The Niger Bend | A Selection of Our Best Items |
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A boy in Bouake
item #361Ivory Coast - unknown tribe | A couple of happy guys
item #1679Ghana - unknown tribe |
$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. | An ambulatory refreshment merchant
item #1682Togo - unknown tribe On the streets of Lome, Togo |
An odd sign on a bar
item #1681Ghana - unknown tribe | $75.00 Ancient plugs
item #242Niger - unknown tribe These are old amazonite body piercing objects, used as long ago as the other neolithic items on this page. |
$600.00 Authentic end cup wari game
item #933Ivory Coast - unknown tribe 29 5/8 x 4" (75 x 10 cm) | $200.00 ceramic-rafia mask
item #94Cameroon - unknown tribe 10 7/8" (27.6 cm) tall mask - not including rafia |
$200.00 Ceramic-rafia mask
item #1756Cameroon - unknown tribe 10" (25.4 cm) tall, not including rafia | $200.00 Ceramic-rafia mask
item #510Cameroon - unknown tribe 9 3/4" tall (25 cm) |
$200.00 Ceramic-rafia mask
item #672Cameroon - unknown tribe 8 3/4" tall (22.2 cm), not including rafia | $750.00 Chicken on turtle
item #300Burkina Faso - unknown tribe 16 1/4" tall (41 cm) |
$18.00 Coconut shell beads
item #1369Niger - unknown tribe Available in a variety of diameters and thicknesses. Contact us for more details; we have a large stock, a wide variety. Discounts for quantities. | $600.00 Djibril statue
item #321Mali - unknown tribe This wooden figure, which measures 11" tall, was probably not carved in Africa. Rather it was probably originated somewhere in the Arab world and was traded to West Africa. It was collected in Mali. It represents Djibril, the horse on which Mohammed ascended to heaven. |
$7500.00 Excavated bracelet
item #971Niger - unknown tribe 7.6 x 7 x 7 cm (3 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4") | $12500.00 Exceptionally large wari game
item #913Ghana - unknown tribe 33 x 9 1/4 x 21 3/4" (83.8 x 23.5 x 55 cm) |
$7500.00 Extraordinary excavated solid bracelet
item #974Niger - unknown tribe 15.25 x 12.7 cm (6 x 5") | $5000.00 Finest antique bracelet
item #972Mali - unknown tribe 8.25 x 7.3 x 6 cm (3 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8") |
Girls in Bouake
item #295Ivory Coast - unknown tribe Please click on the photo to see another cute girl. | $750.00 Highly stylized face plaque
item #791Cameroon - unknown tribe |
$4500.00 Large brass cuff
item #973Mali - unknown tribe 9.5 x 8.25 x 10.5 cm (3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 4 1/8") | $750.00 Long crocodile design wari game
item #932Ivory Coast - unknown tribe 46 x 4 3/4" (117 x 12 cm) |
My friends in Abidjan
item #298Ivory Coast - unknown tribe Cheick, Kader and Abdoulaye Conde at the beach at Assinie, east of Abidjan, Ivory Coast | $150.00 Old ceramic bowl pipes
item #288Mali - unknown tribe These pipes measure 6" long. Click on the photo for a closeup of the pipe on the right in this photo. |
Old digging stones, arrowheads, pottery
item #76Mali - unknown tribe This is a selection of old items from the northern Mali region. The largest stone objects are the digging stones ($300-750.) The stone bracelets are $300 each. The stone "beads" are probably net weights ($75. each weight).Arrowheads vary in price from $5 to $75. | $150.00 Old extraordinary abstract pendant
item #863Mali - unknown tribe 2 3/4 x 2 9/16" (6.8 x 6.4 cm) |
$1250.00 Old grave marker/grinding stone
item #5Niger - unknown tribe This is the reverse side of an old grinding stone on which are inscribed the words, loosely translated, in Arabic, "el hadj Abu Bakar, son of Awrah. God promised him a safe place in paradise," indicating that the stone originally served as a grave marker, between 700 and 1000 years ago. Click on the photo to see it as a grinding stone. | $75.00 Old mortars
item #239Ivory Coast - unknown tribe Click on the photo for another variation of these commonly used mortars. There are many variations. |
$350.00 Old snake disk pendant
item #830Mali - unknown tribe 2 1/8 x 1 3/16" (5.4 x 2.9 cm) | $250.00 old wood scooter
item #120Ivory Coast - unknown tribe 9 1/2" long, please click on the image for another view of this very unusal object of African folk art. |
Pot merchants
item #1680Burkina Faso - unknown tribe Please click on the image for other pot views in Ouagadougou. | $500.00 Red aloa masks
item #54Ivory Coast - unknown tribe These beautiful, non-traditional specialty wood masks are the creation of modern artists in Ivory Coast, applying traditional techniques to extraordinary wood. |
$6000.00 Silver old multiple pendant traditional necklace
item #1471Yemen - unknown tribe This is the finest example of this great old traditional necklace I've ever seen. The US quarter (25 cents) is in the photos for size reference. | $1250.00 Small crocodile design authentic wari game
item #929Ivory Coast - unknown tribe 19 x 1 1/4" (48.3 x 3 cm) |
Some beautiful women in Mali
item #1671Mali - unknown tribe Please click on the image for some more images of these fabulous ladies in Bamako. | $500.00 Spindle whorls - largest
item #272Nigeria - unknown tribe This strand has 33 old, used ceramic spindle whorls. The beads range from 33 to 51 mm in diameter. 44 7/8" (114 cm ) long strand. |
$500.00 Spindle whorls - largest
item #1652Nigeria - unknown tribe 41" long strand (104 cm), 30 beads | $2500.00 Tall woman statue
item #79Ivory Coast - unknown tribe 43" tall (1.09 m). Click on the photo to see more views of this beautiful woman figure. |
This guy was happy for me to take his photo in Aflao, Ghana
item #1667Ghana - unknown tribe | This guy was happy for me to take his photo in Aflao, Ghana
item #1668 Ghana - unknown tribe |
This guy was happy for me to take his photo in Aflao, Ghana
item #1669Ghana - unknown tribe I often drive through this town, in Ghana, on the border with Togo. | $600.00 Very large mahogany mask
item #55Guinea - unknown tribe PRICE REDUCED. This photo shows the mask with the artist who sculpted it, in Kankan, Guinea. |
Wood carver in Bouake
item #297Ivory Coast - unknown tribe | Yemboini Thiombiano Jean-Paul
item #1683Burkina Faso - unknown tribe This is my first friend in Africa, a man I admired like no other. He passed away in 2003. He was afflicted with the most common killer in Africa, a gastrointestinal disease. The only reason he died was because he just didn't know that all he had to do was go to the drug store to get a cheap and widely available medicine. The compound in the background is Yemboini's home. He was a very modern man, with a shower inside his house, possibly the only African living in such a house with that level of comfort. It's also not common to see Africans walking through their fields with a coffee cup, which is so common in so many other places, especially in the US. |
Young man in Bouake where I buy some art
item #294Ivory Coast - unknown tribe |
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