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 #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. | $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-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. | $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 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. |
$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. | $400.00 4-head beauty salon sandwich sign - one side
item #630Togo - No tribal association 39 x 31 1/2" (99 x 80 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. | An ambulatory refreshment merchant
item #1682Togo - unknown tribe On the streets of Lome, Togo |
$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) | $1950.00 Authentic 4-leg stool
item #565Togo - Fon The design of this stool is unlike any other tribal design among African stools. The same thing can be said about so many of the other designs available across the continent but this one is truly among the most unusual. The round top measures 15 1/2" in diameter (39 cm). It is 9" tall (23 cm). The leg span measures 21 x 13" (53 x 33 cm). Please click on the image for 2 more views of this very unusual stool. |
$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 #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 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 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) | $125.00 brass asen figure
item #302Togo - Fon 4" tall (10 cm) |
$95.00 brass asen figure
item #308Togo - Fon 5" long | $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. |
$150.00 Child replacement figre
item #1008Togo - Ewe 8 1/2" | $150.00 Child replacement figure
item #465Togo - Ewe 7 3/4" tall. Please click on the image for a view of the back of this figure. |
$200.00 Child replacement figure
item #464Togo - Ewe This figure is 8 1/2" tall. Please click on the image for a view of the back of this figure. | $150.00 Child replacement figure
item #466Togo - Ewe 8 1/2" Please click on the image for a view of the back of this piece. |
$250.00 Child replacement figure
item #463Togo - Ewe This figure measures 8 3/4" tall. Please click on the image for a view of the rear of this figure. | $150.00 Child replacement figure
item #1010Togo - Ewe 8" |
$150.00 Child replacement figure
item #1009Togo - Ewe 7 1/2" | $150.00 Child replacement figure
item #1011Togo - Ewe 10" |
$300.00 Child replacement twins
item #459Togo - Ewe This pair measures 8 1/4" tall. Please click on the image to see the other side of this pair. | $500.00 Ewe twins
item #458Togo - Ewe These twin dolls measure 13" tall. They are comparable in function to the better known Yoruba figures known as "ibeji". When a mother loses her children in birth she has these figures carved and takes care of them for the rest of her life. Although twins are the best known of these dolls, it is also common for single children to be represented similarly. Please click on the image to see the reverse side of this pair of twins. |
$500.00 Fetish figure
item #461Togo - Ewe This figure measures 11 1/4" tall. This figure was probably carved as a fetish. Please click on the image for a view of the side of this very unusual figure. | $500.00 Finest child replacement figure
item #462Togo - Ewe This figure measures 8" tall. This is a fine example of a doll made for a mother who loses a child at birth or early in its life and then taken care of for the duration of the life of the mother. Please click on the image for a view of the back of this beautiful figure. |
$600.00 Finest old protective figure
item #667Togo - Moba 26" tall. Please click on the image for views of 2 more sides of this exceptional, genuine figure. | $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. |
$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 #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) |
$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) |
$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) | $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). |
$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 |
$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) |
$750.00 Parrot stool
item #827Togo - Fon 18 x 8 1/8 x 16" tall | $250.00 Penis fetish
item #189Togo - Fon This fetish object is authentic, used to promote fertility, measures 15 1/4" (38.7 cm) long. |
$250.00 Penis fetish
item #1116Togo - Fon This fetish object is authentic, used to promote fertility, measures 17" (43 cm) long. | $250.00 Penis fetish
item #1117Togo - Fon This fetish object is authentic, used to promote fertility, measures 15 1/4" (38.7 cm) long. |
$250.00 Penis fetish
item #1118Togo - Fon This fetish object is authentic, used to promote fertility, measures 15" (38 cm) long. | $250.00 Penis fetish
item #1119Togo - Fon This fetish object is authentic, used to promote fertility, measures 17" (43 cm) long. |
$250.00 Penis fetish
item #1120Togo - Fon This fetish object is authentic, used to promote fertility, measures 15 1/4" (38.7 cm) long. | $250.00 Penis fetish
item #1121Togo - Fon This fetish object is authentic, used to promote fertility, measures 16" (40.6 cm) long. |
$250.00 Penis fetish
item #1122Togo - Fon This fetish object is authentic, used to promote fertility, measures 19" (48 cm) long. | $250.00 Penis fetish
item #1123Togo - Fon This fetish object is authentic, used to promote fertility, measures 16 1/2" (41.9 cm) long. |
$250.00 Penis fetish
item #1124Togo - Fon This fetish object is authentic, used to promote fertility, measures 14" (35.5 cm) long. | $250.00 Penis fetish
item #1125Togo - Fon This fetish object is authentic, used to promote fertility, measures 18 1/2" (47 cm) long. |
$250.00 Penis fetish
item #1126Togo - Fon This fetish object is authentic, used to promote fertility, measures 20 1/2" (52 cm) long. | $250.00 Penis fetish
item #1127Togo - Fon This fetish object is authentic, used to promote fertility, measures 9 1/2" (24 cm) long. |
$250.00 Penis fetish
item #1128Togo - Fon This fetish object is authentic, used to promote fertility, measures 9 1/2" (24 cm) long. | $400.00 Penis handle stool
item #570Togo - Ewe This interesting stool is 15" long and 6 1/2" tall. As it was told to me this stool is normally used by women. It stands out among African stools in that it is given to a woman by her husband when he travels to remind her of him and thereby guarantee her faithfulness. The representation is spiritual, not functional. Please click on the image for another view of this stool. |
$500.00 Pestle
item #489Togo - Tamberma 39 3/4" tall. | $300.00 Protection post
item #668Togo - Moba 33" tall. Please click on the image for a closeup view of the top of this unusual post. |
$300.00 Replacement figure twins
item #460Togo - Ewe This pair measures 8 1/4" tall. Please click on the image to see the other side of this pair. | $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) | $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. |
$95.00 Small protective figure
item #666Togo - Moba 8 1/2" | $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) | $600.00 Stool with drawer
item #818Togo - Fon 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 x 13 3/4" tall. |
$1950.00 Tall 2-level stool
item #562Togo - Fon This exceptional stool measures 22" tall and 14 1/2" in diameter. Please click on the image for 2 more views of this extraordinary stool. | $450.00 Tall protection post
item #669Togo - Moba 44" tall. Please click on the image for a view of the other side of this fine object. |
$600.00 Tallest protection figure
item #670Togo - Moba 46" tall. Please click on the image for 2 more views of this fine old, genuine figure. | $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. | $300.00 Vertical design beauty salon sign
item #1253Togo - No tribal association 12 3/4 x 24" (32 x 61 cm) |
$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. | $250.00 Women's wraparound garment
item #1071Togo - Ewe |
$250.00 Women's wraparound garment
item #1072Togo - Ewe |
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