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$450.00 Abomey appliqueed animal flag
item #487Benin - Fon 59 1/2 x 47" (1.51 x 1.19 m) | $225.00 Abomey appliqueed animal flag
item #1563Benin - Fon 37 1/2 x 55 3/4" (95 x 142 cm) |
$450.00 Abomey appliqueed animal flags
item #486Benin - Fon 70 x 51 3/4". This is a contemporary flag, designed by an accomplished and exceptionally skilled textile artist. He follows in the footsteps of the early textile artists commissioned by the Fon court to produce these textiles which were symbols of the king of the Fon people, of the ancient Kingdom of Abomey. Click on the image to see two other versions of this same flag. The second one measures 60 x 59 1/2" and the third one measures 57 1/2 x 51". The second and third are $350 each. | $250.00 Adire indigo cloth
item #474Nigeria - Yoruba 89 x 60 1/2" (2.26 x 1.54 m) |
$250.00 Adire indigo cloth
item #1062Nigeria - Yoruba 89 x 61" (2.26 x 1.55 m) Very large hand-dyed indigo cloth | $250.00 Adire indigo cloth
item #1073Nigeria - Yoruba 86 1/2 x 64" (2.2 x 1.63 m) |
$250.00 Adire indigo cloth
item #1074Nigeria - Yoruba 87 x 62" (2.21 x 1.575 m) | $250.00 Adire indigo cloth
item #1075Nigeria - Yoruba 85 1/2 x 63" (2.17 x 1.6 m) |
$250.00 Adire indigo cloth
item #1076Nigeria - Yoruba 88 1/2 x 63" (2.25 x 1.6 m) | $250.00 Adire indigo cloth
item #1078Nigeria - Yoruba 88 x 61" (2.235 x 1.55 m) |
$250.00 Adire indigo cloth
item #1079Nigeria - Yoruba 86 x 62" (2.184 x 1.575 m) | $250.00 Adire indigo cloth
item #1080Nigeria - Yoruba 70 x 60 1/2" (1.78 x 1.54 m) |
$250.00 Adire indigo cloth
item #1081Nigeria - Yoruba 85 x 33 3/4" (2.16 x .86 m) | $250.00 Adire indigo cloth
item #1082Nigeria - Yoruba 82 x 63 1/2" (2.08 x 1.61 m) |
$250.00 Adire indigo cloth
item #1083Nigeria - Yoruba 75 1/2 x 65" (1.92 x 1.65 m) | $250.00 Adire indigo cloth
item #1479Nigeria - Yoruba 67 x 28" (1.7 x .71 m) |
$1800.00 Algerian wool rug
item #1590Niger - unknown tribe 66 x 148" (1.68 x 3.76 m) This rug is actually from Algeria although I found it for sale in Niger. | $150.00 Aso Oke cloth
item #1113Nigeria - Yoruba 62 x 78" (1.57 x 1.98 m), pronounced "ashokay", sometimes written "asoke" |
$150.00 Aso Oke cloth
item #1114Nigeria - Yoruba 78 x 52" (1.98 x 1.32 m), pronounced "ashokay", sometimes written "asoke" | $150.00 Aso Oke cloth
item #1115Nigeria - Yoruba 78 x 39 1/2" (1.98 x 1 m), pronounced "ashokay", sometimes written "asoke" |
$100.00 Aso Oke cloth
item #1384Nigeria - Yoruba 73 x 48 1/2" (1.85 x 1.23 m), pronounced "ashokay", sometimes written "asoke" | $150.00 Aso Oke cloth
item #1480Nigeria - Yoruba 71 1/2 x 47" (1.82 x 1.19 m), pronounced "ashokay", sometimes written "asoke" |
$150.00 Aso Oke cloth
item #1481Nigeria - Yoruba 84 x 53 1/2" (2.13 x 1.36 m), pronounced "ashokay", sometimes written "asoke" | $100.00 Aso Oke cloth
item #1482Nigeria - Yoruba 78 x 55 1/2" (1.98 x 1.41 m), pronounced "ashokay", sometimes written "asoke" |
$200.00 Aso Oke cloth
item #1483Nigeria - Yoruba 81 x 60" (2.06 x 1.52 m), pronounced "ashokay", sometimes written "asoke" | $100.00 Aso Oke cloth
item #1484Nigeria - Yoruba 76 x 55" (1.93 x 1.4 m), pronounced "ashokay", sometimes written "asoke" |
$150.00 Aso Oke cloth
item #1485Nigeria - Yoruba 73 x 56 1/2" (1.854 x 1.435 m), pronounced "ashokay", sometimes written "asoke" | $100.00 Aso Oke cloth
item #1591Nigeria - Yoruba 68 x 82" (1.73 x 2.08 m), pronounced "ashokay", sometimes written "asoke" |
$1300.00 Black & White Adinkra Cloth
item #1061Ghana - Ashanti Extraordinarily large and beautiful cloth | $95.00 Brown mudcloth
item #1612Mali - Dogon |
$125.00 Contemporary Design
item #121Mali - Bamana As the demand for mudcloth has skyrocketed, so too have the ideas for variations on the theme proliferated. These are 3 examples of one of those variations. These measure approximately 3 x 5 feet. | $900.00 Cotton blanket
item #1110Niger - Hausa |
$600.00 Extra large contemporary
item #122Mali - Bamana This is the largest of the new mudcloth designs. 93 x 93" | $200.00 Figure design 
item #1611Mali - Dogon |
$50.00 Figure design textile
item #1613Ivory Coast - Senufo The designs of this cloth vary significantly. Yours may be different. Please contact us for information about current designs available. | $300.00 Garment
item #1070Ghana - Ewe |
$75.00 Hand-dyed, machine-woven mudcloth
item #1614Mali - Bamana | $150.00 Indigo cloth - design A
item #129Mali - Dogon This is a traditional cloth of the Dogon people, available in this and many other designs. We cannot always guarantee immediate availability of any single design. This design is A. It measures 60 x 48". These textiles always vary in size, though always within the range of the sizes specified among the indigo textiles represented on this page. Generally we are unable to guarantee these specific sizes although at this time, as I add these to the site these sizes are exact for each of these designs. Please click on the image to see a closeup of this design. |
$150.00 Indigo textile - Design B
item #711Mali - Dogon 68 x 45" (1.73 x 1.14 m). Please click on the image to view a closeup of this beautiful traditional cloth. | $150.00 Indigo textile - Design C
item #710Mali - Dogon 60 x 40". Please click on the image for a closer view of this traditional Dogon cloth. |
$150.00 Indigo textile - Design D
item #712Mali - Dogon 62 x 42 1/2". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile. | $150.00 Indigo textile - Design E
item #713Mali - Dogon 61 x 43 1/2". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile. |
$150.00 Indigo textile - Design F
item #714Mali - Dogon 62 x 44". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile. | $150.00 Indigo textile - Design G
item #715Mali - Dogon 58 x 39 1/2". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile. |
$150.00 Indigo textile - Design H
item #716Mali - Dogon 62 x 52". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile. | $150.00 Indigo textile - Design J
item #717Mali - Dogon 63 x 44". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile. |
$150.00 Indigo textile - Design K
item #718Mali - Dogon 58 x 43" (1.47 x 1.09 m). Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile. All of these textiles are individually hand dyed. Therefore yours may vary slightly from the one pictured here; the design will be the same but the execution may not be identical. | $375.00 Large brown contemporary
item #123Mali - Bamana These large designs measure 90 x 48" and 79 x 50", respectively. |
$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) |
$125.00 Large mustard contemporary
item #124Mali - Bamana 54 x 34" | $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. |
$1200.00 Largest cotton textile - unsewn
item #1604Niger - Djerma 62 x 145" (1.57 x 3.68 m) We sell this textile the way we bought it in the market in Niamey, Niger. It is composed of long hand-woven bands, tacked together side by side but not fully sewn into a single textile. In Niger, some prefer to sewn the bands together by hand, others by machine. Others prefer to make larger or smaller pieces. So the weavers sell them in such a way that the buyer can do what he wants with it. | $1200.00 Largest cotton textile - unsewn
item #1605Niger - Djerma 82 x 157" (2.08 x 3.99 m) We sell this textile the way we bought it in the market in Niamey, Niger. It is composed of long hand-woven bands, tacked together side by side but not fully sewn into a single textile. In Niger, some prefer to sewn the bands together by hand, others by machine. Others prefer to make larger or smaller pieces. So the weavers sell them in such a way that the buyer can do what he wants with it. |
$800.00 Largest cotton textile - unsewn
item #1606Niger - Djerma 85 x 128" (2.16 x 3.25 m) | $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. |
$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) | $650.00 Long Bushoong rafia textile
item #1568Congo - Kuba 119 x 32" (3.02 x .81 m) |
$600.00 Long Bushoong rafia textile
item #1570Congo - Kuba This textile is a great example of the imagination that goes into the design of this art form, resulting in a limitless variety of patterns. Even within this same piece the weaver has created a significant variety. Please click on the image to see more views of this exceptional piece. This textile measures 162 x 24" (4.17 x .61 m) | $450.00 Long Bushoong rafia textile
item #1592Congo - Kuba 21 x 121" (.53 x 3.07 m) |
$1200.00 Long Bushoong rafia textile
item #1593Congo - Kuba 22 x 192" (.56 x 4.88 m) | $800.00 Long Bushoong rafia textile
item #1594Congo - Kuba 23 x 201" (.58 x 5.1 m) |
$600.00 Long Bushoong rafia textile
item #1595Congo - Kuba 24 x 162" (.61 x 4.11 m) | $500.00 Long Bushoong rafia textile
item #1596Congo - Kuba 25 x 96" (.635 x 2.44 m) |
$450.00 Long Bushoong rafia textile
item #1597Congo - Kuba 25 x 128" (.635 x 3.25 m) | $1200.00 Long Bushoong rafia textile
item #1598Congo - Kuba 25 x 212" (.63 x 5.38 m) |
$800.00 Long Bushoong rafia textile
item #1599Congo - Kuba 26 x 192" (.66 x 4.88 m) | $600.00 Long Bushoong rafia textile
item #1600Congo - Kuba 28 x 179" (.71 x 4.55 m) |
$500.00 Long Bushoong rafia textile
item #1601Congo - Kuba 29 x 207" (.74 x 5.26 m) | $900.00 Long Bushoong rafia textile
item #1602Congo - Kuba 33 x 113" (.84 x 2.87 m) |
$800.00 Long Bushoong rafia textile
item #1603Congo - Kuba 34 x 193" (.86 x 4.9 m) | $650.00 Long Bushoong rafia wrapping textile
item #1571Congo - Kuba 192 x 26" (4.88 x .66 m) |
$650.00 Long Bushoong rafia wrapping textile
item #1572Congo - Kuba 179 x 28" (4.55 x .71 m) | $950.00 Longest Bushoong rafia wrapping textile
item #140Congo - Kuba This magnificent example of these textiles measures 192" long x 26" wide (4.88 x .66 m) |
$500.00 Mabelenge cloth - cowrie shells
item #671Congo - Kuba 132 x 21 1/2" (3.35 x .55 m) | $250.00 Mabelenge rafia cloth
item #449Congo - Kuba 13" wide by 47 1/2" long (33 x 121 cm) |
$250.00 Mabelenge rafia cloth
item #1577Congo - Kuba 16 x 41" (41 x 104 cm) | $250.00 Mabelenge rafia cloth with cowrie shells
item #447Congo - Kuba 12 1/2" wide by 52" long (32 x 132 cm) |
$400.00 Mabelenge rafia textile
item #139Congo - Kuba This cloth measures 52" long x 21 1/2" wide (132 x 55 cm) | $300.00 Mabelenge rafia textile
item #378Congo - Kuba 49 1/2 x 25" (126 x 63 cm) |
$300.00 Mabelenge rafia textile
item #448Congo - Kuba 20" wide by 42" long (51 x 107 cm) | $300.00 Mabelenge rafia textile
item #451Congo - Kuba This measures 21" wide by 50 1/2" long (.53 x 1.28 m) |
$350.00 Mabelenge rafia textile
item #1224Congo - Kuba 47 x 20 1/2" (119 x 52 cm) | $150.00 Mabelenge rafia textile
item #1566Congo - Kuba 15 x 51 1/2" (38 x 131 cm) |
$300.00 Mabelenge rafia textile
item #1567Congo - Kuba 21 x 51" (53 x 129.5 cm) | $300.00 Mabelenge rafia textile
item #1569Congo - Kuba 41 1/2 x 21" (105 x 53 cm) |
$150.00 Mabelenge rafia textile
item #1573Congo - Kuba 16 x 56" (41 x 142 cm) | $200.00 Mabelenge rafia textile
item #1574Congo - Kuba 14 1/2 x 47" (37 x 119 cm) |
$150.00 Mabelenge rafia textile
item #1575Congo - Kuba 16 x 38 1/2" (41 x 98 cm) | $150.00 Mabelenge rafia textile
item #1576Congo - Kuba 16 x 38" (41 x 96.5 cm) |
$600.00 Mabelenge rafia textile - large
item #450Congo - Kuba 23" wide by 110" long (58 x 279 cm) | $150.00 Mabelenge rafia textile with cowrie shells
item #142Congo - Kuba 13" wide by 48" long (33 x 122 cm) |
$300.00 Mabelenge rafia textile with cowrie shells
item #1565Congo - Kuba 14 x 61 1/2" (36 x 156 cm) | $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 #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 |
$500.00 Metal 
item #1610Mali - Dogon 39 x 65.5" (.99 x 1.66 m) | $400.00 Narrow band woven textile
item #1608Burkina Faso - Fulani 47 1/2 x 95 1/2" (1.21 x 2.43 m) |
$250.00 Shoowa cloth
item #91Congo - Kuba 22 1/4 x 18 3/4" (56.5 x 47.6 cm) This is one of our best, oldest Shoowa cloths. | $150.00 Shoowa cloth
item #92Congo - Kuba 21 x 17 1/2" (53 x 44 cm) This is one of our best, oldest Shoowa cloths. |
$250.00 Shoowa cloth
item #1553Congo - Kuba 21 x 22" (53 x 56 cm) This is one of our best, oldest Shoowa cloths. | $200.00 Shoowa cloth
item #1554Congo - Kuba 22 1/4 x 12 3/4" (56.5 x 32 cm) This is one of our best, oldest Shoowa cloths. |
$150.00 Shoowa cloth
item #1555Congo - Kuba 31 3/4 x 18 1/2" (81 x 47 cm) This is one of our best, oldest Shoowa cloths. | $150.00 Shoowa cloth
item #1556Congo - Kuba 22 1/2 x 18 3/4" (57 x 47.6 cm) This is one of our best, oldest Shoowa cloths. |
$150.00 Shoowa cloth
item #1580Congo - Kuba 22 3/4 x 17 1/4" (58 x 44 cm) | $200.00 Shoowa cloth
item #1581Congo - Kuba 22 1/4 x 19 3/4" (56.5 x 50 cm) |
$200.00 Shoowa cloth
item #1582Congo - Kuba 19 1/4 x 16 3/4" (49 x 42.5 cm) | $125.00 Shoowa cloth
item #1583Congo - Kuba 21 x 18 1/2" (53 x 47 cm) |
$125.00 Shoowa cloth
item #1584Congo - Kuba 34 1/2 x 17" (88 x 43 cm) | $125.00 Shoowa cloth
item #1585Congo - Kuba 19 1/2 x 18" (49.5 x 46 cm) |
$125.00 Shoowa cloth
item #1586Congo - Kuba 28 x 15" (71 x 38 cm) | $125.00 Shoowa cloth
item #1587Congo - Kuba 19 1/2 x 17 1/4" (49.5 x 44 cm) |
$125.00 Shoowa cloth
item #1588Congo - Kuba 19 x 18 1/2" (48 x 47 cm) | $125.00 Shoowa cloth
item #1589Congo - Kuba 19 3/4 x 16 3/4" (50 x 42.5 cm) |
$300.00 Shoowa cloth - double panel
item #141Congo - Kuba 47 1/2 x 22 1/2" (121 x 57 cm) | $300.00 Shoowa cloth - double panel
item #395Congo - Kuba 49 x 23" (124 x 58 cm) |
$250.00 Shoowa cloth - framed
item #90Congo - Kuba 34 x 18" overall (86 x 46 cm). The cloth measures 29 1/2 x 13 3/4" (75 x 35 cm). This Kuba cloth, made of rafia, is begun by men, who weave the basic cloth, and finished by women, who apply the cut-pile design. | Shoowa square cloth - large
item #1579Congo - Kuba 28 1/2 x 22 1/2" (72 x 57 cm) |
$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 | $250.00 Women's wraparound garment
item #1072Togo - Ewe |
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