The Niger Bend | A Selection of Our Best Items |
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$125.00 2-head barbershop sign
item #70Togo - No tribal association 24 x 14 1/2" (61 x 37 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. | $125.00 2-head barbershop sign
item #1289Togo - No tribal association 24 x 13 5/8" (61 x 35 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. |
$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. | $125.00 2-head barbershop sign
item #1713Togo - No tribal association 24 x 16 1/4" (61 x 41 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. |
$125.00 2-Head Beauty Salon Sign
item #1288Togo - No tribal association 25 1/2 x 14 1/2" (65 x 37 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. | $125.00 2-Head Beauty Salon Sign
item #1292Togo - No tribal association 21 1/2 x 12" (55 x 30.5 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. |
$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. | $500.00 2-sided 2-head beauty salon sign
item #632Togo - No tribal association 35 1/2 x 24" (90 x 61 cm). Please click to see the other side. |
$500.00 2-sided 4-head Beauty Salon Sign
item #625Togo - No tribal association This sign measures 38 x 25" (96.5 x 63.5 cm). Please click to see the other side of this single signboard. | $750.00 2-sided Barbershop sign
item #601Ivory Coast - No tribal association This sign measures 29 1/2 x 40" (75 x 102 cm). Please click on the image to see the other side of this sign which is painted on both sides of the same piece of wood. When you click on this image you will also see another view of the sign in the place in Abidjan where we bought it, from the owner of the salon. |
$750.00 2-sided barbershop sign
item #331Ivory Coast - No tribal association This sign measures 24 x 36 1/2" (61 x 93 cm). Please click on the image to see the other side of this great painting, as well as another view of it in the place where we got it in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. | $750.00 2-sided barbershop/beauty salon sign
item #1241Ivory Coast - No tribal association 42 x 48" (1.07 x 1.22 m) Please click on the photo to see 2 shots of the other side of this beautiful and very large sign. |
$400.00 2-sided Beauty Salon sign
item #610Ghana - No tribal association 35 1/4 x 15 3/4" (89.5 x 40 cm) | $1500.00 2-sided beauty salon sign - extraordinarily large
item #516Ivory Coast - No tribal association At 39 1/2 x 78 3/4" (1 x 2 m) this is the largest beauty salon/barbershop sign I have ever seen and it also among the most beautifully painted. Please click on the image to view the other side of it. |
$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. | $750.00 2-sided XL Barbershop sign
item #1242Ivory Coast - No tribal association 47 1/2 x 48" (1.21 x 1.22 m) Please click on the image to see the other side of this exceptional sign. |
$400.00 2-sided XL Barbershop sign
item #1243Ivory Coast - No tribal association 34 1/8 x 51" (87 x 129.5 cm) | $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. | $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) | $200.00 3-head barbershop sign
item #1286Togo - No tribal association 32 3/4 x 13 3/4" (83 x 35 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. |
$400.00 3-Head Barbershop Sign
item #603Ghana - No tribal association This sign measures 48 x 24" (122 x 61 cm) | $400.00 3-head beauty salon sandwich signs
item #631Togo - No tribal association 35 x 24" (89 x 61 cm). Please click to see the other one in this pair. Each sign is available separately at the same price, $400. |
$500.00 3-head beauty salon sandwich signs
item #633Togo - No tribal association 39 x 24" (99 x 61 cm). Please click to see the other one. | $450.00 3-head beauty salon sandwich signs
item #636Togo - No tribal association 45 x 17 1/2" (114 x 44 cm). Please click to see the other in this pair. Both are worn but the second one is more worn. Its price is $350. |
$200.00 3-head beauty salon sign
item #148Togo - No tribal association 30 1/4 x 12 3/4" (77 x 32 cm This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. | $200.00 3-head beauty salon sign
item #435Togo - No tribal association 29 7/8 x 14" (76 x 35.5 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. |
$200.00 3-head beauty salon sign
item #1290Togo - No tribal association 23 3/4 x 16" (60 x 41 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. | $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. |
$200.00 3=head beauty salon sign
item #1287Togo - No tribal association 30 1/4 x 12 1/2" (77 x 32 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. | $250.00 4-head beauty salon sandwich sign
item #1240Ivory Coast - No tribal association These are two separate signs, sold separately. The price for each is $250. 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 21 3/4 x 15 1/4" (55 x 39 cm). Please click to see the other sign in this pair. |
$400.00 4-head beauty salon sandwich sign - one side
item #630Togo - No tribal association 39 x 31 1/2" (99 x 80 cm) | $250.00 4-head beauty salon sign
item #1248Ivory Coast - No tribal association 33 x 27 3/8" (84 x 69.5 cm) |
$250.00 4-head beauty salon sign
item #1249Ivory Coast - No tribal association 32 3/4 x 27 3/8" (83 x 69.5 cm) | $400.00 4-head sandwich signs
item #627Togo - No tribal association Each of this pair of signboards measures 29 3/4 x 27 1/4" (75.5 x 69 cm). Please click to see the other of these two signboards, sold separately at the same price each, $400. |
$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. |
$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. | $600.00 African family commercial art
item #600Nigeria - No tribal association This signboard is unusual in its realism. It is very weathered indicating a long period of use in an outdoor location. It measures 44 x 23" (112 x 58 cm) |
$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 | $250.00 Artists Association - 3 women
item #1130Togo - No tribal association 30 x 44" (76 x 112 cm) The artist is F. Ohin |
$500.00 Artists Association - Joly painting
item #425Togo - No tribal association This is the largest painting among those I purchased from the association of artists in Togo. This is by Attissogbe Joly and measures 46 x 46" (117 x 117 cm) | $250.00 Artists Association - Joly painting
item #1129Togo - No tribal association 34 x 39 1/2" (86 x 100 cm) The artist is Attissogbe Joly. |
$250.00 Artists Association - Kamassa Eloge
item #492Togo - No tribal association This is another Artists Association work, painted by Kamassa Eloge. This acrylic on canvas painting measures 27 x 31" (68.5 x 78.7 cm(. It is entitled "Crucifixion with 3 Witnesses". | $250.00 Artists Association - Kodogoli
item #424Togo - No tribal association This is an original painting I found for sale by an association of artists in Togo. This one is by Fulbert Kodogoli and measures 25 x 31 1/2" (63.5 x 80 cm) |
$400.00 Artists Association - Kodogoli
item #1140Togo - No tribal association This painting is by Fulbert Kodogoli and measures 32 x 41" (81 x 104 cm) | $250.00 Artists Association - seated woman
item #1141Togo - No tribal association 31 1/2 x 30 1/2" (80 x 77.5 cm) |
$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 #1232Togo - 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. |
$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. | $200.00 Barber sign section
item #1234Togo - 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. |
$500.00 Barbershop sandwich style sign - XL, one side
item #1255Ivory Coast - No tribal association 48 x 31 1/2" (122 x 80 cm) Please click on the image for a view of this sign in the place where we bought it, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. | $500.00 Barbershop sandwich style sign - XL, one side
item #1256Ivory Coast - No tribal association 48 x 31 1/4" (122 x 79 cm) Please click on the image for a view of this sign in the place where we bought it, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. |
$200.00 Barbershop sign - XL, cut into sections
item #1265Ivory Coast - No tribal association This is the left third of a larger sign that was divided into sections. It measures 48" (1.22 m) tall, 24" (61 cm) wide at the top, 29 1/2" (75 cm) wide at the bottom. | $200.00 Barbershop sign - XL, cut into sections
item #1266Ivory Coast - No tribal association This is the center third of a larger sign that was divided into sections. It measures 48" (1.22 m) tall, 28 5/8" (73 cm) wide at the top, 22 1/2" (57 cm) wide at the bottom. |
$200.00 Barbershop sign - XL, cut into sections
item #1267Ivory Coast - No tribal association This is the right third of a larger sign that was divided into sections. It measures 48 x 26 3/8" (122 x 67 cm). | $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 #1235Togo - No tribal association 48 3/4 x 24" (124 x 61 cm) Please click on the photo to see the other side of this hinged sign. Both are the same price, $500 each, unless you purchase both together for $900. | $500.00 Beauty salon hinged sandwich sign
item #1236Togo - 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 37 1/4 x 24 1/2" (95 x 62 cm). Please click to see the other sign in this pair. |
$500.00 Beauty salon hinged sandwich sign
item #1237Togo - 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 39 1/4 x 21 1/2" (100 x 55 cm). Please click to see the other sign in this pair. | $450.00 Beauty salon hinged sandwich sign
item #1238Togo - No tribal association These are two separate signs, sold separately. The price for each is $450. 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 39 1/2 x 20 3/4" (100 x 53 cm). Please click to see the other sign in this pair. |
$400.00 Beauty salon hinged sandwich sign
item #1275Togo - No tribal association These are two separate signs, sold separately. The price for each is $400. 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 36 x 20 3/8" (91 x 52 cm). Please click to see the other sign in this pair. | $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. |
$500.00 Beauty salon hinged sandwich signs
item #326Togo - No tribal association Beauty salon signs, as well as barbershop signs are common throughout Africa. Although they may exist everywhere they have reached their highest point of artistic expression in Togo, in my opinion. These 2 signs, as well as other on this page, are exemplary of that tradition. This sign is hinged at the top and so has another side which you can see by clicking of the photo to the left. Each side is the same price, $500 each and measures 43 7/8 x 23 1/2" (111 x 60 cm). | $400.00 Beauty salon hinged sandwich signs
item #1212Togo - No tribal association This sign measures 43 1/2 x 22 1/2" (110 x 57 cm). Each side of this large sign is priced at $400 but If you prefer to purchase both together the price for both, the full 2-sided sign, is $750. |
$500.00 Beauty salon hinged sandwich signs
item #626Togo - 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 38 3/4 x 31 1/2" (98 x 80 cm). Please click to see the other sign in this pair. | $400.00 Beauty salon sign - one side of a sandwich sign
item #1142Togo - No tribal association 28 x 24" (71 x 61 cm) |
$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. |
$500.00 Bob Marley signboard
item #1147Ivory Coast - No tribal association Bob Marley may be the most popular subject for commercial art in Africa. This painting measures 25 1/2 x 40" (64.8 x 101.6 cm) | $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) |
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. | $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. |
$600.00 Chevron bead - single, green 6 layer, extremely rare
item #1709Mali - No tribal association 26 x 18 mm; that's a US quarter ($.25) in the photo, 23 mm in diameter, only .25 mm smaller than a 1 euro coin. | $200.00 Chevron bead - single, large 6 layer
item #1710Mali - No tribal association 38 x 29 mm; that's a US quarter ($.25) in the photo, 23 mm in diameter, only .25 mm smaller than a 1 euro coin. |
$150.00 Chevron bead - single, large 6 layer
item #1711Mali - No tribal association 34 x 27; that's a US quarter ($.25) in the photo, 23 mm in diameter, only .25 mm smaller than a 1 euro coin. | $250.00 Chevron bead - single, large 6 layer, strung on leather cord
item #1712Mali - No tribal association 38 x 28; that's a US quarter ($.25) in the photo, 23 mm in diameter, only .25 mm smaller than a 1 euro coin. |
$2500.00 Chevron beads - large 
item #1628Togo - No tribal association 19 beads, 28" (71 cm) strand. Size range: 33 mm long x 24 mm diameter to 42 x 28 mm. | $3600.00 Chevron beads - long strand, medium to large beads
item #1629Togo - No tribal association 25 6-layer beads, 36 1/2" (93 cm) strand. Smallest bead 27 x 19 mm, largest bead 43 x 29 mm. |
$2500.00 Chevron beads - medium beads, long strand
item #1631Togo - No tribal association 25 6-layer beads, 32" (81 cm) strand. Size range: 27 x 19 mm to 33 x 27 mm. | $1800.00 Chevron beads - strand small to medium beads
item #1630Togo - No tribal association 27 6-layer beads plus 1 small 4-layer bead. 28 3/4" (73 cm) strand. 16 x 13 mm to 30 x 22 mm. |
$2500.00 Chevron beads - Very large
item #1060Togo - No tribal association This strand is composed of 10 very large, 6-layer old, used beads in excellent condition. The length of the strand is 28 1/2" (72 cm), including all the filler beads. The smallest bead is 37 mm long x 28 mm diameter. The largest bead measures 46 mm long x 35 mm diameter. | $2500.00 Chevron beads - Very large
item #1627Togo - No tribal association 11 6-layer beads, not really a strand, just strung together. The smallest bead measures 39 mm long x 32 mm diameter; the largest bead measures 43 mm long x 38 mm diameter. |
$2500.00 Chevrons - Largest
item #1651Togo - No tribal association 37 3/4" (96 cm) strand, range of sizes 56 x 35 mm to 62 x 46 mm. | $20.00 Chevrons - loose, 3 small
item #1706Mali - No tribal association 18 x 15 mm diameter |
$125.00 Chevrons - loose, 5 small-medium 6 layer
item #1707Mali - No tribal association 25 x 19 mm diameter (2) | $800.00 Chevrons - loose, 7 large 6 layer
item #1708Mali - No tribal association 37 x 24 mm diameter |
$1500.00 Chevrons - medium beads
item #1699Mali - No tribal association 30 1/2" long strand, 15 chevrons strung with 4 red feather beads | $1200.00 Chevrons - mixed strand
item #1698Mali - No tribal association 36 3/8" long strand (92.4 cm), 30 chevrons in variable conditions and sizes plus 2 blue Nueva Cadiz beads. |
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). | $500.00 Commercial art - movie star
item #1229Ivory Coast - No tribal association Famous in Ivory Coast for his films, Jean Claude VanDamme is one white movie star that Africans admire. This sign measures 37 3/4 x 24" (96 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) | $400.00 Commercial art - very large sign
item #1246Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/8 x 32 3/8" (99 x 82 cm) I'm not sure what the business is that this sign was painted to advertise. |
$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) |
$400.00 Commercial art - women portrait
item #1354Ivory Coast - No tribal association 26 x 39 1/2" (66 x 100 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 - portrait
item #587Ivory Coast - No tribal association This sign measures 35 x 38 1/2" (89 x 98 cm). This sign was painted by an anonymous artist to promote his own commercial art business. We bought it before it was actually used, however. |
$400.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - portrait
item #1156Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/4 x 39 1/2" (1 x 1 m) | $400.00 Commercial artist advertising sign - portrait
item #1157Ivory Coast - No tribal association 48 x 24" (122 x 61 cm). These 3 men, elders in the community, I presume, are ostensibly tribal or religious leaders although I do not know their identities, $400. The artist who painted this sign did so to promote his own commercial art business. |
$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). | $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. |
$400.00 Copy of another barber sign we bought
item #1318Ivory Coast - No tribal association When we bought the original of this sign we asked who the artist was and when we found him asked him to reproduce this sign since we liked it a lot. This is the reproduction. 40 1/2 x 33 3/4" (103 x 86 cm) | $400.00 Copy of another barber sign we bought
item #1319Ivory Coast - No tribal association When we bought the original of this sign we asked who the artist was and when we found him asked him to reproduce this sign since we liked it a lot. This is the reproduction. 40 3/8 x 33 5/8" (102.5 x 85 cm) |
$400.00 Copy of another barber sign we bought
item #1321Ivory Coast - No tribal association When we bought the original of this sign we asked who the artist was and when we found him asked him to reproduce this sign since we liked it a lot. This is the reproduction. 40 1/2 x 33 1/2" (103 x 85 cm) | $250.00 Cowrie shells
item #1035Mali - No tribal association These cowrie shells are large, measuring between 3/4" to 1 1/8"; most measure right around 1" long +/- 1/8". This bag of shells weighs 10 kg (22 lbs.) We do not count the shells nor do we guarantee the number of shells each bag contains. We know, however, that every bag contains around 5,000 shells (5 cents each). We do sell shells in smaller quantities, as follows: 1000 shells = $75 (7 1/2 cents each) |
$100.00 Crocodile wari game
item #919Mali - No tribal association 32 1/2 x 4" (82.5 x 10 cm) | $800.00 Double blue dot skunk beads, matched strand
item #414Mali - No tribal association 66 black Venetian trade beads each with 2 lines of turquoise blue dots around its circumference. These beads are old and rare, especially in a relatively long strand. 11-14 mm diameter. The strand is 28 1/2" long (72 cm). |
$300.00 Double monkey wari
item #645Ghana - No tribal association 26 1/2 x 6 x 7" tall. | $1500.00 Elephant table
item #812Benin - No tribal association 24" diameter, 23 /4" tall, made of monkey pod wood |
$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. | $1500.00 Fancy floral black Venetian trade beads, matched
item #1684Mali - No tribal association 30 1/8" long strand (76.5 cm) 65 beads, mostly 13 mm diameter, strung with brass hishi as separators. |
$1100.00 Fancy floral red Venetian trade beads, matched
item #1632Mali - No tribal association 24" strand (61 cm), of which 18 3/4" (48 cm) are matched round red fancy florals (47 beads, 10 - 12 mm diameter). There are 11 assorted red beads filling out the length of the strand. | $500.00 Fancy floral Venetian trade beads, assorted exceptional old beads
item #1685Mali - No tribal association 21" long strand (53 cm), 32 beads, 15 varieties of rare old Venetian trade beads |
$1250.00 Fancy floral Venetian trade beads, Aventurine, matched, with Tire beads
item #1633Mali - No tribal association 50 fancy floral 12-13 mm round beads, decorated with gold aventurine, constitute the majority of this very rare and beautiful strand. There are smaller of the same beads and a spectacular centerpiece of 7 large tire beads and 2 small tire beads. The strand measures 29" (74 cm). | $600.00 Fancy floral Venetian trade beads, mixed with small old green chevrons
item #1686Mali - No tribal association 29 1/8" long strand (74 cm), 28 fancy floral black long beads of which the largest measures 21 x 9 mm, one French Ambassador bead, 8 small old green tubular chevron beads |
$1500.00 Fancy Venetian trade beads, called 
item #1663Mali - No tribal association 30 1/8" strand (76.5 cm). All 29 beads are large; the largest bead is 27 x 13 mm. | $1500.00 Fancy Venetian trade beads, called "Lewis & Clark", graduated, matched strand
item #1665Mali - No tribal association 27 1/4" long strand (69 cm). 31 beads, measuring from 16 x 8 mm to 28 x 14 mm |
$1200.00 Fancy Venetian trade beads, called "Lewis & Clark", oldest beads, matched strand
item #1664Mali - No tribal association 27 1/2" strand (70 cm). All 29 beads are old and used; the longest beads are 27 x 12 mm. | $900.00 Fancy Venetian trade beads, matched strand
item #273Mali - No tribal association 58 beads, 12 mm diameter. 22" strand (56 cm) |
$250.00 Feather beads - red, large old Venetian
item #1704Mali - No tribal association 29 3/8" long strand (74.6 cm), 28 large old red feather beads, strung with small dark blue tube beads | $350.00 Feather beads - red, old Venetian
item #1700Mali - No tribal association 39" long strand (99 cm), 50 old red feather beads, strung with very old small Islamic beads |
$125.00 Feather beads - red, old Venetian
item #1701Mali - No tribal association 23 3/4" long strand (60 cm), 26 old red feather beads, in imperfect condition, 1 black feather bead, 1 light blue feather bead, 1 Lewis & Clark bead and 2 striped old black Venetian beads. | $250.00 Feather beads - red, old Venetian
item #1702Mali - No tribal association 26 3/8" long strand, 33 old red feather beads, all in excellent condition, strung with brass hishi |
$200.00 Feather beads - red, old Venetian
item #1703Mali - No tribal association 23 3/8" long strand (59.4 cm), 35 old red feather beads, mostly in very good condition, but not perfect. | $250.00 Feather beads - red, selected old Venetian
item #1705Mali - No tribal association 30 1/2" long strand (77.5 cm), 36 old red feather beads, strung with small old blue Islamic beads and brass hishi |
$900.00 Finest quality oldest walaja
item #748Mali - No tribal association Measuring 18 3/4" tall this is the best quality walaja of the type that is used most often in Mali. It is really old and has lots of signs of its age; cracked and mended, its owner kept on using it until the day we got it. Please click on the image to see the other side of it. I bought this myself years ago from the owner of it and I have kept it in my personal collection ever since. | $2800.00 French Ambassador old Venetian trade beads
item #1662Mali - No tribal association 29" long strand (73.7 cm). Most of these 32 beads are large; the largest is 24 x 18 mm. Only a few are small to medium size; the smallest is 20 x 13 mm. |
$500.00 Full woman beauty salon sandwich signs
item #634Togo - No tribal association 48 x 34" (122 x 86 cm). Please click to see the other one. | $400.00 Hebron beads - green, old and rare
item #1696Niger - No tribal association 24" long strand (61 cm), 49 20 mm beads |
$600.00 Hebron beads - teal, old and rare
item #1697Niger - No tribal association 29 1/4" long strand (74.3 cm), 57 21 mm beads | $150.00 Hebron beads - yellow, graduated
item #1695Niger - No tribal association 19 1/4" long strand (49 cm), 50 beads |
I am the American Dream
item #1460Mali - No tribal association I took this photo at the market in Bamako, Mali. Unfortunately this sign was not for sale; I would have purchased it if I could have. | 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. |
$3500.00 Islamic beads - long strand, very rare
item #1659Mali - No tribal association 29" long strand of 57 assorted Islamic beads, mostly "eye" beads, exceptional quality | $3500.00 Islamic beads - long strand, very rare
item #1660Mali - No tribal association 29 1/8" long strand (74 cm), 62 exceptional, old beads, mostly "eye" beads |
$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. | $500.00 Large 2-Head Beauty Salon Sign
item #1285Togo - No tribal association This sign was either painted on speculation or on commission by a commercial artist. If it was on spec he sold it to the merchant from whom I bought it before any beauty salon owner bought it. If it was actually painted on commission for a salon then the merchant bought it before the salon took possession and the artist probably painted another one. |
$450.00 Large 2-Head Vertical Beauty Salon Sign
item #608Togo - No tribal association 45 x 24" (114 x 61 cm) | $450.00 Large 2-Head Vertical Beauty Salon Sign
item #1166Togo - No tribal association 45 x 24" (114 x 61 cm) |
$450.00 Large 2-Head Vertical Beauty Salon Sign
item #609Togo - No tribal association 45 x 24" (114 x 61 cm) | $450.00 Large 2-Head Vertical Beauty Salon Sign
item #1167Togo - No tribal association 45 x 24" (114 x 61 cm) |
$450.00 Large 2-Head Vertical Beauty Salon Sign
item #1168Togo - No tribal association 45 x 24" (114 x 61 cm) | $450.00 Large 2-Head Vertical Beauty Salon Sign
item #1169Togo - No tribal association 45 x 24" (114 x 61 cm) |
$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) | $600.00 Large 3-head beauty salon sign
item #1170Togo - No tribal association 48 x 24" (122 x 61 cm) |
$500.00 Large 4-head beauty salon sign
item #591Togo - No tribal association This sign measures 46 x 24" (117 x 61 cm) | $500.00 Large 4-head beauty salon sign
item #1171Togo - No tribal association 46 x 24" (117 x 61 cm) |
$600.00 Large 6-head beauty salon sign
item #592Togo - No tribal association 48 x 24" (122 x 61 cm) | $600.00 Large 6-head beauty salon sign
item #1172Togo - No tribal association 48 x 24" (122 x 61 cm) |
$300.00 Large advertising sign portrait
item #370Ivory Coast - No tribal association This sign measures 26 x 39 1/4" (66 x 100 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 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). | $750.00 Large multiple head beauty salon sign
item #590Togo - No tribal association 44 x 24" (112 x 61 cm) |
$750.00 Large multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1177Togo - No tribal association 44 x 24" (112 x 61 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). |
$400.00 Large multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1310Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/2 x 29" (100 x 74 cm) | $400.00 Large multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1311Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/2 x 29 1/4" (100 x 74 cm) |
$400.00 Large multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1312Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/2 x 39 5/8" (100.3 x 100.6 cm) | $400.00 Large multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1313Ivory Coast - No tribal association 37 3/4 x 39 3/8" (96 x 100 cm) |
$400.00 Large multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1314Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 3/4 x 38" (101 x 96.5 cm) | $400.00 Large multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1315Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/2 x 38 3/8" (100 x 97.5 cm) |
$400.00 Large multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1316Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/2 x 37 1/2" (100 x 95 cm) | $400.00 Large multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1317Ivory Coast - No tribal association 40 3/8 x 39 1/2" (102.5 x 100 cm) |
$400.00 Large multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1342Ivory Coast - No tribal association 31 1/2 x 24 7/8" (80 x 63 cm) | $400.00 Large multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1343Ivory Coast - No tribal association 31 1/2 x 24 7/8" (80 x 63 cm) |
$300.00 Large portrait - female
item #1324Ivory Coast - No tribal association 35 x 33 1/2" (90 x 85 cm) | $300.00 Large portrait - male
item #1322Ivory Coast - No tribal association 40 1/2 x 33 1/2" (103 x 85 cm) |
$300.00 Large portrait - male
item #1323Ivory Coast - No tribal association 40 1/2 x 33 1/2" (103 x 85 cm) | $600.00 Large single head barbershop sign
item #1303Ivory Coast - No tribal association This sign advertised a barbershop with videos and video games, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. 41 x 35 1/2" (104 X 90 cm). Please see the other half of this sandwich style sign, available separately, here on this same page. |
$600.00 Large single head barbershop sign
item #1302Ivory Coast - No tribal association This sign advertised a barbershop with videos and video games, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. 41 x 35 1/2" (104 X 90 cm). Please see the other half of this sandwich style sign, available separately, here on this same page. | $600.00 Large single head barbershop sign
item #1304Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/2 x 39 1/2" (1 X 1 m). Please see the other half of this sandwich style sign, available separately, here on this same page. |
$600.00 Large single head barbershop sign
item #1305Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/2 x 39 1/2" (1 X 1 m). Please see the other half of this sandwich style sign, available separately, here on this same page. | $600.00 Large single head barbershop sign
item #1306Ivory Coast - No tribal association This sign advertised a barbershop offering video games, popular among the youth everywhere. Featured on this sign is the most popular celebrity in Ivory Coast, Didier Drogba, the Ivorian football (soccer) player. 37 1/4 x 39 1/8" (95 x 99 cm) |
$350.00 Large single head barbershop sign
item #613Ghana - No tribal association 35 x 40 1/2" (89 x 103 cm) | $500.00 Large single head barbershop sign
item #1344Ivory Coast - No tribal association 35 x 19 3/4" (89 x 50 cm) |
$500.00 Large single head barbershop sign
item #1345Ivory Coast - No tribal association 33 5/8 x 19 5/8" (85 x 50 m) | $400.00 Large single head barbershop sign
item #1347Ivory Coast - No tribal association 29 1/4 x 25 7/8" (74 x 66 cm) |
$400.00 Large single head barbershop sign - our commission
item #1320Ivory Coast - No tribal association When we found the artist who had painted some of the original barbershop signs we had purchased we suggested he do this one for us. 40 3/8 x 33 5/8" (102.5 x 85 cm) | $400.00 Large vertical design barbershop sign
item #1251Ivory Coast - No tribal association 49 1/4 x 19 1/4" (125 x 49 cm) |
$195.00 Larger common walajas
item #746Mali - No tribal association This walaja is 17 3/4" tall. Please click on the image to see 2 more. The second is 28 3/8" tall and priced at $295. The third is 17" tall, $195. | $750.00 Largest Beauty Salon Sign
item #621Togo - No tribal association This is an extraordinarily large sign, measuring 48 x 48" (122 x 122 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 Largest multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1261Ivory Coast - No tribal association 48 1/4 x 32 3/4" (122.5 x 83 cm) |
$500.00 Lg 2-head beauty salon sandwich signs
item #639Togo - No tribal association 45 x 23 1/4" (114 x 59 cm). Please click to see the other sign in this pair, each available for the same price, $500 each. | $450.00 Lg 2-head beauty salon sandwich signs
item #640Togo - No tribal association 43 1/4 x 23 1/4" (110 x 59 cm). Please click to see the other one. |
$400.00 Lg 3-head beauty salon sandwich signs
item #641Togo - No tribal association 39 1/4 x 23 3/8" (100 x 59 cm) | $600.00 Lg 4-head beauty salon and phone service sign
item #593Togo - No tribal association As cell phones have become more widespread throughout Africa, more and more people use their cell phone to offer phone service to the public. The majority of the people still do not own a phone. The availability of land lines has always been limited. Although there are many people who have set up a business offering only phone service to the public using their cell phone many other businesses take advantage of the demand thereby created to offer that service along with their regular business. It is more and more common to find beauty salons and barbershops which offer phone service too. This sign measures 48 x 32" (122 x 81 cm). |
$600.00 Lg 4-head beauty salon and phone service sign
item #1180Togo - No tribal association As cell phones have become more widespread throughout Africa, more and more people use their cell phone to offer phone service to the public. The majority of the people still do not own a phone. The availability of land lines has always been limited. Although there are many people who have set up a business offering only phone service to the public using their cell phone many other businesses take advantage of the demand thereby created to offer that service along with their regular business. It is more and more common to find beauty salons and barbershops which offer phone service too. This sign measures 48 x 32" (122 x 81 cm). | $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) | $375.00 Long 6-head barbershop sign
item #1250Ivory Coast - No tribal association 54 1/2 x 10 1/4" (138 x 26 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. |
$500.00 Medicine Sign
item #418Togo - No tribal association 32 x 24" (81 x 61 cm). This sign is one of a set of 6, of which we have two available, painted originally for a man with a business selling a medicinal product meant to cure many ailments. | $500.00 Medicine Sign
item #1182Togo - No tribal association 32 x 24" (81 x 61 cm). This sign is one of a set of 6, of which we have two available, painted originally for a man with a business selling a medicinal product meant to cure many ailments |
$250.00 Medicine sign
item #643Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/2 x 28 1/4" (100 x 72 cm) | $250.00 Medicine sign
item #1184Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/2 x 23 1/2" (100 x 60 cm) |
$250.00 Medicine sign
item #1185Ivory Coast - No tribal association 37 1/2 x 38 1/2" (95 x 98 cm) | $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. |
$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. |
$750.00 Medicine sign, 2-sided
item #1132Ivory Coast - No tribal association Signs such as this one are common throughout West Africa. Typically, signs like this one are used by the seller of a liquid which is meant to treat all the conditions represented on the sign. Effectively the product is the same as what used to be called "snake oil" in the US. That is, the liquid probably is not a cure-all for these conditions although it is sold as such. It appears that sometimes the people using these signs also offer services beyond the mere sale of a bottled miracle cure. This sign measures 23 3/4 x 47" (60 x 119 cm). Please click on the image for a view of the other side of this great old, used sign. | $600.00 Medicine sign, single side
item #1133Ivory Coast - No tribal association Signs such as this one are common throughout West Africa. Typically signs like this one are used by the seller of a liquid which is meant to treat all the conditions represented on the sign. Effectively the product is the same as what used to be called "snake oil" in the US. That is, the liquid probably is not a cure-all for these conditions although it is sold as such. It appears that sometimes the people using these signs also offer services beyond the mere sale of a bottled miracle cure. This sign measures 24 x 48" (61 x 122 cm) |
$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). | 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. |
$89.00 Multiple head barbershop sign
item #69Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/4 x 7 3/4" (100 x 20 cm) This sign was painted for sale, not for use and was never used. | $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. |
$300.00 Multiple head barbershop sign
item #1271Benin - No tribal association 30 5/8 x 18 1/8" (78 x 46 cm) | $89.00 Multiple head barbershop sign
item #1298Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/4 x 7 3/4" (1 m x 20 cm) This is a sign painted for sale, not made for use or actually ever used. |
$400.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1131Ivory Coast - No tribal association 20 x 35" (51 x 89 cm) | $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. |
$400.00 multiple head beauty salon sign
item #588Togo - No tribal association This great signboard measures 24 x 12 3/4" (61 x 32 cm) | $350.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1207Togo - No tribal association 24 x 21 1/2" (61 x 32 cm) |
$350.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #589Togo - No tribal association This sign measures 18 1/4 x 15 1/4" (46 x 39 cm). | $250.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1210Togo - No tribal association 27 1/2 x 17 1/2" (70 x 44.5 cm) |
$250.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1211Togo - No tribal association 23 1/2 x 11 1/2" (60 x 29 cm) | $300.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1208Togo - No tribal association 24 x 19" (61 x 48 cm) |
$300.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1231Benin - No tribal association 27 5/8 x 15 7/8" (70 x 40 cm) | $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. |
$300.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1247Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/2 x 25 5/8" (100 x 65 cm) | $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. |
$300.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1308Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/2 x 25 5/8" (100 x 65 cm) | $400.00 Multiple head beauty salon sign
item #1309Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/2 x 36 1/4" (100 x 92 cm) |
$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. | $300.00 Multiple head beauty salon/barbershop sign
item #1269Benin - No tribal association 27 5/8 x 15 7/8" (70 x 40 cm) |
$150.00 Nueva Cadiz cobalt blue long bead pair
item #1729Mali - No tribal association These two Nueva Cadiz cobalt blue beads are similar enough to each other to be considered a pair. They are all also available elsewhere on this same page, individually and as part of the full set of the 9 of these beads we have. Obviously, once sold as this set these same beads will no longer be available anywhere else on this site. Please see the listing for each bead individually on this page for their measurements. | $450.00 Nueva Cadiz cobalt blue long beads - set of 8, loose
item #1725Mali - No tribal association These are all of the loose Nueva Cadiz cobalt blue beads we have, available here all together. They are all also available elsewhere on this same page, individually and in 2 pairs. Obviously, once sold as a set those same beads will no longer be available anywhere else on this site. Please see the listing for each bead individually on this page for their measurements. |
$125.00 Nueva Cadiz cobalt blue single long bead
item #1724Mali - No tribal association 2 7/8 x 9/16" (73 x 14 mm) This is one of the beads included in the set of 9 loose Nueva Cadiz beads, available either here, by itself, or in that set, item #1725. Of course, once sold here it will no longer be available in the other location and vice versa. | $125.00 Nueva Cadiz cobalt blue single long bead
item #1726Mali - No tribal association 2 1/16 x 11/16" (52 x 17 mm) This is one of the beads included in the set of 9 loose Nueva Cadiz beads, available either here, by itself, or in that set, item #1725. Of course, once sold here it will no longer be available in the other location and vice versa. |
$95.00 Nueva Cadiz cobalt blue single long bead
item #1727Mali - No tribal association 1 9/16 x 5/8" (40 x 16 mm) This is one of the beads included in the set of 9 loose Nueva Cadiz beads, available either here, by itself, or in that set, item #1725. It is also one of the two beads available in the pair of Nueva Cadiz beads, item #1729. Of course, once sold here it will no longer be available in any other location. | $95.00 Nueva Cadiz cobalt blue single long bead
item #1728Mali - No tribal association 1 1/2 x 9/16" (38 x 14 mm) This is one of the beads included in the set of 9 loose Nueva Cadiz beads, available either here, by itself, or in that set, item #1725. It is also one of the two beads available in the pair of Nueva Cadiz beads, item #1729. Of course, once sold here it will no longer be available in any other location. |
$95.00 Nueva Cadiz cobalt blue single long bead
item #1734Mali - No tribal association 1 11/16 x 1/2" (43 x 13 mm) This is one of the beads included in the set of 9 loose Nueva Cadiz beads, available either here, by itself, or in that set, item #1725. Of course, once sold here it will no longer be available in the other location and vice versa. | $95.00 Nueva Cadiz cobalt blue single long bead
item #1735Mali - No tribal association 1 9/16 x 7/16" (40 x 11 mm) This is one of the beads included in the set of 9 loose Nueva Cadiz beads, available either here, by itself, or in that set, item #1725. Of course, once sold here it will no longer be available in the other location and vice versa. |
$150.00 Nueva Cadiz translucent blue long bead pair
item #1730Mali - No tribal association These two Nueva Cadiz translucent blue beads are the only 2 beads of this color we have so we consider them a pair. They are all also available elsewhere on this same page, individually and as part of the full set of the 9 of these beads we have. Obviously, once sold as this set these same beads will no longer be available anywhere else on this site. Please see the listing for each bead individually on this page for their measurements. | $95.00 Nueva Cadiz translucent blue single long bead
item #1731Mali - No tribal association 1 1/2 x 9/16" (38 x 14 mm) This is one of the beads included in the set of 9 loose Nueva Cadiz beads, available either here, by itself, or in that set, item #1725. It is also one of the two beads available in the pair of Nueva Cadiz beads, item #1730. Of course, once sold here it will no longer be available in any other location. |
$95.00 Nueva Cadiz translucent blue single long bead
item #1732Mali - No tribal association 1 13/16 x 1/2" (46 x 13 mm) This is one of the beads included in the set of 9 loose Nueva Cadiz beads, available either here, by itself, or in that set, item #1725. It is also one of the two beads available in the pair of Nueva Cadiz beads, item #1730. Of course, once sold here it will no longer be available in any other location. | $500.00 One side of a hinged sandwich style barbershop sign
item #1257Ivory Coast - No tribal association 40 x 23 3/4" (101 x 60 cm) |
$500.00 One side of a hinged sandwich style barbershop sign
item #1260Ivory Coast - No tribal association 40 x 23 3/4" (102 x 60 cm) | $400.00 One side of a hinged sandwich style barbershop sign
item #1262Ivory Coast - No tribal association 31 1/2 x 23 1/2" (80 x 60 cm) This is one half of a beautiful old sandwich style barbershop sign; the other half is shown here on this same page. The sign says "God forgets no one". The other sign says "Wait your turn". |
$350.00 One side of a hinged sandwich style barbershop sign
item #1263Ivory Coast - No tribal association 31 1/2 x 23 1/2" (80 x 60 cm) This is one half of a beautiful old sandwich style barbershop sign; the other half is shown here on this same page. This sign says "Wait your turn". The other side, which would logically precede this side, says, "God forgets no one". | $400.00 One side of a hinged sandwich style beauty salon sign
item #1245Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 1/4 x 16 7/8" (100 x 43 cm) |
$500.00 One side of a hinged sandwich style beauty salon sign
item #1259Ivory Coast - No tribal association 39 3/4 x 24" (101 x 61 cm) | $300.00 One side of a hinged sandwich style beauty salon sign
item #1268Ivory Coast - No tribal association 28 1/2 x 15 1/2" (72 x 39 cm) |
$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. |
$1800.00 Pink & Yellow fancy floral Venetian trade beads matched strand
item #1661Mali - No tribal association 29 1/2", 64 beads, mostly 12 mm diameter beads | $1750.00 Pink & Yellow fancy floral Venetian trade beads matched strand
item #1666Mali - No tribal association 25 1/2" strand (64.8 cm). 60 beads, most about 15 mm diameter |
$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) |
$500.00 Portrait - 2 men
item #1272Ivory Coast - No tribal association 44 3/8 x 39 1/2" (1.13 x 1 m) | $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) |
$3000.00 Red amber graduated strand - rare
item #1658Mali - No tribal association 29 1/2" long strand (75 cm) 51 beads. Largest bead 29 x 44 mm diameter, smallest 11 x 16 mm diameter. | $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. | 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. |
$500.00 Single head American flag barbershop sign
item #1139Ghana - No tribal association 24 x 48" (61 x 122 cm) | $500.00 Single head barbershop sign
item #334Ivory Coast - No tribal association This sign measures 34 x 26" (86 x 66 cm). |
$300.00 Single head barbershop sign
item #1214Ghana - No tribal association 16 1/4 x 31 3/4" (41 x 81 cm) | $400.00 Single head barbershop sign
item #1215Ivory Coast - No tribal association 23 1/2 x 41 3/4" (60 x 106 cm) |
$400.00 Single head sandwich sign
item #628Togo - No tribal association 26 1/2 x 24" (67 x 61 cm) | $400.00 Single head sandwich sign
item #1220Togo - No tribal association 26 1/2 x 24" (67 x 61 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) | $500.00 Single head sandwich sign - one side only
item #329Ivory Coast - No tribal association 24 x 32" (61 x 81 cm), this sign is the remaining side of a sign that originally had 2 sides. |
$300.00 Single head sandwich signs
item #637Togo - No tribal association 32 x 17 1/2" (81 x 44 cm). Please click to see the other of these 2 signs. | $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. |
$95.00 Small 4 head barbershop sign
item #554Benin - No tribal association 6 3/4 x 10 5/8" (17 x 27 cm) | $250.00 Small 4-head beauty salon sign
item #1307Ivory Coast - No tribal association 19 1/2 x 12 7/8" (49.5 x 33 cm) |
$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. | $49.00 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) | $45.00 Small single head sign
item #617Togo - No tribal association 10 x 10" (25 x 25 cm) |
$45.00 Small single head sign
item #1221Togo - No tribal association 8 3/4 x 9 3/4" (22 x 25 cm) | $95.00 Small vertical commercial art signSOLD 
item #1297Benin - No tribal association 5 3/4 x 9" (14.6 x 23 cm) |
$145.00 Smaller common walajas
item #747Mali - No tribal association This is 15 3/8" tall. Please click on the image to see two more: the second is 15" tall, priced the same at $145. The third is 14 3/4" tall, $75. | $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) |
$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. | $300.00 Two-sided 4-head beauty salon sign
item #604Togo - No tribal association This nice old beauty salon sign has some damage in the center and is quite worn around the edges which are evidence of its age and long usefulness to the owner. It measures 33 1/4 x 29 1/2" (84 x 75 cm). Please click to see the other side. |
$450.00 Vertical 3-head beauty salon sandwich signs
item #635Togo - No tribal association 44 3/4 x 18" (114 x 46 cm). Please click to see the other one. They are both the same price, $450 each. | $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 Vertical design beauty salon sign
item #1253Togo - No tribal association 12 3/4 x 24" (32 x 61 cm) |
$500.00 Very large barbershop sign
item #1282Ivory Coast - No tribal association 37 3/8 x 31 3/8" (95 x 80 cm). | $500.00 Very large beauty salon sign
item #1244Ivory Coast - No tribal association 37 3/8 x 31 3/8" (95 x 80 cm). |
$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. |
$200.00 Widest walaja
item #749Togo - No tribal association This unusual walaja measures 18 1/2" tall by 15 1/2" wide. Please click on the image to see the other side of it. | $400.00 woodblock stool - fifth set
item #539Ivory Coast - No tribal association 22" tall. Please click on the image to see another view of this great, if sculptural by chance, object. The fascinating thing about these stools is that every time you turn them they look different. Also here is another one, 22 1/2" tall. |
$400.00 woodblock stool - first set
item #535Ivory Coast - No tribal association 21 1/2". The man who made these stools did not start out with the intention of making a stool. He chose a hardwood log against which he chopped softer wood into pieces people use to burn to cook over. The log serves to protect the choppers axe. The majority of people in Africa cook over open flames. Wood is the fuel. Slowly, after a lot of wood has been chopped, the log is worn away. The man turns it so it wears evenly and just before it breaks through he stands it up and uses it as a stool. Please click on the image to see 2 more of these haphazardly sculptural objects. The second one measures 19 1/2", the third 19 3/4". | $600.00 woodblock stool - fourth set
item #538Ivory Coast - No tribal association 22" tall. This stool is exceptional among a stool type that is exceptional. Please click on the image to view two more of the regular variety of these beautiful sculptural stools, each of which is $400. The second one of those measures 20" tall, the third one 24". |
$400.00 woodblock stool - second set
item #536Ivory Coast - No tribal association 22 1/2", please click on the image to see 2 more of these unusual design stools. The second measures 18" tall, the third 21" tall. | $400.00 woodblock stool - third set
item #537Ivory Coast - No tribal association 20" tall, please click on the image to see 2 more: the second is 28" tall, the third 21". |
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