Quality Medicine SignSOLD 
item #417Ghana - No tribal association This sign is the largest and exhibits the best artistic quality of the genre that I have ever seen. It measures 65 1/2 x 46 1/2". This sign illustrates many of the ailments this establishment treats, most of which are self-explanatory. Please click on the image to see the other side of this same sign and a photo of the sign along the road before we took it down. This sign has been SOLD. I am keeping this photo on line because it is such a great example of the genre. |
$600.00 2-sided XL commercial art painting
item #1281Ghana - No tribal association 46 x 40 1/4" (117 x 102 cm) Please click on the image to see the reverse side of this painting. It appears that this is a recycled piece of wood. | $750.00 2-sided XL Memorial sign
item #1264Ghana - No tribal association Ghana has the custom to memorialize people when they pass away by having his or her portrait painted by the same artists whose primary customers are businesses. The name of the man who died, who was a wealthy man, is Agya Nimo, an Ashanti. The inscription here on the right side of the painting means "Sharing sympathy for his death". The artist who did this one apparently did this painting on the back of an older sign, thereby recycling it. Or was it the other way around? This painting measures 48 7/8 x 48" (124 x 122 cm). Please click on the image to see the other side of this very large portrait, which is a rather sinister image of Mike Tyson. |
$10.00 3 more heterosexual goldweights
item #282Ghana - Ashanti Please click on the photo to see 2 more couples enjoying themselves. | $300.00 3-Head Barbershop Sign 
item #376Ghana - No tribal association 32 x 15" (81 x 38 cm) |
$400.00 3-head barbershop sign
item #514Ghana - No tribal association 48 x 20" (123 x 51 cm) | $400.00 3-Head Barbershop Sign
item #603Ghana - No tribal association This sign measures 48 x 24" (122 x 61 cm) |
$49.00 3-head beauty salon sign
item #1295Ghana - No tribal association 12 x 16" (30.5 x 41 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. | $400.00 5-head barbershop sign
item #541Ghana - No tribal association This sign was painted by an artist in Kumasi, Ghana, where I bought it. It measures 48 x 16" (122 x 40.6 cm). The artist had painted it along with 3 others for a customer but when I offered to buy them, he agreed to paint another set for the customer who had commissioned them. Please click on the image to see a view of the studio where I bought them. |
$400.00 5-head barbershop sign
item #542Ghana - No tribal association This sign was painted by the same artist in Kumasi, Ghana, as others on this page. It measures 48 x 16" (122 x 40.6 cm). The artist had painted it and 3 others for a customer but when I offered to buy them, he agreed to paint another set for the customer who had commissioned them. Please click on the image to see 2 views of the studio where I bought them. | A couple of happy guys
item #1679Ghana - unknown tribe |
$3500.00 Abotire crown of gold leaf pieces
item #430Ghana - Ashanti This style of Ashanti crown is flexible, like a hat, but is covered with gold leaf-covered wooden elements. Its name in the Akan language is abotire. This is the oldest, most traditional of crown styles, worn by all levels of Ashanti royalty. | $200.00 Advertising Portrait
item #412Ghana - No tribal association Many artists in Ghana display examples of their work along the side of the road to draw attention to the availability of their craft. In fact, their primary intention is not to sell these works, rather to use them to attract commissions for personal or professional work. In other words, these paintings serve as publicity. Most often these portraits on display are of people famous around the world or primarily in Ghana. This portrait, of course, is of Malcolm X. The painting measures 32 1/2 x 40 1/2" (82.5 x 103 cm). Unlike most comparable portraits painted on wood, the artist of this painting, Sawyer Dele, preferred to paint this one on canvas. Please click on the photo to view photos of Sawyer himself in his studio. This painting is on canvas, stretched on a frame. We can ship it on the frame or rolled up, without the frame, as you prefer. |
$400.00 African village design commercial art 
item #1134Ghana - No tribal association 48 x 32" (122 x 81 cm) | $400.00 African woman commercial art 
item #1136Ghana - No tribal association 27 3/4 x 48" (70 x 122 cm) |
$400.00 African woman commercial art 
item #1135Ghana - No tribal association 32 x 48" (81 x 122 cm) | $400.00 Ahmed the barber and one of his signsSOLD 
item #546Ghana - No tribal association Ahmed is a barber in Kumasi who also sells barbershop signs. This one measures 12 x 34" (30 x 86 cm). Please click on the photo to see 2 views of Ahmed's barbershop along the railroad tracks. |
American flag barbershop
item #1678Ghana - No tribal association | An odd sign on a bar
item #1681Ghana - unknown tribe |
$125.00 Ancestor Figure
item #677Ghana - Ewe 9 3/4" tall (25 cm ) | $95.00 Ancestor Figure
item #1626Ghana - Ewe 12" (30 cm) |
$5000.00 Another very large atompan
item #528Ghana - Fanti This is another cousin to the Ashanti atompan, the same type as the other Fanti atompan on this page. This one measures 33 1/2" tall and is also covered with tribal symbols. Like the Ashanti atompan on this page this drum is genuine, old and exceptional. Please click on the image to see 2 more views of this beautiful drum. | $400.00 Barber shop sandwich style sign
item #1230Ghana - No tribal association 36 x 23 1/2" (91.5 x 60 cm) Please click on the photo to see the other sign in this pair of signs. Both are the same price, $400 each, unless you purchase both together, which would be $750 for the two. |
$200.00 Barber sign section
item #1233Ghana - No tribal association 24 x 14" (61 x 35.5 cm) This signboard was originally part of a larger sign. For some reason this part was removed from the original sign (perhaps that part was damaged in some way?) and remained in use. It was in use when I found it and bought it from the barber. | $750.00 Beautiful hinged sandwich signs
item #545Ghana - No tribal association 23 3/4 x 38" (60 x 96.5 cm). Please click on the image to see the other half of this, one of the best quality painted signs I have seen. The other side is the same size and price, $750. The full hinged sign, both sides together is $1,200. |
$500.00 Beauty salon hinged sandwich sign
item #1273Ghana - No tribal association These are two separate signs, sold separately. The price for each is $500. They were both painted by the same artist, on commission for the same customer, in the same style, to advertise the same business. They were used together, hinged at the top, so the unit was visible from two sides. We take the two apart and sell them separately. These two measure 47 x 24" (119 x 61 cm). Please click to see the other sign in this pair. | $500.00 Beauty salon hinged sandwich sign
item #1276Ghana - No tribal association These are two separate signs, sold separately. The price for each is $500. They were both painted by the same artist, on commission for the same customer, in the same style, to advertise the same business. They were used together, hinged at the top, so the unit was visible from two sides. We take the two apart and sell them separately. These two measure 46 7/8 x 23 3/4" (98 x 80 cm). Please click to see the other sign in this pair. |
$500.00 Beauty salon hinged sandwich sign
item #1277Ghana - No tribal association These are two separate signs, sold separately. The price for each is $500. They were both painted by the same artist, on commission for the same customer, in the same style, to advertise the same business. They were used together, hinged at the top, so the unit was visible from two sides. We take the two apart and sell them separately. These two measure 46 3/4 x 23 3/4" (119 x 60 cm). Please click to see the other sign in this pair. | $1300.00 Black & White Adinkra Cloth
item #1061Ghana - Ashanti Extraordinarily large and beautiful cloth |
$175.00 Black & White Advertising Portrait
item #1144Ghana - No tribal association As a means to demonstrate the range of their abilities artists display portraits in black & white as well. Whereas most such portraits are painted traditionally on wood, more and more artists are opting for canvas. We can ship them to you on the frame or taken off, rolled up. This one is of an unidentified African woman, 23 x 28" (58 x 71 cm) | $200.00 Black & White Advertising Portrait - Bernice Johnson Reagon
item #1143Ghana - No tribal association As a means to demonstrate the range of their abilities artists display portraits in black & white as well. Whereas most such portraits are painted traditionally on wood, more and more artists are opting for canvas. We can ship them to you on the frame or taken off, rolled up. This one is of Bernice Johnson Reagon, the American composer and civil rights activist, measuring 37 1/2 x 29" (95 x 74 cm) |
$200.00 Black & White Advertising Portrait - Kwame Nkrumah
item #413Ghana - No tribal association As a means to demonstrate the range of their abilities artists display portraits in black & white as well. Whereas most such portraits are painted traditionally on wood, more and more artists are opting for canvas. We can ship them to you on the frame or taken off, rolled up. This one is of Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana. It measures 34 3/4 x 38 1/2" (88 x 98 cm) | $400.00 Bob Marley signboard
item #543Ghana - No tribal association 35 3/4 x 39 1/2" (90.8 x 100 cm). Bob Marley is, without a doubt, the most popular musical subject for commercial art in Ghana. This painting is old and weathered. Please click on the image to see the studio where it was on display and where I bought it, in Kumasi, Ghana. |
$800.00 Bob Marley signboard
item #544Ghana - No tribal association 39 3/4 x 43" (101 x 109 cm). This is an exceptionally large Bob Marley portrait. | $400.00 Bob Marley signboard
item #1152Ghana - No tribal association 22 1/4 x 30 1/2" (56.5 x 77.5 cm) |
$400.00 Bob Marley signboard
item #599Ghana - No tribal association One of the most enduring and popular figures all across Africa is Bob Marley. His likeness is everywhere in commercial art in Africa. This signboard measures 27 x 28" (68.6 x 71 cm) | $600.00 Bob Marley signboard
item #1145Ghana - No tribal association One of the most enduring and popular figures all across Africa is Bob Marley. His likeness is everywhere in commercial art in Africa. This signboard measures 48 x 48" (122 x 122 cm). |
$400.00 Bob Marley signboard
item #1146Ghana - No tribal association One of the most enduring and popular figures all across Africa is Bob Marley. His likeness is everywhere in commercial art in Africa. This signboard measures 27 x 36" (68.6 x 91.4 cm). | $400.00 Bob Marley signboard
item #1153Ghana - No tribal association 23 x 24" (58 x 61 cm) |
$1200.00 Bodybuilder sign
item #512Ghana - No tribal association This painting is very large, measuring 46 1/4 x 59" (117.5 x 150 cm). This was painted by a commercial artist in Accra who displayed it as an example of his skill in order to attract customers who would commission his services to make signs to advertise his business. | $500.00 Bodybuilder sign - female
item #1148Ghana - No tribal association This is an extraordinary signboard, both in is subject matter and in that it was painted on a canvas stretched over a wooden board, the only one I've ever seen made in that way. It measures 18 x 40 1/4" (45.7 x 102 cm) |
$400.00 Bodybuilder sign - Ulisses Williams
item #1227Ghana - No tribal association Among the well-known figures artists in Ghana admire are bodybuilders. This is Ulisses Williams. This sign measures 24 x 32" (61 x 81 cm) | $95.00 Brass equestrian figure
item #344Ghana - Ashanti 2 3/4" tall |
Building painting
item #1675Ghana - No tribal association The whole side of this house was painted with an AIDS awareness mural in Lome, Togo. I took this photo years ago; this painting has since largely worn off. | Christ
item #1676Ghana - No tribal association I found this painting hanging along a back alley, with a trickle of sewage running down the middle of the ditch, with a rather unfortunate message written on the wall. To the right of the painting is the symbol known as Gye Nyame (pronounced G nia may) which means "Choose God". |
$750.00 Commercial art - 2 musicians
item #1274Ghana - No tribal association 39 x 46 1/4" (99 x 117.5 cm) These are two very famous musicians in Ghana, both Ashanti. The man on the left is Nana Acheampong; the one on the right is Daddy Lumba. | $975.00 Commercial art - 2-sided XL, men
item #1278Ghana - No tribal association 68 3/4 x 37" (175 x 94 cm) This man is a famous Ghanaian football (soccer) player, Charles Asampong Taylor. Please click on the image to see the other side, with a famous Ghanaian film star, Benjamin Kojo Afandoh aka Agya Ntow. |
$500.00 Commercial art - Christian design
item #517Ghana - No tribal association Ghana is one of the countries of West Africa with the highest proportion of Christians. Africans, no matter what their religious affiliation, are very spiritual people. Therefore it is no surprise that one of the most popular subjects for commercial artists promoting their own businesses is Jesus Christ and other religious imagery. This sign measures 32 1/2 x 21" (82.5 x 53 cm) and appears to be a saintly figure although he is unidentified. | $300.00 Commercial art - Christian design
item #1154Ghana - No tribal association Ghana is one of the countries of West Africa with the highest proportion of Christians. Africans, no matter what their religious affiliation, are very spiritual people. Therefore it is no surprise that a popular subject for commercial artists promoting their own businesses is Jesus Christ. The "master" referred to on this signboard is the artist. The term "master" is heard commonly in Ghana, often to mean one who excels in his field. This sign measures 40 1/2 x 24" (103 x 61 cm) |
$400.00 Commercial art - Christian design
item #1155Ghana - No tribal association Ghana is one of the countries of West Africa with the highest proportion of Christians. Africans, no matter what their religious affiliation, are very spiritual people. Therefore it is no surprise that a popular subject for commercial artists promoting their own businesses is Jesus Christ. This sign measures 32 x 48" (81 x 122 cm) | $800.00 Commercial art - Michael Jackson
item #521Ghana - No tribal association This is a painting that was displayed on the outside of a commercial art studio in Accra, called Dakar Art, painted by the artists there to use to advertise their own skill as painters. This signboard measures 43 3/4 x 24" (111 x 61 cm). |
$300.00 Commercial art - movie star
item #1348Ghana - No tribal association Jamie Joxx 32 x 24" (81 x 61 cm) | $400.00 Commercial art - movie star
item #1349Ghana - No tribal association Jamie Foxx 32 1/8 x 24" (81.6 x 61 cm) |
$300.00 Commercial art - movie star
item #1359Ghana - No tribal association Jamie Foxx 31 7/8 x 24 1/4" (81 x 62 cm) | $400.00 Commercial art - musician
item #1228Ghana - No tribal association This is a famous Ghanaian musician, Oheneba Kissi. I saw his portrait painted on the side of a studio in Accra and asked them to reproduce the portrait in a smaller format so I could offer it for sale here. Please click on the photo to see the original, on the side of the studio. This one measures 24 x 32" (61 x 81 cm). |
$400.00 Commercial art - musician
item #1351Ghana - No tribal association Diddy Dirty Money, P. Diddy, Sean John, Sean Combs, you know who he is. 31 3/4 x 22 5/8" (81 x 57.5 cm) | $500.00 Commercial art - musician
item #1352Ghana - No tribal association Snoop Dogg 28 x 24" (71 x 61 cm) |
$500.00 Commercial art - musician
item #1353Ghana - No tribal association Tupac Shakur 27 1/2 x 24 1/4" (70 x 62 cm) | $400.00 Commercial art - musician
item #1361Ghana - No tribal association Tina Turner 32 1/4 x 24" (82 x 61 cm) |
$200.00 Commercial art - Political figure
item #416Ghana - No tribal association This painting was exhibited by an artist along the road in Accra to advertise his business. It measures 23 x 25 1/4" (58 x 64 cm). It is a painting of Jerry John Rawlings, the former Flight Lieutenant and still very popular and influential President of Ghana, from 1993 to 2001. | $200.00 Commercial art - Political figure
item #1163Ghana - No tribal association 20 1/2 x 30 3/4" (52 x 78 cm). This is a painting of Jerry John Rawlings, the former Flight Lieutenant and still very popular and influential President of Ghana, from 1993 to 2001. |
$400.00 Commercial art - Political figure
item #597Ghana - No tribal association Among the many popular figures represented on Ghanaian commercial art signboards is the former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, who is from Ghana. Ghanaians are justifiably intensely proud of him. This signboard measures 24 x 37 3/4" (61 x 96 cm). | $400.00 Commercial art - Political figure
item #1164Ghana - No tribal association Among the many popular figures represented on Ghanaian commercial art signboards is the former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, who is from Ghana. Ghanaians are justifiably intensely proud of him. This signboard measures 22 3/4 x 23 1/2" (58 x 60 cm) |
$300.00 Commercial art - Political figure
item #1360Ghana - No tribal association Kwame Nkrumah 26 1/2 x 22 7/8" (67 x 58 cm) | $350.00 Commercial art - Political figures
item #598Ghana - No tribal association This signboard measures 24 x 23". The man is John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor, President of Ghana 2001-2009. Ghana is one of the few countries in Africa where elections are truly free and fair and power is transfered peacefully. As in the US, Ghana allows a President to serve 2 4-year terms. Unlike in so many other countries in Africa Mr. Kufuor stood down after he completed his second term when John Atta-Mills was elected. He is the current president of Ghana. Mr. Kufuor had defeated Mr. Atta-Mills when he was originally elected. |
$200.00 Commercial art - sharing a meal
item #1137Ghana - No tribal association 35 1/2 x 22 1/4" (90 x 56.5 cm) | $750.00 Commercial art - very large sign
item #1279Ghana - No tribal association 47 x 42 7/8" (119 x 109 cm) This is a very common and popular image, representing the joy two people feel when the see each other, especially after a long time apart. The first two words in the inscription translate loosely as, "I feel the same as you". |
$600.00 Commercial art - very large sign
item #1280Ghana - No tribal association 47 3/4 x 30 1/4" (121 x 77 cm) | $200.00 Commercial art advertising - portrait of a girl
item #1362Ghana - No tribal association 21 1/2 x 23 1/2" (54.6 x 60 cm) |
$600.00 Commercial art advertising - portrait of a man
item #1300Ghana - No tribal association 44 5/8 x 33 1/4" (113 x 84.5 cm) | $400.00 Commercial art advertising - portrait of a man
item #1350Ghana - No tribal association 33 x 23 5/8" (84 x 60 cm) |
$400.00 Commercial art advertising - portrait of a woman
item #524Ghana - No tribal association I found this weathered painting at a commercial art studio in Kumasi, Ghana. The ability of this artist is superior to most. This sign measures 16 1/2 x 27" (42 x 69 cm). | $400.00 Commercial art advertising - portrait of a woman
item #1209Ghana - No tribal association I found this weathered painting at a commercial art studio in Kumasi, Ghana. The ability of this artist is superior to most. This sign measures 30 1/2 x 18 1/2" (77.5 x 47 cm). |
$500.00 Commercial art portrait
item #1202Ghana - No tribal association 24 x 23" (61 x 58 cm). Please click on the photo to see the studio where we found this painting in Accra. | $475.00 Commercial art portrait - 2-sided
item #520Ghana - No tribal association This portrait is two-sided. Please click on the image to see the portrait on the reverse side. This sign measures 24 1/4 x 23 3/4" (61.6 x 60 cm). |
$600.00 Commercial artist advertising sign
item #615Ghana - No tribal association This sign measures 43 x 61 1/2" (109 x 156 cm) | $400.00 Commercial artist advertising sign
item #1340Ghana - No tribal association The baby wearing the helmet is a recurring theme in commericial art in Ghana. I am unaware of the significance of it. 27 7/8 x 20" (71 x 51 cm) |
$300.00 Commercial artist advertising sign
item #1341Ghana - No tribal association The baby wearing the helmet is a recurring theme in commericial art in Ghana. I am unaware of the significance of it. 33 x 23" (84 x 58 cm) | $400.00 Commercial artist advertising sign
item #1355Ghana - No tribal association The baby wearing the helmet is a recurring theme in commericial art in Ghana. I am unaware of the significance of it. 26 1/4 x 20 3/4" (67 x 53 cm) |
$300.00 Commercial artist advertising sign
item #1363Ghana - No tribal association A recurring theme in commercial art in Ghana:21 1/2 x 23 1/2" (54.6 x 60 cm) | $600.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - coffin maker
item #614Ghana - No tribal association This sign measures 48 x 48" (1.22 x 1.22 m). I commissioned this sign to be painted as a copy of an original which the owner was unwilling to sell to me. Artistic Ghanaian coffins are famous. They can be in the shape of beer bottles, rockets, cars, airplanes, fish, people, anything you can imagine. People are actually buried in them although as their fame has spread around the world they are also now collected as an art form and made that way. Obviously, it is difficult to obtain one that is genuine and used... This coffin maker has diversified, as you can see. The original sign was painted on both sides; I had each side copied as a single signboard. Please see the other sign on this page. |
$600.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - coffin maker
item #1158Ghana - No tribal association This sign measures 48 x 48" (1.22 x 1.22 m). I commissioned this sign to be painted as a copy of an original which the owner was unwilling to sell to me. Artistic Ghanaian coffins are famous. They can be in the shape of beer bottles, rockets, cars, airplanes, fish, people, anything you can imagine. People are actually buried in them although as their fame has spread around the world they are also now collected as an art form and made that way. Obviously, it is difficult to obtain one that is genuine and used... This coffin maker has diversified, as you can see. The original sign was painted on both sides; I had each side copied as a single signboard. Please see the other sign on this page. | $500.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - musician
item #513Ghana - No tribal association 28 x 30 1/2" (71 x 77.5 cm). This is Lucky Dube, a South African musician, famous throughout Africa, who was murdered in 2007 when he refused to surrender his cell phone to an armed robber, in Johannesburg. |
$600.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - musician
item #1161Ghana - No tribal association Kojo Antwi, a famous Ghanaian musician, 27 x 44" (68.6 x 112 cm) | $400.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - musician
item #1162Ghana - No tribal association It can probably be said that the same pop music culture exists in Ghana and across Africa as in the USA and Europe. This is Mark Althaean Andrews aka Sisqo, the Haitian R&B singer. 20 3/4 x 36" (52.7 x 91.4 cm) |
$500.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - musician
item #518Ghana - No tribal association Although unfortunately not among the most famous musicians in the USA, Kojo Antwi is one of the most famous Ghanaian musicians. This sign measures 24 1/4 x 35" (62 x 89 cm). | $600.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - musician
item #1165Ghana - No tribal association Although unfortunately not among the most famous musicians in the USA, Kojo Antwi is one of the most famous Ghanaian musicians. This sign measures 48 x 48" (1.22 x 1.22 m). |
$600.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - musician
item #1299Ghana - No tribal association This is a portrait of the famous Ghanaian musician, Tic Tac. 39 x 30 5/8" (99 x 78 cm) | $400.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - musician
item #616Ghana - No tribal association This is Nana Kwaku Okyere Duah, called Tic Tac in Ghana where he is a famous musician. 26 1/2 x 37" (67 x 94 cm) |
$400.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - musician
item #1159Ghana - No tribal association 24 x 22" (61 x 56 cm) This is Gregory Isaacs, the Jamaican reggae singer who died in October, 2010. This painting was done well before his death. | $400.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - musician
item #1160Ghana - No tribal association 26 1/4 x 20" (67 x 51 cm) This is the Jamaican roots reggaie musician Joseph "Culture" Hill, the lead singer for the group, Culture, who died in 2006, but who remains popular, as all reggae starts are, in Ghana. |
$300.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - musician
item #1356Ghana - No tribal association Nana Acheampong, one of the most famous Ghanaian singers 34 x 21 7/8" (86 x 55.6 cm) | $500.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - musician
item #1357Ghana - No tribal association Nana Acheampong, one of the most famous Ghanaian singers 33 1/2 x 34 3/4" (85 x 88 cm) |
$500.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - musician
item #1358Ghana - No tribal association Celine Dion 30 3/8 x 30 3/4" (77 x 78 cm) | $500.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - woman
item #1183Ghana - No tribal association This is a painting that was displayed on the outside of a commercial art studio in Accra, called Dakar Art, painted by the artists there to use to advertise their own skill as painters. This signboard measures 46 1/2 x 28" (118 x 71 cm). |
$500.00 Copulating couple metal sculpture
item #493Ghana - 14 1/4 x 8 x 12 1/2" tall. This is a contemporary work of an accomplished metalsmith. Please click on the image for 2 closer views. | $400.00 Copy of a large commercial sign
item #523Ghana - No tribal association I commissioned this sign as a copy of a much larger one I photographed in Accra. Of course this is not an exact copy but it is interesting the way the artist interpreted it. This sign measures 30 x 24" (76 x 61 cm). Please click on the image to see a view of the billboard I photographed. |
$1800.00 Crocodile chameleon stool
item #835Ghana - Ashanti 20 1/2 x 11 7/8 x 14 3/4" tall (52 x 30 x 37.5 cm) | $1800.00 Crocodile stool
item #822Ghana - Ashanti 20 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 14 1/4" tall (51 x 27 x 36 cm) |
$300.00 Double monkey wari
item #645Ghana - No tribal association 26 1/2 x 6 x 7" tall. | $750.00 Eagle on turtle stool
item #824Ghana - Ashanti 20 x 10 x 16" tall |
$900.00 Eagle top linguist staff
item #511Ghana - Ashanti This 64 1/2" (1.64 m) tall staff is refered by the Ashanti as a "linguist staff". He who bears it is the personal spokesman of the Asantehene, the King of the Ashanti people. In addition to the top ornament the staff is composed of 3 sections. | $600.00 Elephant stool
item #778Ghana - Ashanti length 16 1/4", height 12" Please click on the image to view the other side of this fine old stool. |
$750.00 Elephant stool
item #806Ghana - Ashanti 18 x 10 x 12 1/2" tall | $12500.00 Exceptionally large wari game
item #913Ghana - unknown tribe 33 x 9 1/4 x 21 3/4" (83.8 x 23.5 x 55 cm) |
$1200.00 Extraordinarily large barbershop signSOLD 
item #515Ghana - No tribal association This is one of the largest barbershop signs I have ever seen. It is such a great sign that is has been SOLD. Indeed this business is more diversified than just a barbershop; they make key copies and have a public phone as well. It was displayed high up in the air, above the establishment it advertised, in Accra. I admired it when I saw it and asked my agent there to buy it for me. I did not attempt to acquire it myself since I figured my chances were greater with an African interceding on my behalf. All too often, when a foreign, i.e. white, man approaches an African to purchase something that is not already for sale, the price quoted is stratospheric, either because the owner really does not want to sell or because he imagines that the foreign man actually will pay that high a price. I regret I neglected to photograph it in situ. Indeed I was not sure my agent would be successful. The sign measures 96 x 48" (2.44 x 1.22 m) and is painted on both sides. Please click on the image to see the other side. | $6000.00 Extraordinary large crocodile stool
item #369Ghana - Ashanti 23 1/2 x 12 x 20". This is an exceptional Ashanti stool: exceptional in size, exceptional in quality, exceptional in age, exceptional in design. |
$10.00 Fifth set of loving couple goldweights
item #479Ghana - Ashanti Please click on the image to see the other two couples in this set. | $10.00 Fourth set of loving couple goldweights
item #478Ghana - Ashanti Please click on the image to see the other two couples in this set. |
$2500.00 Full size, center-opening Akan door
item #199Ghana - Ashanti 28 x 55" (71 x 140 cm) | $300.00 Garment
item #1070Ghana - Ewe |
$10.00 Gay couples in brass goldweights
item #469Ghana - Ashanti Please click on the image to see 2 more gay couples. | $15.00 Gay menage a trois goldweight
item #472Ghana - Ashanti Please click on the image to see another view of this interesting variation of the gay themed goldweights. |
$1950.00 gold beads
item #434Ghana - Ashanti Each of these solid gold beads is the same price. The bead on the left is SOLD. | $975.00 Gold leaf covered necklace
item #433Ghana - Ashanti The pendant is 4 13/16 x 5". The necklace is 14 3/8". |
$975.00 Gold necklace
item #456Ghana - Ashanti This is a less voluminous and lighter gold necklace, possibly worn by younger girls. | $3750.00 Gold necklace
item #1714Ghana - Ashanti |
$5600.00 Gold necklace
item #1715Ghana - Ashanti | $5600.00 Gold necklace with pendant
item #1717Ghana - Ashanti |
$7500.00 Gold necklace with pendant
item #453Ghana - Ashanti This is an exceptionally beautiful gold chain with an extraordinarily fine heart shape pendant. The shape of this pendant, though well known in the West as a symbol of love, is actually not considered to be a heart at all in Ashanti tradition. Indeed the real human heart is not shaped like this at all. The Ashanti devised this shape as a reference to the san ko fa bird whose head is turned 180 degrees around to look behind it. That bird is the symbol of a proverb which signifies, loosely interpreted, that we must learn by looking to our past. | $5600.00 Gold necklace with pendant
item #1716Ghana - Ashanti |
$3000.00 Gold pendant
item #438Ghana - Ashanti | $5600.00 Gold royal chain necklace
item #427Ghana - Ashanti The name in the Akan language for these necklaces is "suman" which literally means "charm". The pendants worn on these chains have specific protective powers depending on the design of those pendants. When Ashanti royalty appear in public on ceremonial occasions they always wear quantities of gold jewelry, including handmade chains of many designs. |
$5600.00 Gold royal necklace
item #428Ghana - Ashanti | $5600.00 Gold royal necklace
item #1718Ghana - Ashanti |
$2625.00 Gold royal rings
item #426Ghana - Ashanti All the rings in this photo are the same price except the one on the far right which is $925. Please click on the photo to see 2 more sets of rings. All are the same price in the second and third photos. Please note that the top ring in each of those two photos have been sold. Ashanti gold is generally low carat (below 14 carats) but are authentic, having been made for and worn by members of the Ashanti royal family and entourage. Most date to 1950 to 1960. | $3750.00 Gold watch bracelet
item #431Ghana - Ashanti This bracelet looks like a watch but only tells the time twice a day. There is no movement in it. In fact, the Ashanti, like many Africans, value watches more as jewelry than as timepieces. This one is pure jewelry, conforming to the Ashanti love of gold and deference to modern society at the same time. |
$10.00 Goldweight couple as pendant
item #480Ghana - Ashanti This goldweight features a loop for hanging the weight as a pendant. Please click on the image to see another position being enjoyed as a pendant, as well as one more goldweight in the above series, without a pendant loop. | $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. |
$3750.00 Heavy silver bracelet
item #432Ghana - Ashanti Although not gold, this bracelet is made in the style of the gold bracelets the Ashanti prefer. This bracelet, in solid metal, would be astronomical in price in solid gold. In the same way that the Ashanti use gold leaf-covered wood to replace solid gold, they may also make items in silver to represent an item traditionally made in gold. | $10.00 Heterosexual representative goldweights
item #281Ghana - Ashanti There are as many of these as the Kama Sutra has positions but we only have the 12 pictured here in stock. All are the same price and about the same size, 2 x 1 x 1/2". Please click on this photo to see 2 other positions. |
I love some of the names they choose for their businesses in Ghana
item #1677Ghana - No tribal association Please click on the image for 2 other stores with interesting names. I believe they should have chosen the word "accept" instead of "except" in the photo of the store at the bus station. | $900.00 Kojo Antwi XL sign and a commercial art studio
item #519Ghana - No tribal association This very large painting, 96 x 48" (2.4 x 1.2 m) was painted by the artists in this picture. Please click on the image to see their studio in Accra, Ghana. They are big Kojo Antwi fans and actually do a lot of work for Kojo. Although I do not have any of the other images in this photo available at this moment, I am able to get any of those that you see here, theoretically. The beautiful black angel is painted on another outside wall of this studio. We can commission this same design, or any other, in any size. We can do anything you want in a personalized Ghanaian signboard. Please let us know what you would like. |
$600.00 Large 3-head beauty salon sign
item #594Ghana - No tribal association This sign measures 48 x 29 1/2" (122 x 75 cm) | $400.00 Large beauty salon sign
item #638Ghana - No tribal association 48 x 32" (122 x 81 cm) |
$400.00 Large beauty salon sign
item #1173Ghana - No tribal association 48 x 32" (122 x 81 cm) | $400.00 Large beauty salon sign
item #1174Ghana - No tribal association 48 x 32" (122 x 81 cm) |
$400.00 Large cotton textile
item #1607Ghana - Ewe 63 x 115" (1.6 x 2.92 m) | $600.00 Large cotton textile
item #1609Ghana - Ewe 81 x 121" (2.06 x 3.07 m) |
$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. | $400.00 Large old traditional kente cloth
item #1616Ghana - Ashanti 74 x 115" (1.88 x 2.92 m) This is an old, used cloth, with some signs of its wear, though still usable and in very good condition. |
$350.00 Large single head barbershop sign
item #613Ghana - No tribal association 35 x 40 1/2" (89 x 103 cm) | $1800.00 Large, heavy crocodile figure
item #750Ghana - Ewe 30 x 11 x 12" (76 x 28 x 30 cm) This is an extraordinary sculpture. It is the only one I have ever seen that is anything like this. Please click on the image to see 2 more views of it. |
$800.00 Largest cotton traditional kente cloth
item #1618Ghana - Ashanti 74 x 128" (1.88 x 3.25 m) | $600.00 Largest cotton traditional kente cloth
item #1621Ghana - Ashanti 82 x 120" (2.08 x 3.05 m) |
$600.00 Largest old cotton traditional kente cloth 
item #1619Ghana - Ashanti 75 x 122" (1.9 x 3.1 m) | $800.00 Largest old cotton traditional kente cloth 
item #1624Ghana - Ashanti 83 1/2 x 123 1/2" (2.12 x 3.14 m) |
$750.00 Largest old cotton traditional kente cloth 
item #1625Ghana - Ashanti 85 x 126" (2.16 x 3.2 m) This is an old, used cloth, with some signs of its wear, though still usable and in very good condition. | $6000.00 Largest old leopard stool
item #816Ghana - Ashanti 23 x 15 x 21" tall. This is an exceptional, old stool that almost certainly would have been used only by a member of the Ashanti royal family. |
$1200.00 Largest rayon traditional kente cloth
item #1615Ghana - Ashanti 129 x 62" (3.28 x 1.57 m) | $1200.00 Largest rayon traditional kente cloth
item #1617Ghana - Ashanti 74 x 120" (1.88 x 3.05 m) |
$1200.00 Largest rayon traditional kente cloth
item #1620Ghana - Ashanti 76 x 137" (1.93 x 3.48 m) | $800.00 Largest rayon traditional kente cloth
item #1622Ghana - Ashanti 82 x 122" (2.08 x 3.1 m) |
$1200.00 Largest rayon traditional kente cloth
item #1623Ghana - Ashanti 82 x 129" (2.08 x 3.28 m) | $900.00 Lion stool
item #780Ghana - Ashanti 24 x 18 1/2". Please click on the image for another view of this old, authentic stool. |
$750.00 Lion stool
item #807Ghana - Ashanti 19 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 11" tall | $400.00 Long 4-head barbershop sign
item #595Ghana - No tribal association 48 x 16" (122 x 40.6 cm) |
$400.00 Long 4-head barbershop sign
item #1181Ghana - No tribal association 48 x 16" (122 x 40.6 cm) | $50.00 Long in-line portable wari game
item #906Ghana - No tribal association 12 x 2 1/2" (30.4 x 6.4 cm) |
$75.00 Long portable wari game
item #915Ghana - No tribal association 17 1/2 x 2 3/4" (44.5 x 7 cm) | $75.00 Long portable wari game
item #917Ghana - No tribal association 18 1/2 x 3 1/4" (47 x 8.3 cm) |
Lord Kenya
item #1673Ghana - No tribal association This is the artist who painted this great portrait. Please click on the image to see a wider view of this photo, the studio where I bought this sign, long since sold, and just a view of the studio, without this painting. I loved the proscription on the wall in the foreground. | $950.00 Man of Africa
item #446Ghana - Ashanti This is an extraordinary carved wood map of Africa featuring the likeness of the first president and Father of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. This was undoubtedly carved as an hommage to him sometime around the time of Ghanaian independence which occured in 1957. The words "Man of Africa" are etched to the left of the head and the words "Dr. Kwame Nkrumah" are etched in the base of the piece though they have been largely worn away over the years. The height is 31 1/2" (80 cm) and the width from the westernmost tip to the easternmost tip of the continent is 23 1/2" (60 cm). |
$1800.00 Man on lion stool
item #821Ghana - Ashanti 19 1/2 x 10 7/8 x 16 3/4" tall | $200.00 Medicine Sign - reproduction
item #584Ghana - No tribal association This sign measures 24 x 23 1/4" (61 x 5.7 cm). We tried to buy the original of this sign but the owner didn't want to sell it so we took a photo of it and had it copied by an artist in the same place in Ghana. |
$1500.00 Men's akunintam
item #1104Ghana - Fanti This extraordinarily large cloth was worn exclusively by men of very high status on only the most formal occasions. This cloth was probably not owned and worn by one man alone. Often they are owned by cloth making shops and rented out, much like a tuxedo. The dark background cloth is rather heavy, formerly having been made of black broadloom boiled English Melton cloth - the cloth use for English Bobby capes, very heavy and very hot and pieced in the middle. The iconography is typical of Fante tribal cultural art. | $1500.00 Men's akunintam
item #1105Ghana - Fanti This extraordinarily large cloth was worn exclusively by men of very high status on only the most formal occasions. This cloth was probably not owned and worn by one man alone. Often they are owned by cloth making shops and rented out, much like a tuxedo. The dark background cloth is rather heavy, formerly having been made of black broadloom boiled English Melton cloth - the cloth use for English Bobby capes, very heavy and very hot and pieced in the middle. The iconography is typical of Fante tribal cultural art. |
$1500.00 Men's garment
item #1063Ghana - Ewe This extraordinarily large textile was only ever used by an important figure in the Ewe community and only on very special occasions. | $1300.00 Men's garment
item #1064Ghana - Ewe |
$1500.00 Men's garment
item #1065Ghana - Ewe | $1500.00 Men's garment
item #1066Ghana - Ewe |
$1500.00 Men's garment
item #1067Ghana - Ewe | $1300.00 Men's garment
item #1068Ghana - Ewe This authentic, old textile has some wear but is extraordinary in design and workmanship. |
$1300.00 Men's garment
item #1069Ghana - Ewe | $1300.00 Men's garment
item #1084Ghana - Ashanti |
$1500.00 Men's garment
item #1085Ghana - Ewe | $1500.00 Men's garment
item #1088Ghana - Ashanti |
$1500.00 Men's garment
item #1089Ghana - Ashanti | $1500.00 Men's garment
item #1090Ghana - Ashanti |
$1500.00 Men's garment
item #1091Ghana - Ashanti | $1500.00 Men's garment
item #1103Ghana - Ashanti |
$1300.00 Men's garment
item #1106Ghana - Ashanti | $1500.00 Men's garment
item #1107Ghana - Ewe |
$1300.00 Men's garment
item #1108Ghana - Ewe | $1500.00 Men's garment
item #1109Ghana - Ewe |
$1500.00 Men's garment
item #1111Ghana - Ewe | $1300.00 Men's garment
item #1112Ghana - Ewe |
Michael Jordan
item #1674Ghana - No tribal association This is Sawyer Dele, the artist who painted this great portrait which I bought and sold long ago. | $49.00 Multiple head barbershop sign.jpg)
item #322Ghana - No tribal association 12 x 16" (30.5 x 41 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. |
$49.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1284Ghana - No tribal association 12 x 16" (30.5 x 41 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. | $49.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1283Ghana - No tribal association 12 x 15 3/4" (30.5 x 40 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. |
$125.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1294Ghana - No tribal association 16 1/4 x 24" (41 x 61 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. | $49.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1346Ghana - No tribal association 11 3/4 x 16" (30 x 41 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. |
$500.00 Multiple head beauty salon/barbershop sign
item #547Ghana - No tribal association 24 x 21" (61 x 53 cm) | $49.00 Multiple head beauty salon/barbershop sign
item #1270Ghana - No tribal association 11 3/4 x 16" (30 x 41 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. |
$3500.00 Old Ashanti bird stool
item #72Ghana - Ashanti | $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. |
$450.00 Old comb, mounted
item #233Ghana - Ashanti Overall mounted height 14 1/2". This comb incorporates, on the top, 2 opposed sankofa birds as well as an Ashanti stool. | $750.00 Old crocodile stool
item #823Ghana - Ashanti 19 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 15 1/4" tall |
$800.00 Old Stool
item #787Ghana - Ashanti 15 3/4" long x 8 1/2" wide x 9 3/4" high at the highest point x 7 3/4" high at the center. This is a beautifully carved, very old, authentic stool, among the best of the genre. These stools are and have been for a very long time in common use among the Ashanti people and so have signs of wear. As with many carved wooden objects some checking has occurred as the wood dried. The people who used it did what they could to repair the spots on this stool where this has happened. Please click on this photo to see photos of all the detail of this very beautiful stool. | $800.00 Old stool
item #1646Ghana - Ashanti 16" long x 7" wide x 9 1/4" high at the highest point x 7" high at the center. This is a beautifully carved, very old, authentic stool, among the best of the genre. These stools are and have been for a very long time in common use among the Ashanti people and so have signs of wear. As with many carved wooden objects some checking has occurred as the wood dried. The people who used it did what they could to repair the spots on this stool where this has happened. Please click on this photo to see photos of all the detail of this very beautiful stool. |
$145.00 Old wood turtle fetish figure
item #362Ghana - Fanti 7 1/2" long (19 cm). Please click on the image to see 2 more views of this authentic old fetish figure. | $500.00 Painted sculpture - Dentist
item #496Ghana - No tribal association 9 1/4 x 13 1/2 x 13 1/4" tall. Please click on the image for 2 closeup views. |
$500.00 Painted sculpture - Man dining
item #497Ghana - No tribal association 14 5/8 x 8 1/2 x 9 1/4" tall. Please click on the image for 2 closeup views. | $500.00 Painted sculpture - Market women
item #495Ghana - No tribal association 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 x 14" tall. Please click on the image for 2 closeup views. |
$500.00 Painted sculpture - Television viewers
item #494Ghana - No tribal association 18 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 11 1/4" tall. Please click on the image for 2 closeup views. | $1500.00 Parrot on turtle stool
item #810Ghana - Ashanti 20 x 11 3/4 x 16" tall |
$100.00 Portable oval wari game
item #921Ghana - No tribal association 20 1/4 x 6" ( 51.4 x 15.2 cm) | $100.00 Portable wari game with handle
item #914Ghana - No tribal association 17 1/2 x 7 1/2" (44.5 x 19 cm) |
$295.00 Portrait
item #622Ghana - No tribal association 16 x 24" (41 x 61 cm) | $295.00 Portrait
item #1216Ghana - No tribal association 14 3/4 x 26" (37.5 x 66 cm) |
$295.00 Portrait
item #1217Ghana - No tribal association 16 x 24" (41 x 61 cm) | $150.00 Portrait
item #1258Ghana - No tribal association 24 1/4 x 16" (62 x 41 cm) |
$295.00 Portrait - unknown figure
item #1239Ghana - No tribal association 22 1/4 x 25 3/8" (56.5 x 64.5 cm) | $400.00 Pyro-design Kwame Nkrumah and his wife
item #618Ghana - No tribal association 17 3/4 x 22 1/4" (45 x 56.5 cm). This portrait, of the first President of Ghana, dates to the period of Ghanaian Independence, as evidenced by the fact that the inscription indicates that Kwame Nkrumah was the "First Prime Minister of The Gold Coast". "Akwaaba" means Welcome, in Twi, the language of the Akan people of Ghana, the largest language group in that country. Please click to see the companion portrait of Mother Ghana, the wife of the first president. Each portrait is $400. The pair is $700. |
$400.00 Pyro-design wife of Kwame Nkrumah and himself
item #1218Ghana - No tribal association 17 3/4 x 22 1/4" (45 x 56.5 cm). This portrait is of Mother Ghana, the wife of the first president of Ghana. It dates to the period of Ghanaian Independence. Please click to see the companion portrait of Kwame Nkrumah, the President. Each portrait is $400. The pair is $700. | $50.00 Rectangular portable wari game - dark color
item #907Ghana - No tribal association 14 x 4 3/4" (35.6 x 12 cm) |
$50.00 Rectangular portable wari game - light color
item #908Ghana - No tribal association 14 x 4 3/4" (35.6 x 12 cm) | $9000.00 Royal silver anklet
item #457Ghana - Fanti This is an extraordinary object. It is old and worn, having been in the possession of the Fanti king for a long time. The symbols all represent proverbs which refer to qualities the king should possess to be the best ruler possible. The fish is a mudfish which symbolizes both power and submission to power. When the mudfish gets fat it becomes food for the crocodile, which is the symbol of the power of the king. But, as with most proverbial lessons, it also reinforces the importance of the relationship of the people to the king, the dependence the king has on his people. The dichotomy of the role of the king is also symbolized by the crocodile in that the crocodile lives in the water but must breathe the air. That is, it lives in two worlds. The king must be able to negotiate both the world of the people and the world of the ruling elite. The small tree with a nest with 3 eggs in it is "nyame dua" the tree of God. The image represents an offering to God and means that the ruler should fear nothing but God. The snail represents patience and the virtue of work; it takes effort to remove the snail from the shell to eat it but it is nourishing and worth that effort. The turtle represents independence in that it carries its house with it wherever it goes. The coiled snake with a hornbill in its mouth represents perseverence and patience. The story behind it is that the hornbill borrowed money from snake but refused to pay it back saying that its ability to fly would keep it out of reach of the snake. Then years later faced with a drought and shrinking water holes, the hornbill was finally forced to come down for a drink and the snake got him. |
$600.00 Sandwich style sign - one side
item #373Ghana - No tribal association 48 1/4 x 24 1/2" (122.5 x 62 cm). This is one side of a sandwich style sign. | $600.00 Sandwich style sign - one side
item #1219Ghana - No tribal association This was originally a sandwich style sign but of which we have only the remaining side. This measures 23 x 36" (58 x 91 cm) and actually has the remains of a previous painting of Bob Marley on the back of it. |
$695.00 Seated woman
item #394Ghana - Ashanti 33 1/4" tall (84 cm). This is an unusually nice figure featuring her carved and painted kente cloth dress. | $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. |
$6000.00 Set of 3 ceremonial iron swords
item #452Ghana - Ashanti This is a beautiful matched set of 3 ceremonial iron sword power symbols, each topped with a wooden handle covered with gold leaf. These symbols always accompany the Asantehene, the king of the Ashanti, when he appears ceremonially in public. Please see the eagle power symbol above for a more complete explanation. Please click on the image to view the other 2 power symbols. | Signs I liked but didn't buy them or did and they're sold
item #1672Ghana - No tribal association I bought this one and sold it already, but remember it fondly. Please click on the image to see another one I was not able to buy but liked, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. |
$1750.00 Silver necklace
item #454Ghana - Ashanti Of course, this is not gold but it is Ashanti. Silver necklaces are commonly worn by the queen mother. I regret I could not enlist her to pose for these photos. | $1750.00 Silver necklace
item #1719Ghana - Ashanti Of course, this is not gold but it is Ashanti. Silver necklaces are commonly worn by the queen mother. I regret I could not enlist her to pose for these photos. |
$1750.00 Silver necklace
item #1720Ghana - Ashanti Of course, this is not gold but it is Ashanti. Silver necklaces are commonly worn by the queen mother. I regret I could not enlist her to pose for these photos. | $500.00 Single head American flag barbershop sign
item #1139Ghana - No tribal association 24 x 48" (61 x 122 cm) |
$300.00 Single head barbershop sign
item #1214Ghana - No tribal association 16 1/4 x 31 3/4" (41 x 81 cm) | $350.00 Single head sandwich sign
item #1339Ghana - No tribal association This sign is only painted with a woman's head on one side of the sandwich. The other side only has writing. As such we are selling both sides of this sign together as a single unit. 24 x 22" (61 x 56 cm) |
$125.00 Small 2-sided beauty salon sign
item #620Ghana - No tribal association 17 1/2 x 13 1/2" (44 x 34 cm). This sign is painted on both sides. Please click on the image to see the other side of it. | $500.00 Small beauty salon sandwich sign
item #642Ghana - No tribal association 24 x 23" (61 x 58 cm). This sandwich sign can be sold as one unit or separated. The price shown is for the unit of two signs hinged together. The price for just one of the sides is half of that, $250. |
$1000.00 Snail stool
item #808Ghana - Fanti 19 x 10 x 12 3/4" tall This genuine, old stool represents peacefulness. This stool and stools of this type are made for the ruling class. The ruler who sits on this stool does so as a declaration of his intention to resolve the issue or issues at hand peacefully, through negotiation rather than by force or coercion. | $12000.00 Soul priest pectoral disc
item #455Ghana - Ashanti The name in the Akan language for this piece is "akrafokonmu" where "akra" means "soul", "fo" means "people" and "konmu" means, loosely, "around the neck". It is worn on the chest like a pendant and is the badge of identity of a soul priest. One of his primary roles is to preside over the ceremony in which the soul of the king is purified. The shape is called "nyame" which means both "sun" and "God". It measures 4 1/2" in diameter. |
$600.00 sports figures - Allen Iverson
item #1301Ghana - No tribal association 43 3/8 x 35 5/8" (110 x 90.5 cm) | $350.00 Sports figures - Don King
item #1150Ghana - No tribal association 28 1/4 x 26" (72 x 66 cm) |
$600.00 Sports figures - El Hadji Diouf
item #1223Ghana - No tribal association This is the Senegalese football (soccer) player, El Hadji Diouf, aka Alhaji Diouf. 31 x 48" (79 x 122 cm) | $400.00 Sports figures - Michael Johnson
item #1149Ghana - No tribal association This very large painting of the athlete Michael Johnson measures 48 x 47" (122 x 119 cm). Like all signs used by commercial artists this sign shows the signs of weathering as it was kept outside. Unlike some such signs this one stood on the ground, propped against a fence, so the bottom of it is weathered to a greater extent. |
$300.00 Sports figures - Michael Jordan
item #1151Ghana - No tribal association 30 x 24" (76 x 61 cm) | $500.00 Sports figures - Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis
item #797Ghana - No tribal association This painting measures 48 x 48" (122 x 122 cm). It is another example of a painting done by a commercial artist to promote his own business. Ghanaians love boxers especially famous ones, even if the rendition is not as exact as it could be. Does this look like Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis to you? Like everyone else in the world they admire all sports figures. |
$600.00 Sports figures - Ronaldinho
item #796Ghana - No tribal association 25 3/4 x 36" (65 x 91 cm). Ronaldinho is as famous in Ghana as he is around the world. | $600.00 Sports figures - unknown footballer/soccer player
item #1222Ghana - No tribal association 30 x 39 1/4" (36 x 100 cm) |
$200.00 Sports figures - unknown runner/hurdler
item #1254Ghana - No tribal association 40 x 24 1/8" (102 x 59 cm) | $10.00 Third set of loving couple goldweights
item #335Ghana - Ashanti To see the next 2 couples please click on the image. |
This guy was happy for me to take his photo in Aflao, Ghana
item #1667Ghana - unknown tribe | This guy was happy for me to take his photo in Aflao, Ghana
item #1668 Ghana - unknown tribe |
This guy was happy for me to take his photo in Aflao, Ghana
item #1669Ghana - unknown tribe I often drive through this town, in Ghana, on the border with Togo. | $200.00 Traditional medicine man sign
item #1364Ghana - No tribal association 23 7/8 x 24 1/8" (60.6 x 61.3 cm) We tried to buy the original of this sign but the owner, the man using it, did not want to sell it. We therefore contracted a local artist to paint us a copy of it; this is it. |
$5000.00 Very large atompan
item #527Ghana - Fanti This is a close cousin to the Ashanti atompan. This one measures 34 1/2" tall and is covered with tribal symbols. Like the Ashanti atompan on this page this drum is genuine, old and exceptional. Please click on the image to see two closeups of this fabulous object. The drum bears the inscription, carved into it, "Kwekuewuah A Ghnaa". | $100.00 Wari game on base - dark color
item #912Ghana - No tribal association 24 x 6 1/2 x 4" (61 x 16.5 x 10 cm) There is a storage area for the playing pieces in the base of this game. |
$100.00 wari game on base - light color
item #911Ghana - No tribal association 24 x 6 1/2 x 4" (61 x 16.5 x 10 cm) There is a storage area for the playing pieces in the base of this game. | $300.00 Women's wraparound
item #1086Ghana - Ashanti |
$300.00 Women's wraparound
item #1087Ghana - Ashanti | $500.00 Women's wraparound
item #1092Ghana - Ashanti |
$500.00 Women's wraparound
item #1093Ghana - Ashanti | $500.00 Women's wraparound
item #1094Ghana - Ashanti |
$500.00 Women's wraparound
item #1095Ghana - Ashanti | $500.00 Women's wraparound
item #1096Ghana - Ashanti |
$500.00 Women's wraparound
item #1097Ghana - Ashanti | $500.00 Women's wraparound
item #1098Ghana - Ashanti |
$500.00 Women's wraparound
item #1099Ghana - Ashanti | $500.00 Women's wraparound
item #1100Ghana - Ashanti |
$500.00 Women's wraparound
item #1101Ghana - Ashanti | $500.00 Women's wraparound
item #1102Ghana - Ashanti |
$6000.00 XL Atompan
item #526Ghana - Ashanti This fantastic genuine old used ceremonial drum is quite rare. It measures 41" tall. This is the most beautiful example of such a drum I have ever found. Please note the black and white photo of two boys attached to the drum in a wooden frame carved as part of the drum. Painted on the drum in the center of the 4 central breast is the inscription, "by Play Boy Mankessim". The drum is adorned with tribal symbols evoking proverbs, each of which is meant to impart a lesson to the people of the community. Please click on the image for a closeup and another view of this extraordinary object. |
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