Boxers and other sports figures - Ghana - No tribal association $500.00
This painting measures 48 x 48". It is another example of a painting done by a commercial artist to promote his own business. Ghanaians love boxers especially famous ones, even if the rendition is not as exact as it could be. Does this look like Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis to you? Like everyone else in the world they admire all sports figures, like Michael Jordan, even when it is not so obvious. Please click to see a portrait of Don King, measuring 28 1/4 x 26", $350, and one of MJ which measures 30 x 24", $300.

Beauty salon signs - Togo - Abron $400.00
Barbershop signs, such as the one shown below, are common throughout Africa. Comparable signs advertising beauty salons for women may exist everywhere but they have reached their highest point of artistic expression in Togo, in my opinion. This and the rest of those signs on this page are exemplary of that tradition. This sign measures 28 x 24". We bought this sign on the street where some women maintained their salon. It was hinged at the top back to back in sandwich sign form together with another similar one which has been sold.

Single sided beauty salon signs - Togo - No tribal association $400.00
This sign is painted on one side only. It measures 43 1/2 x 22 1/2". It is one side of what was a sandwich sign.

3-Head Barbershop Signs - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
This sign measures 39 3/4 x 17 3/4". Please click on the image to see 2 more barbershop signs with 3 heads each. The second one is 38 1/2 x 19"; the third 48 x 20". Both the second and third are the same price, $175.

Madame Houphouet Boigny sign - Ivory Coast - Baule $250.00
This sign was painted by a student at the Center for Artistic Painting in Ivory Coast. It features the wife of the president of Ivory Coast at the time, Felix Houphouet Boigny. It measures 17 x 18".

Michael Johnson - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
This painting measures 48 x 47". It was painted by a commercial artist in Accra who displayed it as an example of his skill in order to attract customers who would commission his services to make signs to advertise their businesses. Like all signs used in that way this sign shows the signs of weathering as it was kept outside. Unlike some such signs this one stood on the ground, propped against a fence, so the bottom of it is weathered to a greater extent.

Senegalese Social Commentary Signs - Senegal - Wolof $175.00
This sign, as have all of our Senegalese signs, is sold. As soon as I am able to go to Senegal again I will get more, hopefully. Although it was the barbershop sign that started the tradition of paintings on wood to advertise a service it was in Senegal where the art form has really proliferated. As the art form of sign making in Senegal developed from its vocational orientation it went on to become a form of expression in all contexts including social commentary and satire. Artists in Senegal promote their social causes through their painting. In this sign the artist wants children to stop begging. This sign measures 14 1/2 x 16".

2-sided sign - Togo - No tribal association $400.00
This sign measures 30 x 28". Please click on the image to view the other side of this single piece, painted on both sides. SOLD

Sandwich style sign - Ghana - No tribal association $500.00
48 1/4 x 24 1/2"

Medicine sign - Ivory Coast - No tribal association $250.00
This sign has been SOLD. Signs such as this one are common throughout West Africa. Typically signs like this one are used by the seller of a liquid which is meant to treat all the conditions represented on the sign. Effectively the product is the same as what used to be called "snake oil" in the US. That is, the liquid probably is not a cure-all for these conditions although it is sold as such. It appears that sometimes the people using these signs also offer services beyond the mere sale of a bottled miracle cure. The ailments the owner of this sign claimed to be able to treat and services he performs are circumcision, malaria, toothaches, backache, diarrhea and worms. This sign measures 24 1/4 x 24".

Advertising Portrait - Ghana - No tribal association $200.00
Many artists in Ghana display examples of their work along the side of the road to draw attention to the availability of their craft. In fact, their primary intention is not to sell these works, rather to use them to attract commissions for personal or professional work. In other words, these paintings serve as publicity. Most often these portraits on display are of people famous around the world or primarily in Ghana. This portrait, of course, is of Malcolm X. The painting measures 32 1/2 x 40 1/2".

Black & White Advertising Portraits - Ghana - $200.00
As a means to demonstrate the range of their abilities artists display portraits in black & white as well. This one is of Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana. This measures 34 3/4 x 38 1/2". Please click on this image to see another such portrait, this one of Bernice Johnson Reagon, the American composer and civil rights activist. This portrait measures 37 1/2 x 29", $200.

Jerry Rawlings advertising signs - Ghana - No tribal association $100.00
This painting was exhibited by an artist along the road in Accra to advertise his business. It measures 23 x 25 1/4". It is a painting of Jerry Rawlings, the former and still very popular President of Ghana. Please click to see another Rawlings painting by a commercial artist advertising his own services as an artist. This painting measures 20 1/2 x 30 3/4", $200.

Martins Omowumi John - Oshogbo artist - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
I met Martins in the Fall of 2003 after he found this website and contacted me to ask me to showcase his paintings here. I was impressed by his aggressive promotion of his art and I loved his paintings. In the 1960s a European artist went to southwestern Nigeria to Oshogbo in Yorubaland. She set up an art school to teach young Nigerians to paint using European techniques with their own uniquely African inspiration. Martins is a modern day student of that school. He was born in Lagos State on April 4th 1974. In 1984 his father, who worked for the National Electric Power Authority of Nigeria, was transfered to Oshogbo in Osun State and moved his 10 children there with him. He is the second of 10 children and the first to grow up in the Land of Art and Culture which is Oshogbo. Growing up surrounded by that artistic presence convinced him that was his destiny. Martins only income is from the sale of his paintings. His dream is to see his work spread around the world. Please click on Martins portrait to see 2 of his paintings. They both measure 20 1/2 x 25". The first painting here is entitled Beauty of the Sound, the second is Togetherness. Each is the same price, $400.

2-sided Best Quality Medicine Sign - Ghana - No tribal association $1250.00
This sign is the largest and exhibits the best artistic quality of the genre that I have ever seen. It measures 65 1/2 x 46 1/2". This sign illustrates many of the ailments this establishment treats, most of which are self-explanatory. Please click on the image to see the other side of this same sign and a photo of the sign along the road before we took it down. This sign has been SOLD. I am keeping this photo on line because it is such a great example of the genre.

Another Great Quality 2-sided Medicine Sign - Ghana - Abron $600.00
The larger white-background sign on this page advertises the same business as this one. I was attracted to the larger one which I saw along the side of a major thoroughfare in Accra, the captial of Ghana. When we approached the place itself, located off the main drag, alongside an open sewer, we found this sign in front of the shack where the business is located. Since I bought these two signs, I have been back to the same place and have seen that they have replaced these signs with other, less artistically desirable signs. Please click on this image to view the other sign of this same sign as well as a photo of the place itself. I took the photo as we were negotiating the purchase. This sign has been SOLD.

More Wumight Oshogbo paintings - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
Martins signs his paintings "Wumight". This painting is entitled Celebration. Please click on this image to view 2 more: the second one is entitled Dancing to the Readings, the third is Drummer and Dancer. All of the Wumight paintings we have on this site are the same size, 20 1/2 x 25". Each one is the same price, $400.

Wumight Oshogbo paintings - another 3 - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
This painting is entitled Peak of the Drum. Please click on the image to view 2 more of Martins paintings. The second one is entitled Jubilation, the third is Entertainer. They all measure 20 1/2 x 25". Each one is the same price, $400.

Wumight Oshogbo paintings - 3 more - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
This painting is entitled The Deep Thinker. Please click on this image to view 2 more: The 2nd one is Sekere Player, the 3rd is Harvest. All measure the same, 20 1/2 x 25". Each one is the same price, $400.

Artist Association original art - Togo - $250.00
This is the first of a series of original paintings I found for sale by an association of artists in Togo. This painting is by Fulbert Kodogoli and measures 25 x 31 1/2". Please click on the image to view one more by this same artist which measures 32 x 41". Its price is $400. The third painting here is by A. Julien Baltazar, another member of the same association. This painting measures 31 1/2 x 30 1/2". Its price is $250.

2 more artists in the Association - Togo - $500.00
This is the largest painting among those I at the association of artists in Togo. This is by Attissogbe Joly and measures 46 x 46". Please click on the image to view one more by this same artist which measures 34 x 39 1/2". The price is $250. The third is by another artist in the association, Franck Ohin. This painting measures 30 x 44". The price is $250.

Kamassa Eloge, another Association artist - Togo - No tribal association $250.00
This acrylic on canvas painting measures 27 x 31". It is entitled "Crucifixion with 3 Witnesses".

Beauty shop sign in Accra - Ghana - No tribal association $600.00
Ghanaians call the commercial art signs that I buy to sell here "signboards". I buy them in different ways. One common way is to approach a merchant who has a signboard I like and just ask him or her if he or she is willing to sell the sign to me. Sometimes they do and sometimes they do not. When they do not and I really like the signboard, I take a photo of it and commission an artist to paint me another one just like it. That is how I got this signboard. This sign measures 96 x 24 1/4". Please click on the photo to see the original that I was unable to convince the owner to sell to me. Fortunately, however, the copy was good enough that it has been SOLD.

Barbershop - Ghana - No tribal association $1200.00
This is one of the largest barbershop signs I have ever seen. It is such a great sign that is has been SOLD. Indeed this business is more diversified than just a barbershop; they make key copies and have a public phone as well. It was displayed high up in the air, above the establishment it advertised, in Accra. I admired it when I saw it and asked my agent there to buy it for me. I did not attempt to acquire it myself since I figured my chances were greater with an African interceding on my behalf. All too often, when a foreign, i.e. white, man approaches an African to purchase something that is not already for sale, the price quoted is stratospheric, either because the owner really does not want to sell or because he imagines that the foreign man actually will pay that high a price. I regret I neglected to photograph it in situ. Indeed I was not sure my agent would be successful. The sign measures 96 x 48" and is painted on both sides. Please click on the image to see the other side.

2-sided Barbershop sign - Ghana - No tribal association $500.00
This sign was displayed, as a sandwich sign, hinged at the top, in front of a barbershop, next door to a commercial artist I work with in Accra. This image is of one side of that sign. The other side has been SOLD. 24 x 36".

Christ signboard - Ghana - No tribal association $500.00
Ghana is one of the countries of West Africa with the highest proportion of Christians. Africans, no matter what their religious affiliation, are very spiritual people. Therefore it is no surprise that one of the most popular subjects for commercial artists promoting their own businesses is Jesus Christ and other religious imagery. This sign measures 40 1/2 x 24". The "master" referred to on this signboard is the artist. The term "master" is heard commonly in Ghana, often to mean one who excels in his field. Please click on this image to see another religious image that appears to be a saintly figure although I do not know who it is, as well as an image of the studio where I bought that signboard. The second sign measures 32 1/2 x 21".

Kojo Antwi - Ghana - No tribal association $500.00
Another favorite subject of Ghanaian commercial artists when they promote their businesses is famous Ghanaian musicians. Although unfortunately not among the most famous musicians in the US, Kojo Antwi is one of the most famous Ghanaian musicians. This sign measures 24 1/4 x 35". Please click on this image for another of this same painting, by the same artist, but in a larger size, 48 x 48". The larger signboard is priced at $600.

Kojo Antwi and a commercial art studio - Ghana - No tribal association $900.00
This very large painting was painted by the artists in this picture. Please click on the image to see their studio in Accra, Ghana. They are big Kojo Antwi fans and actually do a lot of work for Kojo. Although I do not have any of the other images in this photo available at this moment, I am able to get any of those that you see here, theoretically. The beautiful black angel is painted on another outside wall of this studio. We can commission this same design, or any other, in any size. We can do anything you want in a personalized Ghanaian signboard. Please let us know what you would like.

Commercial art portraits - Ghana - No tribal association $475.00
This portrait is two-sided. Please click on the image to see the portrait on the reverse side. This sign measures 24 1/4 x 23 3/4".

Commercial art painting - Ghana - No tribal association $500.00
This is a painting that was displayed on the outside of one of the commercial art studios I frequent to find the art that commercial artists use to advertise their own skill as painters. This signboard measures 46 1/2 x 28". Please click on the image for another signboard that was displayed at this same studio, of Michael Jackson. This one measures 43 3/4 x 24".

Another copy of a large commercial sign - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
I commissioned this sign as a copy of a much larger one I photographed in Accra. Of course this is not an exact copy but it is interesting the way the artist interpreted it. This sign measures 30 x 24". Please click on the image to see a view of the billboard I photographed.

Woman commercial art advertising signboards - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
I found this weathered painting at a commercial art studio in Kumasi, Ghana. The ability of this artist is superior to most. This sign measures 16 1/2 x 27". Please click on the image for one more of his paintings. This one measures 30 1/2 x 18 1/2".

Large beauty salon signs - Benin - No tribal association $600.00
This is the largest beauty salon sign of a series I found all of which appear to have been painted by the same artist although only the studio is identified and only on the largest of the signs we have of theirs, Les Arts Junior, in Cotonou. This sign measures 32 1/2 x 24".

5 head barbershop signs - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
This sign and the one below this came from the same artist in Kumasi, Ghana, where I bought them. It measures 48 x 16". The artist had painted it along with the one below and 3 others for a customer but when I offered to buy them, he agreed to paint another set for the customer who had commissioned them. Please click on the image to see a view of the studio where I bought them. Please see the other remaining sign in this set and more views of the studio below.

5 head barbershop signs - 1 more - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
This sign and the other 4 in this set all came from the same artist in Kumasi, Ghana, where I bought them. They all measure 48 x 16". The artist had painted them for a customer but when I offered to buy them, he agreed to paint another set for the customer who had commissioned them. Please click on the image to see one of the other four in this set and 2 views of the studio where I bought them. Please see the other 4 signs in this set and more views of the studio just above and just below.

Another view of the Kumasi studio - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
Please see the remaining 2 signs I bought at this studio above.

Small barber sign - Ghana - No tribal association $250.00
This sign is one side of a sandwich sign, each side of which had a single head painted on it. This sign measures 22 1/4 x 18". Please click on the image to see a view of the area where I found this sign in Ghana. Both of these signs have been SOLD.

Itinerant barber and his barbershop sign - Ghana - No tribal association $350.00
This sign was used by a barber who walked around town and put it down on the ground, propped up against a tree or a wall, to indicate that he is a barber and is offering his services in different places around the city. The clear evidence of this use is the way it is worn in the places where the barber held the sign with his hand, walking around town. The same evidence proves that this sign was used for a long time since the paint under his fingers would have taken a long time to disappear completely. The sign measures 47 3/4 x 13 1/2". Please click on the image to see the barber, whose name is Kwame, who used and then sold the sign to me. This sign has since been SOLD.

Ahmed the barber and his signs - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
Ahmed is a barber in Kumasi who also sells barbershop signs. This one measures 12 x 34". Please click on the image to see 1 more of his signs. The second one measures 9 1/2 x 12". The price of the second one is $150. Please see one more of his signs elsewhere on this page as well as a view of his shop.

Ahmed the barber and his signs - Ghana - No tribal association $300.00
Ahmed is a barber in Kumasi who also sells barbershop signs. This is one side of an old sandwich sign. Please click on this image to see the other sign and a view of his shop. Each one measures 23 3/4 x 43 1/2". Please see three more of his signs elsewhere on this page. The price is the same for each sign, $300.

Vertical design beauty salon signs - Benin - No tribal association $550.00
These appear to me more of the work of the studio in Cotonou, Les Arts Junior, though there is no identification on these signs. These measure 15 x 32". Please click on the photo to see another sign of this size and quality.

Vertical design barbershop signs - Benin - No tribal association $550.00
I think these are more of the work of the studio in Cotonou, Les Arts Junior, though there is no identification on these signs. Most of their work is for beauty salons, with representations of women and their hair styles. These are two they have done of men, for barbershops. These measure 15 x 32". Please click on the photo to see another sign of this size and quality.

Small vertical 3-head beauty salon signs - Benin - No tribal association $95.00
These signs, ostensibly painted at the same studio in Benin which did the larger signs also on this page, measure 4 3/4 x 14". Please click on this image to see 2 more of these. Each is the same price, $95.

More small 3-head beauty salon signs - horizontal - Benin - No tribal association $95.00
This sign measures 9 3/4 x 5". Please click on the image to see one more of these as well as another vertical one. All are the same price, $95 each.

Small 4 head beauty salon signs - Benin - No tribal association $95.00
These are exceptional in that this size and level of detail is not found anywhere else in Africa. These are exclusive to Benin and possibly to this one artist or this one studio. These measure 6 x 10". Please click on the image to see 2 more of these beautiful signs.

Small 4 head barbershop/beauty salon signs - Benin - No tribal association $95.00
These signs measure 6 x 10" and include both men and women on the same sign. Please click on the image to see another, similar one as well as a third with only men.

Small single head beauty salon signs - Benin - No tribal association $95.00
These all measure approximately 6 1/2 x 9 1/2". Please click on the image to see 2 more of these unusual signs, only found in Benin.

Small single head beauty salon signs - another set - Benin - No tribal association $95.00
These all measure approximately 6 1/2 x 9 1/2". Please click on the image to see 2 more of these unusual signs, only found in Benin.

Small 4 head beauty salon signs - 2nd set - Benin - No tribal association $95.00
This sign measures 6 1/4 x 9 1/2". Please click to see 2 more in similar sizes.

Small hairdresser signs - Benin - No tribal association $75.00
These small paintings on wood are novel ways of representing hairdos. They measure about 6 3/4 x 10". Please click on the image to see two more of these unusual signboards.

Medium size beauty salon/barbershop signs - Benin - No tribal association $200.00
This sign is an unusual shape. It measures 8 1/2 x 8 1/2". Please click to see 2 more good medium size signs. The second one here measures 15 x 19 1/2". The third one measures 8 1/2 x 13 1/2". All are the same price, $200 each.

Lady photographer sign - Benin - No tribal association $95.00
These signs all measure approximately 7 x 10". Each one is a different woman with a still camera around her neck and a video camera on her shoulder, sporting an elaborate African hairdo. Please click to see two more.

Cat painting on wood - Benin - No tribal association $75.00
These all measure about 6 x 9 1/2". These were all painted by the same studio that did the other Benin signboards on this page. They were painted to demonstrate the skill of the artist and promote the business of that studio. The words painted on each say "The Singapore the smallest cat in the world". Please click to see 2 more.

Professional advertising signs - Benin - No tribal association $75.00
These signs all measure 10 1/2 x 6 7/8". Please click for another doctor sign and a secretary sign. All are the same price, $75. each.

Commercial artist advertising sign - Ghana - No tribal association $600.00
This sign measures 23 x 36". When the artist painted this he appears to have painted it on the reverse side of another painting he no longer needed, one of Bob Marley. Please click on the image to view the other side of this painting, still largely intact. Also visible when you click on the image is another painting which measures 48 x 24", of 3 older men, ostensibly tribal leaders. I do not know their identities. All of these signs were painted by artists to promote their own commercial art businesses. Each sign is the same price, $600.

multiple head beauty salon sign - Togo - No tribal association $400.00
This great signboard measures 24 x 12 3/4". Please click to see 2 more very fine beauty salon signs. The second measures 24 x 21 1/2"; its price is $350. The third measures 24 x 19", $300.

multiple head beauty salon sign - second set - Togo - No tribal association $350.00
This sign measures 18 1/4 x 15 1/4". Please click to see the second one in this set which measures 27 1/2 x 17 1/2" and the third one which is 23 1/2 x 11 1/2". Both the second and third are the same price, $250 each.

Large multiple head beauty salon signs - Togo - No tribal association $750.00
This sign measures 44 x 24". Please click to see another similar one.

Large 4-head beauty salon signs - Togo - No tribal association $500.00
These signs measure 46 x 24". Please click to see another similar one.

Large 6-head beauty salon signs - Togo - No tribal association $600.00
These measure 48 x 24". Please click to see another, similar one.

Lg 4-head beauty salon and phone service sign - Togo - No tribal association $600.00
As cell phones have become more widespread throughout Africa, more and more people use their cell phone to offer phone service to the public. The majority of the people still do not own a phone. The availability of land lines has always been limited. Although there are many people who have set up a business offering only phone service to the public using their cell phone many other businesses take advantage of the demand thereby created to offer that service along with their regular business. It is more and more common to find beauty salons and barbershops which offer phone service too. This sign measures 48 x 32". Please click to see another one which is the same size and price.

Large 3-head beauty salon signs - Togo - No tribal association $600.00
This sign measures 48 x 29 1/2". Please click for another large 3-head signboard. The second one measures 48 x 24". It is the same price.

Long 4-head barbershop sign - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
These all measure right around 48 x 16". Please click to see the other two, all the same price.

American flag representations in barberhop signs - Ghana - No tribal association $500.00
Some Americans think that people outside of the US do not like us. That sure is not true in Africa, at least if barbershop signs and commercial art are any indication. I see American flag representations everywhere. This sign measures 26 1/2 x 22 3/4". Africans admire the power of America; this signboard is the way they show that. They love it. Please click on the image to see 2 barbershop signs with American flag imagery. The second one measures 48 x 15 1/2" and is $400. The third one is 24 x 48" and is $500.

Kofi Annan commercial art signboards - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
Among the many popular figures represented on Ghanaian commercial art signboards is the United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, who is from Ghana. Ghanaians are justifiably intensely proud of him. This signboard measures 22 3/4 x 23 1/2". Please click on the image for another one, also featuring the very popular flag of the USA. This one measures 24 x 37 3/4" and is the same price.

Commercial artist advertising sign - second set - Ghana - No tribal association $350.00
This signboard measures 24 x 23". I do not know the identity of this man but when you click on the image you will see the second signboard of this set which features John Kufuor, the current President of Ghana. This sign measures 23 3/4 x 36", $400.

Bob Marley signboards - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
Of course, one of the most enduring and popular figures all across Africa is Bob Marley. His likeness is everywhere in commercial art in Africa. This signboard measures 27 x 28". Please click for 2 more; the second one measures 48 x 48", $600 and the third measures 27 x 36", $400.

African family commercial art - Nigeria - No tribal association $600.00
This signboard is unusual in its realism. It is very weathered indicating a long period of use in an outdoor location. It measures 44 x 23". Please click on the image for an Africa village represented in a signboard, 48 x 32", $400, and a third of an African woman, 32 x 48", $400.

3-Head Barbershop Signs - second set - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
This sign measures 48 x 24". Please click to see 2 more signs. The second measures 39 1/2 x 14 1/2" and is from Mali; the third is 32 x 15". Both the second and third are $300 each.

Two-sided 4-head beauty salon sign - Togo - No tribal association $300.00
This nice old beauty salon sign has some damage in the center and is quite worn around the edges which are evidence of its age and long usefulness to the owner. It measures 33 1/4 x 29 1/2". Please click to see the other side.

Another 4 head barber shop sign - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
This sign measures 48 x 15 1/2".

Large vertical beauty salon signs - Ghana - No tribal association $300.00
This sign measures 29 x 15". Please click to see the other side of this sandwich sign, sold separately, as well as a third signboard which measures 48 x 23 1/2". The third one is $400.

2-Head Barbershop/Beauty Salon Signs - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
This signboard measures 48 x 23 3/4". Please click to see another which measures 19 x 28 1/2" and whose price is $300.

Large 2-Head Vertical Beauty Salon Signs - Togo - No tribal association $450.00
These signs all measure approximately the same: 45 x 24". Please click to see two more.

Large 2-Head Vertical Beauty Salon Signs - Second - Togo - No tribal association $450.00

2-sided Beauty Salon sign - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
35 1/4 x 15 3/4"

Multiple head 2-sided beauty salon sign - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00

Large single head barbershop sign - Ghana - No tribal association $350.00
35 x 40 1/2"

Commercial artist advertising sign - coffin maker - Ghana - No tribal association $600.00
These signs measure 48 x 48". I commissioned these two signs to be painted as copies of an original which the owner was unwilling to sell to me. Artistic Ghanaian coffins are famous. They can be in the shape of beer bottles, rockets, cars, airplanes, fish, people, anything you can imagine. People are actually buried in them although as their fame has spread around the world they are also now collected as an art form and made that way. Obviously, it is difficult to obtain one that is genuine and used... This coffin maker has diversified, as you can see. The original sign was painted on both sides; I had each side copied as a single signboard. Please click on the image to see the other sign. Each is the same price, $600.

Commercial artist advertising sign - third set - Ghana - No tribal association $600.00
This sign measures 43 x 61 1/2".

Commercial artist advertising sign - youth culture - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00

Small single head sign - Togo - No tribal association $45.00
10 x 10". Click for second one, 9 x 10".

Pyro-design Nkrumahs - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
17 3/4 x 22 1/4". These two portraits, of the first President of Ghana and his wife, date to the period of Ghanaian Independence, as evidenced by the fact that the inscription indicates that Kwame Nkrumah was the "First Prime Minister of The Gold Coast". "Akwaaba" means Welcome, in Twi, the language of the Akan people of Ghana, the largest language group in that country. Please click to see the companion portrait of Mother Ghana, the wife of the first president. Each portrait is $400. The pair is $700.

Painted head clothes hanger - Mali - Bamana $95.00

Small 2 sided beauty salon sign - Ghana - No tribal association $250.00

Barbershop/Beauty Salon Signs - Ghana - No tribal association $350.00

Portraits - Ghana - No tribal association $295.00

2-sided barbershop sign - Togo - No tribal association $350.00
This is a single sign, painted on both sides. It measures 18 x 48 3/4". Please click to see the other side.

Another 2-sided barbershop/beauty salon sign - Ghana - Abron $300.00
This is another 2-sided sign. That is it is a single signboard, painted on both sides. The two sides are inseparable. It measures 35 3/4 x 23 3/4". Please click to see the other side.

2-sided 4-head Beauty Salon Sign - Togo - No tribal association $500.00
This sign measures 38 x 25". Please click to see the othe side of this single signboard.

Two beauty salon signs displayed together - Togo - No tribal association $500.00
These are two separate signs, sold separately. The price for each is $500. They were both painted by the same artist, on commission for the same customer, in the same style, to advertise the same business. They were used together, hinged at the top, so the unit was visible from two sides. We take the two apart and sell them separately. These two measure 38 3/4 x 31 1/2". Please click to see the other sign in this pair.

4-head sandwich sign - Togo - No tribal association $400.00
Each of this pair of signboards measures 29 3/4 x 27 1/4". Please click to see the other of these two signboards, sold separately at the same price each, $400.

Single head sandwich sign - Togo - No tribal association $400.00
These two signs each measure 26 1/2 x 24". Please click to see the other one.

2-head sandwich beauty salon signs - Ghana - No tribal association $500.00
Each of these two signs measures the same, 25 1/2 x 41". Please click to see the other one.

Another 4 head beauty salon sandwich sign pair - Togo - No tribal association $400.00
Each of these two signboards measures 39 x 31 1/2". Please click to see the other one.

3-head beauty salon sandwich sign pair - Togo - No tribal association $400.00
35 x 24". Please click to see the other one in this pair. Each sign is available separately at the same price, $400.

Another 2-head beauty salon sandwich sign pair - Ivory Coast - Abron $500.00
Each measures 35 1/2 x 24". Please click to see the other one.

Another 3-head beauty salon sandwich sign pair - Togo - No tribal association $500.00
39 x 24". Please click to see the other one.

Full woman beauty salon sandwich sign pair - Togo - No tribal association $500.00
48 x 34". Please click to see the other one.

Vertical 3-head beauty salon sandwich sign pair - Togo - No tribal association $450.00
44 3/4 x 18". Please click to see the other one.

2nd Vertical 3-head beauty salon sandwich sign pair - Togo - No tribal association $450.00
45 x 17 1/2". Please click to see the other in this pair. Both are worn but the second one is more worn. Its price is $350.

Another single head sandwich sign - Togo - No tribal association $300.00
32 x 17 1/2". Please click to see the other sign in this pair.

Large beauty salon signs - Ghana - No tribal association $400.00
These all measure approximately 48 x 32". Please click to see the other two.

Lg 2-head beauty salon sandwich sign pair - Togo - No tribal association $500.00
45 x 23 1/4". Please click to see the other sign in this pair, each available for the same price.

Another lg 2-head beauty salon sandwich sign pair - Togo - No tribal association $450.00
43 1/4 x 23 1/4". Please click to see the other one.

Lg 3-head beauty salon sandwich sign pair - Togo - No tribal association $400.00

Small beauty salon sandwich sign - Ghana - No tribal association $500.00
24 x 23". This sandwich sign can be sold as one unit or separated. The price shown is for the unit of two signs hinged together. The price for just one of the sides is half of that, $250.

More medicine signs - Ivory Coast - No tribal association $250.00