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The Niger Bend Catalog
A Selection of Our Best Items



Categories:
2 Dimensional Art - Signs and Paintings
Animals - Chameleons
Animals - Crocodiles
Animals - Elephants
Animals - Horses & Equestrians
Animals - Lions
Animals - Others
Animals - Turtles
Beads
Brass figures
Catalog
Ceramics
Clothing
Containers
Contemporary Metal
Contemporary Wood
Currency
Doors
Drums & Musical Instruments
Erotic Art
Ethnographic items
Furniture
Games
Gold of African Royalty
Haitian Art - Voodoo Flags
Iron
Islamic Art
Jewelry
Jewelry Components
Leather Traditional Items
Market baskets
Masks
Masks - Authenticated
Masks - Collector Quality
Masks - Passport
Neolithic items
Photographs
Pipes
Statues - Couples & Twins
Statues - Heads, Busts
Statues - Mothers with children
Textiles
Toys
Travel in Africa
Weapons
Wood statues
Wood Statues - Ibejis

Tribes:
Abron
Ashanti
Baga
Bamana
Bamileke
Bariba
Baule
Benoue
Bete
Bobo
Bozo
Bwa
Chokwe
Dan
Dan NGuere
Djenne Djeno
Djerma
Djimini
Dogon
Ewe
Fang
Fanti
Fon
Fulani
Gourmantche
Guro
Gurunsi
Haitian
Hausa
Ibibio
Ibo
Idjo
Ikiti
Kuba
Kurumba
Lobi
Malinke
Marka
Mauritanian
Mende
Moba
Mossi
Nafana
Nake
Ngonde
No tribal association
Nupe
Orobo
Senufo
Tagbana
Tamberma
Tuareg
unknown tribe
Wodaabe
Wolof
Yaure
Yoruba

Countries:
All Subsaharan countries
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Congo
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Guinea
Haiti
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Togo
West Africa
Textiles
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photoFramed Shoowa cloth - Congo - Kuba $450.00
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.

photoUnframed Shoowa square cloths - Congo - Kuba $450.00
These are our best, oldest Shoowa cloths. This one measures 22 x 21". Please click on the image to see 2 others. The second one measures 21 x 22" and is the same price as the first. The third one measures 22 x 13" ($250).

photoMore unframed Shoowa squares - Congo - Kuba $250.00
This textile measures 22 x 18". Please click on the image to see 2 more. The second one measures 22 x 21" ($150), the third one 20 x 21" ($150). Although not pictured here, we also carry others at $75 and $45.

photoContemporary Design - Mali - Bamana $125.00
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.

photoExtra large contemporary - Mali - Bamana $600.00
This is the largest of the new mudcloth designs. 93 x 93"

photoLarge brown contemporary - Mali - Bamana $375.00
These large designs measure 90 x 48" and 79 x 50", respectively.

photoLarge mustard contemporary - Mali - Bamana $125.00
54 x 34"

photoLong Bushoong rafia textiles - Congo - Kuba $550.00
This cloth measures 88" long and 20" wide. Please click on the image to see 2 more of the great variety of these that we have. The second us $750 and measures 117 x 29"; the third is $600 and measures 164 x 24".

photoDogon indigo cloth - design A - Mali - Dogon $150.00
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.

photoLong Bushoong rafia wrapping textile - Congo - Kuba $950.00
This magnificent example of these textiles measures 192" long x 26" wide. Please click on the image to see 2 more. The second is $650, measuring 192 x 26"; the third is $650 and measures 179 x 28".

photoLong Bushoong cloths - Congo - Kuba $750.00
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. This photo shows one section of the piece, too long to show here in a single photograph. Please click on the image to see another section of the same piece. This textile measures 196" long x 23" wide. The third photo you will see when you click on this image is of a second Bushoong measuring 119 x 32", $650.

photoSmall Mabelenge rafia textiles - Congo - Kuba $450.00
The first of these measures 18" wide by 66" long. Click on this photo to see the second which measures 13" wide by 48" long ($150). The third one is 16" wide and 38" long ($150).

photoSecond set of Mabelenge rafia textiles - Congo - Kuba $300.00
The first of these measures 16" wide by 47 1/2" long. Click on this photo to see the second which measures 20" wide by 42" long ($300). The third one is 16" wide and 56" long ($150).

photoThird set of Mabelenge rafia cloths - Congo - Kuba $250.00
The first of these measures 12 1/2" wide by 52" long. Click on this photo to see the second which measures 16" wide by 41" long ($250). The third one is 14" wide and 41 1/2" long ($200).

photoAbomey appliqueed animal flags - Benin - Fon $450.00
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.

photoFourth set of Mabelenge rafia cloths - Congo - Kuba $250.00
The first of these measures 13" wide by 47 1/2" long. Click on this photo to see the second which measures 15" wide by 51 1/2" long ($150). The third one is 11" wide and 51" long ($300).

photoFifth set of Mabelenge rafia textiles - Congo - Kuba $600.00
The first of these measures 23" wide by 110" long. Click on this photo to see the second which measures 11 1/2" wide by 47 1/2" long ($200). The third one is 14" wide and 61 1/2" long ($300).

photoSixth set of Mabelenge rafia textiles - Congo - Kuba $300.00
The first of these measures 21" wide by 50 1/2" long. Click on this photo to see the second which measures 14 1/2" wide by 47" long ($200). The third one is 16" wide and 38 1/2" long ($150).

photoRed background Abomey appliqueed animal flags - Benin - Fon $450.00
59 1/2 x 47". Please click on the image for a smaller flag with a lion design. This one measures 37 1/2 x 55 3/4". Its price is $225.

photoIndigo textile - Design B - Mali - Dogon $150.00
68 x 45". Please click on the image to view a closeup of this beautiful traditional cloth.

photoIndigo textile - Design F - Mali - Dogon $150.00
62 x 44". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile.

photoIndigo textile - Design E - Mali - Dogon $150.00
61 x 43 1/2". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile.

photoIndigo textile - Design D - Mali - Dogon $150.00
62 x 42 1/2". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile.

photoIndigo textile - Design C - Mali - Dogon $150.00
60 x 40". Please click on the image for a closer view of this traditional Dogon cloth.

photoIndigo textile - Design G - Mali - Dogon $150.00
58 x 39 1/2". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile.

photoIndigo textile - Design H - Mali - Dogon $150.00
62 x 52". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile.

photoIndigo textile - Design J - Mali - Dogon $150.00
63 x 44". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile.

photoIndigo textile - Design K - Mali - Dogon $150.00
58 x 43". Please click on the image for a closer view of this beautiful textile.

 
 
Categories: | 2 Dimensional Art - Signs and Paintings | Animals - Chameleons | Animals - Crocodiles | Animals - Elephants | Animals - Horses & Equestrians | Animals - Lions | Animals - Others | Animals - Turtles | Beads | Brass figures | Catalog | Ceramics | Clothing | Containers | Contemporary Metal | Contemporary Wood | Currency | Doors | Drums & Musical Instruments | Erotic Art | Ethnographic items | Furniture | Games | Gold of African Royalty | Haitian Art - Voodoo Flags | Iron | Islamic Art | Jewelry | Jewelry Components | Leather Traditional Items | Market baskets | Masks | Masks - Authenticated | Masks - Collector Quality | Masks - Passport | Neolithic items | Photographs | Pipes | Statues - Couples & Twins | Statues - Heads, Busts | Statues - Mothers with children | Textiles | Toys | Travel in Africa | Weapons | Wood statues | Wood Statues - Ibejis | Tribes: | Abron | Ashanti | Baga | Bamana | Bamileke | Bariba | Baule | Benoue | Bete | Bobo | Bozo | Bwa | Chokwe | Dan | Dan NGuere | Djenne Djeno | Djerma | Djimini | Dogon | Ewe | Fang | Fanti | Fon | Fulani | Gourmantche | Guro | Gurunsi | Haitian | Hausa | Ibibio | Ibo | Idjo | Ikiti | Kuba | Kurumba | Lobi | Malinke | Marka | Mauritanian | Mende | Moba | Mossi | Nafana | Nake | Ngonde | No tribal association | Nupe | Orobo | Senufo | Tagbana | Tamberma | Tuareg | unknown tribe | Wodaabe | Wolof | Yaure | Yoruba | Countries: | All Subsaharan countries | Benin | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Congo | Ethiopia | Gabon | Ghana | Guinea | Haiti | Ivory Coast | Liberia | Mali | Mauritania | Niger | Nigeria | Senegal | Togo | West Africa |
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