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The Niger Bend

A Selection of Our Best Items

Tribe Malinke

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$1850.00

Genuine old balafon
photo of Genuine old balafon item #442
Mali - Malinke

This beautiful, authentic balafon is a real professional musical instrument. It measures 44" long x 7" tall at the wider end x 17" wide at the longest key. Please click on the photo for another view of this fine balafon.
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$2500.00

Medium mushroom shape dowry stool
photo of Medium mushroom shape dowry stool item #579
Guinea - Malinke

14 1/2" tall, 22 1/4" diameter. Please click for another view.
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$5000.00

Mushroom shape dowry stool
photo of Mushroom shape dowry stool item #578
Guinea - Malinke

This great stool is closer to a table. 17" height, 29" diameter. Well used. When a girl gets married she sits on the stool and her dowry is arrayed beneath her, around the stool. This is a very large piece of furniture. Please click for another view. Please see another, smaller one elsewhere on this page. We have 2 more that are even larger than this one.
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$300.00

Old Reclining Chair
photo of Old Reclining Chair item #355
Guinea - Malinke


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