Old Silver Tuareg pendants - Niger - Tuareg $250.00
We have other, smaller, old silver Tuareg pendants as low as $75. Please email us for further information.

Excavated Djenne-Djeno pendants - Mali - Djenne Djeno $750.00
Click on the photo to see 2 more of these 17th - 18th century copper alloy pendants.

Assorted silver Tuareg rings - Mali - Tuareg $125.00
The tallest ring in this photo is $225. Please click on the photo for a view of 3 more rings, all $125. each. See below for more rings.

Khalkhal old silver anklets - Mauritania - Mauritanian $1500.00
Click on the photo to see another pair.

Old Lobi brass snake pendants - Burkina Faso - Lobi $450.00
These are very old, authentic pendants.

Excavated copper alloy beads - Mali - Djenne Djeno $125.00
The price is for each bead.

Authentic silver earrings with dangles - Niger - Tuareg $145.00
See below for photos of a woman wearing some of this type of earring. All 3 pairs of earrings pictured here are the same price, $145. per pair.

Authentic silver earrings - Niger - Tuareg $125.00
Please click on the photo for 2 other pairs: the second is $50, the third is $75.

Authentic Djenne-Djeno copper alloy bead necklace - Mali - Djenne Djeno $900.00
ca. 17th-18th century

old grigri amulets - Mauritania - Mauritanian $350.00

Heavy silver earrings - Niger - Tuareg $350.00
These are all old, used earrings of the best quality of silver available. We have a wide variety of sizes, silver qualities and degrees of wear. Click on the photo to see 2 more pairs.

Assorted old Tuareg rings - Niger - Tuareg $250.00
These 2 rings are the same price. Click on this photo for 2 more photos. The first is of 3 rings, left to right: $175, $325, $450. The second is of 6 rings: all are $95 except the ring closest the fingernail of the middle finger which is $125.

Woman wearing old Tuareg earrings - Niger - Tuareg
Please click on the photo for other views of this woman wearing others of this type of earring

Old brass airplane ring - Burkina Faso - Lobi $350.00
The airplaine on this exceptional ring measures 1 5/8" long and 1 3/16" wide. Please click on the image for another view of this beautiful ring.

Brass mask pendant - Ivory Coast - Baule $250.00
4 1/4 x 2 3/4"

XL Tuareg pendant necklaces - Niger - Tuareg $150.00
Please click on the photo to see 2 more photos featuring 5 more styles of these large pendant necklaces. These pendants have come to be called "crosses" although they have no Christian religious significance. These designs are exclusive to the Tuareg people who wear pendants in similar designs in smaller sizes, in varying grades of silver.

Royal silver anklet - Ghana - Fanti $9000.00
This is an extraordinary object. It is old and worn, having been in the possession of the Fanti king for a long time. The symbols all represent proverbs which refer to qualities the king should possess to be the best ruler possible. The fish is a mudfish which symbolizes both power and submission to power. When the mudfish gets fat it becomes food for the crocodile, which is the symbol of the power of the king. But, as with most proverbial lessons, it also reinforces the importance of the relationship of the people to the king, the dependence the king has on his people. The dichotomy of the role of the king is also symbolized by the crocodile in that the crocodile lives in the water but must breathe the air. That is, it lives in two worlds. The king must be able to negotiate both the world of the people and the world of the ruling elite. The small tree with a nest with 3 eggs in it is "nyame dua" the tree of God. The image represents an offering to God and means that the ruler should fear nothing but God. The snail represents patience and the virtue of work; it takes effort to remove the snail from the shell to eat it but it is nourishing and worth that effort. The turtle represents independence in that it carries its house with it wherever it goes. The coiled snake with a hornbill in its mouth represents perseverence and patience. The story behind it is that the hornbill borrowed money from snake but refused to pay it back saying that its ability to fly would keep it out of reach of the snake. Then years later faced with a drought and shrinking water holes, the hornbill was finally forced to come down for a drink and the snake got him.