The Niger Bend | A Selection of Our Best Items |
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$150.00 Asen brass turtle figure
item #360Benin - Fon 4 7/8" long. This is a typical example of one of the objects included on the top of an asen. Asen are stuck into the ground near the family house in memory of a deceased member of the family. Asen are iron stakes with round flat tops adorned with a wide variety of objects which presumably evoke the spirit of the individual the stake represents. Please click on the image to see 2 more views of this fine old object. | $450.00 Brass turtle container
item #353Mali - Dogon 8" tall. Please click on the image for a closeup view and an uncovered view, with the top off. |
$495.00 Brass turtle equestrian pot
item #354Nigeria - Yoruba | $750.00 Chicken on turtle
item #300Burkina Faso - unknown tribe |
$350.00 Old brass turtle pendant
item #16Burkina Faso - Lobi 2 1/4 x 1 11/16" (5.7 x 4.2 cm) | $145.00 Old turtle fetish
item #367Mali - Dogon 8" long. Please click on the image for another view of this genuine old, used fetish figure. |
$345.00 Old wood turtle fetish
item #368Ivory Coast - Baule 15 1/2" long. Please click on the image for another view of this authentic, old, used object. | $145.00 Old wood turtle fetish figure
item #362Ghana - Fanti 7 1/2" long. Please click on the image to see 2 more views of this authentic old fetish figure. |
$550.00 Turtle eagle proverb figure
item #342Ivory Coast - Baule Africans have a plethora of proverbs. It is common for an artist of any medium to incorporate any of those proverbs in his art. The eagle represents power or a powerful person. The turtle represents the common people. The proverb essentially says that each has qualities which give it value, that they are equal. The eagle cannot hurt the shell of the turtle. This is a genuine object, carved in great detail. It would have been covered with gold leaf and the gold either removed before it was sold or it wore off, or a combination of both. It measures 8 1/2" tall. Please click on the image to see 2 closeups both of which show vestiges of the gold leaf that used to cover the entire piece. | $175.00 Wood turtle fetish
item #375Mali - Dogon 11" long. Please click on the image for another view of this authentic fetish figure. |
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