The Niger Bend | A Selection of Our Best Items |
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$750.00 2-sided Barbershop sign
item #601Ivory Coast - No tribal association This sign measures 29 1/2 x 40". Please click on the image to see the other side of this sign which is painted on both sides of the same piece of wood. When you click on this image you will also see another view of the sign in the place in Abidjan where we bought it, from the owner of the salon. | $1500.00 2-sided beauty salon sign - extraordinarily large
item #516Ivory Coast - No tribal association At 39 1/2 x 78 3/4" this is the largest beauty salon/barbershop sign I have ever seen and it also among the most beautifully painted. Please click on the image to view the other side of it. |
$500.00 2-sided sign
item #370Ivory Coast - No tribal association This sign measures 39 1/2 x 30". Please click on the image to view the other side of this single piece, painted on both sides, and a third sign, a large artist advertising portrait measuring 26 x 39 1/4", $300. | $3950.00 3 bird ring
item #681Ivory Coast - Baule Please click on the photo for 2 more views of this fine old Baule royal ring. |
$1250.00 3 more old colonial figures
item #388Ivory Coast - Baule This figure is 15" tall and dates to about 1915 from the village of Sakasso. Please click on the image to see 2 more. The second one is from Dembokoro, 11 1/2" tall, circa 1900. The price is $900. The third figure is from Kakaba, 12 1/2", circa 1930, $1,250. | $150.00 3 more old slingshots
item #253Ivory Coast - Baule This one is 10"; the second is 9". The third is 7". Each is the same price, $150. |
$1500.00 4 leg round stool
item #572Ivory Coast - Senufo 15 1/4" tall, 20 1/2" diameter. Please click on the image for 2 more views. | $3000.00 5 leg stool
item #567Ivory Coast - Senufo This stool is quietly elegant in its simplicity. This is one of the most extraordinary stools I have ever seen. There are plenty of 4 leg round stools though few which are so much taller than they are round and none with an extra, fifth leg in the center, with no apparent function except to demonstrate the exceptional skill of the man who carved it. The height is 18"; the diameter 13". Please click on the image for 2 more views of this truly great stool. |
$3500.00 Abotire crown of gold leaf pieces
item #950Ivory Coast - Ashanti This style of Ashanti crown is flexible, like a hat, but is covered with gold leaf-covered wooden elements. Its name in the Akan language is abotire. This is the oldest, most traditional of crown styles, worn by all levels of Ashanti royalty. The pendant is gold leaf-covered wood, $975, available elsewhere on this page. | $750.00 Akan style stool
item #582Ivory Coast - Baule 14 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 12 1/4" tall. Please click for another view. |
$500.00 Another 2-head beauty salon sandwich sign pair
item #632Ivory Coast - Abron Each measures 35 1/2 x 24". Please click to see the other one. | $750.00 Another 2-sided barbershop sign
item #331Ivory Coast - Baule This sign measures 24 x 36 1/2". Please click on the image to see the other side of this great painting, as well as another view of it in the place where we got it in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. |
$2500.00 Authentic elephant wari game
item #251Ivory Coast - Baule 20 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 7". Please click on the image for 2 more views of this extraordinary, authentic game which was used tribally for many years before anyone ever considered selling it. This piece is of exceptional quality. | $600.00 Authentic end cup wari game
item #933Ivory Coast - unknown tribe 29 5/8 x 4" (75 x 10 cm) |
$250.00 Baule brass beads
item #85Ivory Coast - Baule The larger beads in this strand measure 2 1/4" in diameter; the smaller ones 7/8". | $20000.00 Baule gold bead necklace
item #69Ivory Coast - Baule This is the original BLING, the bling of the coolest, most influential, most prestigious people in Africa. |
$12500.00 Baule gold bead necklace
item #70Ivory Coast - Baule | $750.00 Baule spirit mates
item #389Ivory Coast - Baule From Mbahiakoro, 14 1/2" tall, circa 1965. Please click on the image to view the second Baule spirit mate, a soldier, 11 3/4" tall, $500. |
$500.00 Baule spirit wife
item #68Ivory Coast - Baule This is a beautiful, old, mounted piece. | $1950.00 Beautifully detailed authentic elephant wari
item #646Ivory Coast - Baule 19 x 7 1/5 x 8". Please click on the image for 2 more views of this great object. |
$900.00 Bedu mask
item #488Ivory Coast - Nafana 58 3/4" x 22 1/2". Please click on the image to see a photo of the place I bought this mask and to get a better idea of its size. | $900.00 Best quality colorful Guro mask
item #126Ivory Coast - Guro 27" tall. Please click the photo for 2 closeups of this mask. |
$250.00 Best quality Dan mask with elaborate hair
item #730Ivory Coast - Dan 9 1/2" tall | $285.00 Biconal bead
item #936Ivory Coast - Baule 3 grams @ $95/g |
$285.00 Biconal bead
item #937Ivory Coast - Baule 3 grams @ $95/g | $475.00 Biconal bead
item #938Ivory Coast - Baule 5 grams @ $95/g |
$475.00 Biconal bead
item #939Ivory Coast - Baule 5 grams @ $95/g | $570.00 Biconal bead
item #940Ivory Coast - Baule 6 grams @ $95/g |
$570.00 Biconal bead
item #941Ivory Coast - Baule 6 grams @$95/g | $475.00 Biconal bead
item #942Ivory Coast - Baule 5 grams @ $95/g |
$855.00 Biconal bead
item #943Ivory Coast - Baule 8 grams @ $95/g | Boys in Korhogo
item #293Ivory Coast - Senufo Please click on the photo for another boy in the same place |
$750.00 Brass chief figure
item #204Ivory Coast - Baule 5" tall, ca. 1966, from Ouelikoro | $145.00 Brass elephant figure
item #349Ivory Coast - Baule 9" tall. |
$250.00 brass elephant goldweight pendant
item #340Ivory Coast - Baule 1 1/2 x 1". This genuine, old and used object was used as a counterweight in the gold trade and was configured when made as a pendant for easy of portability. | $500.00 Brass equestrian
item #301Ivory Coast - Senufo 6 1/4 x 4" |
$250.00 Brass mask pendant
item #292Ivory Coast - Baule 4 1/4 x 2 3/4" | $200.00 Ceramic penis pipe
item #184Ivory Coast - Senufo This is a genuine object, having been made for use, not for sale. It is 4" long. |
$250.00 Chameleon pendant
item #856Ivory Coast - Baule 2.4 x 1.5" (6.1 x 3.9 cm) | Children in Bouake
item #361Ivory Coast - unknown tribe |
$1800.00 Closeups of the faces of 3 Baule colonial figures
item #483Ivory Coast - Baule These are closeups of 2 of the Baule colonial figures found above, on this page. | $3950.00 Cocoon top crown ring
item #680Ivory Coast - Baule This royal Baule ring bears a representation of a crown, topped by what appears to be a tiny bundle of sticks. That "bundle of sticks" represents, in fact, a cocoon of a type found commonly in Africa (though I do not know its species). The ring is a reference to a proverb which, loosely translated, says that it is a mystery whether a caterpillar builds its cocoon around itself or if it builds the cocoon and then gets in it. The significance is that there is a certain amount of mystery necessary to being a king, or a ruler of any kind. It is not necessary for everyone to understand all that a king understands. From another point of view, this serves also as a justification for his rule: if the king indeed has the knowledge which is a mystery to the public then it is his duty and right to be the king. The fact that the cocoon is on top of a crown reinforces the power of this symbolism. |
$500.00 Commercial artist advertising sign
item #587Ivory Coast - No tribal association This sign measures 35 x 38 1/2". Please click on the image to see a second similar painting which measures 39 1/4 x 39 1/2", $400. Also visible when you click on the image is another painting, from Ghana, which measures 48 x 24", of 3 older men, ostensibly tribal leaders. I do not know their identities, $400. All of these signs were painted by artists to promote their own commercial art businesses. | $7000.00 Crescent shape mask pendant
item #686Ivory Coast - Baule 2 1/2" wide x 2 1/8" tall (6 x 5 cm) |
$95.00 Crocodile and lizard motif disk beads
item #148Ivory Coast - Baule The price is per gram. This is the price for all of our gold beads, whatever their size. The figurative pieces are not priced by weight, rather by their design, quality of execution, etc. Please contact us for specific bead weights and prices. | $750.00 Crocodile design wari game
item #923Ivory Coast - Guro 15 3/4 x 6 1/2" (40 x 16.5 cm) |
$750.00 Crocodile design wari game
item #927Ivory Coast - Guro 32 1/2 x 8" (82.6 x 20.3 cm) | $750.00 Crocodile design wari game
item #928Ivory Coast - Guro 34 1/2 x 7" (87.6 x 17.8 cm) |
$750.00 Crocodile design wari game
item #931Ivory Coast - Guro 28 3/4 x 5" (73 x 12.7 cm) | $600.00 Crocodile goldweight
item #841Ivory Coast - Baule 2 1/2" (6.4 cm) |
$500.00 Crocodile sheath knife
item #222Ivory Coast - Senufo 13". Click on the photo to remove the knife from the sheath. | $500.00 Crocodile top turtle design wari game
item #930Ivory Coast - Guro 19 1/2 x 10" (49.5 x 25.4 cm) |
$125.00 Cross design gold weight
item #854Ivory Coast - Baule 1 5/16 x 15/16" (3.3 x 2.3 cm) | $125.00 Disk top pyramid gold weight
item #850Ivory Coast - Baule 15/16 x 15/16 x 1 3/8" tall (2.3 x 2.4 x 3.3 cm tall) |
$125.00 Disk top pyramid gold weight
item #848Ivory Coast - Baule 5/8 x 5/8 x 1 5/16" tall (1.5 x 1.5 x 3.2 cm tall) | $125.00 Disk top pyramid gold weight
item #849Ivory Coast - Baule 13/16 x 14/16 x 1 3/16" tall (2.1 x 2.2 x 2.9 cm tall) |
$750.00 Divination gong
item #220Ivory Coast - Baule 14 1/2" tall. Click on the photo for a closeup of the top. The other side of the top has a mask almost identical to the side shown. | $950.00 Divination gong
item #223Ivory Coast - Baule 22" tall. Click on the photo for a closeup of the top. |
$150.00 Double gong design goldweight
item #864Ivory Coast - Baule 2" (5.2 cm) | $750.00 Double hornbill top yellow face
item #651Ivory Coast - Guro 24 1/2" tall, Please click on the image for 2 more views of this fine quality and unique design mask. |
$600.00 Double hornbill top yellow face
item #760Ivory Coast - Guro 16" tall. This Guro mask is very characteristic of genuine Guro masks. Masks such as these are either the property of a single family or of an entire village. The birds are incorporated into the design in honor of them as they may have played an important part in the history of the village or the family which owns it. | $2500.00 Elephant base authentic wari game
item #918Ivory Coast - Baule 28 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 7 1/2" (72.4 x 16.5 x 19 cm) |
$600.00 Elephant design wari game
item #920Ivory Coast - Guro 16 1/4 x 9 1/4" (41.3 x 23.5 cm) | $400.00 Elephant fetish figure
item #304Ivory Coast - Baule 10 x 6" |
$1500.00 Elephant stool
item #809Ivory Coast - Senufo 21 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 9 3/4" tall | $6000.00 Exceptional confirmed authentic
item #754Ivory Coast - Dan 12" tall. This mask was confirmed as authentic by the renowned Professor of Art History and African art expert, Dr. Roy Sieber of the University of Indiana. |
$950.00 Exceptional elephant tail motif goldweight
item #832Ivory Coast - Baule 3 13/16 x 1 5/16" (9.5 x 3.3 cm) | $500.00 Exceptional hairdo
item #767Ivory Coast - Guro 13 1/4", please click on the image to see another view of this fine design mask, plus a closeup of this great hairstyle. |
$125.00 Fan design goldweight
item #858Ivory Coast - Baule 2 1/16 x 1 1/8" (5.2 x 2.8 cm) | $150.00 Fan design goldweight
item #859Ivory Coast - Baule 1 7/8 x 1 3/16" (4.8 x 3.7 cm) |
$450.00 Fetish animal figure
item #795Ivory Coast - Baule 10". Please click on the image for a view of the other side and a closeup of this fine old, authentic wood figure. | $300.00 Fetish figure
item #305Ivory Coast - Baule 12 1/2" long. Please click on the image to see another view of this exceptional authentic wooden double chameleon fetish figure. |
$175.00 Fetish figure
item #117Ivory Coast - Baule 6" tall. Genuine. | $7500.00 Fine detail mask pendant
item #684Ivory Coast - Baule 2 1/2" tall (6 cm) |
$289.00 Fine quality traditional masks
item #729Ivory Coast - Baule 11 1/2" tall, this mask is a very unusual while completely traditional style of Baule mask. Please click on the image to view another traditional style Baule mask with a painted red face, 16" tall. | $750.00 Fish design wari game
item #922Ivory Coast - Guro 34 x 7" (86 x 17.8 cm) |
$750.00 Fish design wari game
item #925Ivory Coast - Guro 24 x 5 1/2" (61 x 14 cm) | $1500.00 Full size door
item #194Ivory Coast - Baule This is a beautiful reproduction. |
$4500.00 Genuine mask
item #757Ivory Coast - Yaure Overall mounted height 18", circa 1992, from Beoumi. The mask alone is 13" tall. Please click on the photo to see the mask closeup. This mask was authenticated by the late, renowned African art authority, Roy Sieber, just 5 months prior to his death in 2001. | $50.00 Geometric goldweight
item #833Ivory Coast - Baule 1 3/16 x 13/16" (3 x 2 cm) |
$50.00 Geometric goldweight
item #837Ivory Coast - Baule 15/16 x 14/16" (2.3 x 2 cm) | $75.00 Geometric goldweight
item #839Ivory Coast - Baule 1 1/4 x 3/4" (3.1 x 1.8 cm) |
$50.00 Geometric goldweight
item #840Ivory Coast - Baule 1 1/8 x 1 3/16" (3 x 2.7 cm) | Girls in Bouake
item #295Ivory Coast - unknown tribe Please click on the photo for more cute kids. |
$925.00 Gold leaf covered armband
item #952Ivory Coast - Ashanti 4 3/8" long | $925.00 Gold leaf covered armband
item #953Ivory Coast - Ashanti 5 3/16 x 4" |
$925.00 Gold leaf covered armband
item #954Ivory Coast - Ashanti Each round piece measures 2 5/8 x 2 3/8" | $925.00 Gold leaf covered armband
item #955Ivory Coast - Ashanti 4 9/16 x 3 3/4" pendant |
$925.00 Gold leaf covered armband
item #956Ivory Coast - Ashanti Each pendant is 4 7/8" long | $50.00 Goldweight
item #855Ivory Coast - Baule 11/16 x 12/16" (1.7 x 1.7 cm) |
$7500.00 Gori helmet mask
item #752Ivory Coast - Senufo This beautiful mask measures 21" long by 12" wide by 9" tall. It dates from circa 1965. | $600.00 Hornbill nose horned mask
item #764Ivory Coast - Djimini 18", please click on the image for 2 more views of this really beautiful and unusually well executed mask. |
$600.00 Intricate bird-top horned mask
item #722Ivory Coast - Guro This gorgeous mask measures 22 1/2" tall. | $1425.00 Large biconal bead
item #944Ivory Coast - Baule 15 grams @ $95/g |
$1045.00 Large biconal bead
item #945Ivory Coast - Baule 11 grams @ $95/g | $1425.00 Large biconal bead
item #946Ivory Coast - Baule 15 grams @ $95/g |
$1615.00 Large biconal bead
item #947Ivory Coast - Baule 17 grams @$95/g | $900.00 Large, very elaborate mask
item #719Ivory Coast - Guro Even though this is not the most intricately carved mask it is just a notch or two less than the that. It is a beautiful and still very intricate mask. It measures 29 1/2" tall. Please click on the photo for a view of the drummer on the top of it. |
$750.00 Largest Guro mask
item #649Ivory Coast - Guro This mask is 30" tall and is very beautifully carved. Please click on the image to see another view of this fine large Guro mask. | $1200.00 Largest most detailed Guro mask
item #20Ivory Coast - Guro This is among the finest Guro masks I have ever seen. 32 1/2" tall. Extraordinary. Please click on the image to view 2 closeup images. |
$15000.00 Largest reclining bed
item #783Ivory Coast - Gurunsi Overall length 62", height at tallest point 44 3/4", height at lowest point 10". This is the only object of this type in this size I have ever seen. Please click on the image 2 more views of this magnificent piece of African furniture. | $1950.00 Leopard stool
item #540Ivory Coast - Baule 31 1/2" long, 13" tall. Please click on the image to view the other side of this extraordinary sculptural object, and a closeup of it. |
$500.00 Leopard stool
item #811Ivory Coast - Baule 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 9 3/4" tall | $2500.00 lion design authentic wari game
item #910Ivory Coast - Baule 23 x 5 1/2 x 6 1/2" (58.4 x 14 x 16.5 cm) |
$750.00 Long crocodile design wari game
item #932Ivory Coast - unknown tribe 46 x 4 3/4" (117 x 12 cm) | $20.00 long old bone beads
item #411Ivory Coast - Baule These fine old narrow bone beads are about 4 1/4" long. |
$6000.00 Long Senufo crocodile bed with turtle
item #23Ivory Coast - Senufo | $3600.00 Long, low bench
item #12Ivory Coast - Senufo 44 1/2 x 17 x 10 1/2" tall |
$7000.00 Long-haired Baule mask pendant
item #683Ivory Coast - Baule 2 1/2" tall (6 cm) | $125.00 Loop top pyramid gold weight
item #846Ivory Coast - Baule 7/8 x 7/8 x 1 5/16" tall (2.1 x 2.2 x 3.2 cm tall) |
$450.00 Male figure
item #258Ivory Coast - Baule 18" | $49.00 Medicine pestles
item #532Ivory Coast - Baule These small pestles are used to grind medicinal and ritual ceremonial products. All are old and used. They measure from 2 3/4 to 5" in length, generally. We have a large variety of them. |
$1000.00 More 4 leg round stools
item #573Ivory Coast - Senufo 19 1/4" diameter, 14 1/2" tall. Please click for another view of this one and of another similar stool which measures 18" diameter and 16 1/4" tall, $800. | $250.00 More medicine signs
item #643Ivory Coast - No tribal association |
$1750.00 Mother and child
item #206Ivory Coast - Baule 8 " | $500.00 Mouse oracle
item #254Ivory Coast - Baule 16" tall. |
$900.00 Multiple crocodile design wari game
item #924Ivory Coast - Guro 18 x 8 1/2" (45.7 x 21.6 cm) | My friends in Abidjan
item #298Ivory Coast - unknown tribe Cheick, Kader and Abdoulaye Conde at the beach at Assinie, east of Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
$300.00 Naked male goldweight
item #279Ivory Coast - Baule 2" tall. Erotic themes are expressed in every medium of African art, including the accessories used in commerce. This is a genuine goldweight, having been made exclusively for use by Africans and used for a long time by the intended recipients. It was not made for sale. Please click on the image for another view of this fine piece. | $95.00 New brass elephant fetish figure
item #338Ivory Coast - Baule 7" long x 4" tall. Reproduction. Click on the image to see 2 smaller versions of this type of item, the small one measures 3 1/2" long x 2" tall, $65. and the smallest one is 1 3/4 x 1 1/2", $45. |
$225.00 Old Baule passport masks
item #763Ivory Coast - Baule The overall height of this piece is 6". | $2800.00 Old bed
item #15Ivory Coast - Senufo 71 1/2" long x 20 3/4" wide x 10" high (18" high at highest point). |
$250.00 Old brass chameleon hairpick
item #744Ivory Coast - Baule 7 1/3" long. Please click on the image to see the full object. | $395.00 Old brass elephant fetish pendant
item #337Ivory Coast - Baule 6" long, 3 1/2" tall. Genuine, not made for sale. |
$4800.00 Old ceremonial drum
item #530Ivory Coast - Bete This is the only Bete drum of this quality I have ever seen. The extraordinary nature of this drum is due to its excellent condition and very fine intricate carving which covers it. This drum is 31" tall. Please click on the image for another view of this superb scultural object and a closeup of the beautiful detail. | $400.00 Old chameleon and man pendantSOLD 
item #741Ivory Coast - Baule 3 1/3" wide. |
$1800.00 Old colonial figure
item #27Ivory Coast - Baule "Colonial" figures are spirit mates in the form of Europeans. The Baule people believe that an invisible universe exists parallel to ours, in which every person on earth has a mate, ascribed to him or her automatically within that spiritual realm. It is that world of the spirits that controls all life on earth. So when any individual has any kind of problem, be it psychological, physical, social (i.e., a conflict with another person) it can be resolved within the spirit world. The conduit through which humans communicate with that world is the spirt mate of that person. The first time a person has such a problem he or she might visit the tribal healer who will suggest that the suffering person elicit the help of a carver to create a representation of the mate that person has in the spirit world. This gives the person the ability to relate more personally and directly to that spirit mate. When the women, in the cases of these 3 figures, described their other-world mates to the carver to embody them, they revealed their ideal mates as manifesting these European characteristics. This figure is from Boganda, 14 1/2" tall, circa 1950. Note the small gold bead around the neck of this figure. Such gold pieces are often used to adorn objects of spiritual value in order to increase their usefulness, their power. Please click on this photo to see other views of this extraordinary and genuine object. Please see below for a closeup view of the face of this very beautiful figure. | $250.00 Old copper chameleon pendant
item #831Ivory Coast - Baule 1 5/8" (4 cm) |
$1450.00 Old detailed design pipe
item #205Ivory Coast - Baule 7" long, from Ouelikoro, ca. 1966. I bought this piece together with the seated chief figure and the seated mother and child of the same origin. The dealer from whom I bought these had obtained them all together from a single owner. | $250.00 Old double chameleon pendant
item #843Ivory Coast - Lobi 1 7/8" (4.7 cm) |
$450.00 Old drummer figure
item #132Ivory Coast - Baule From the village of Ganada, circa 1985, 7" tall | $300.00 Old elephant head pipe bowl
item #286Ivory Coast - Senufo This bowl measures 4" front to back. Please see our Pipe webpage to see more pipes, though not with elephant motifs. |
$5950.00 Old fetish
item #87Ivory Coast - Baule My supplier in Ivory Coast told me this figure is from the village of Guirilan and dates to circa 1900. The distinguished professor of Art History and renowned African art expert, Roy Sieber, personally authenticated this statue for me just 5 months before he passed away. However, Roy doubts it is as old as my supplier told me it is. It is 18" tall. Click photo for a closeup. | $1250.00 Old fetish figure
item #257Ivory Coast - Tagbana From Koutiala, 13" tall, circa 1900. |
$2500.00 Old flat stool
item #78Ivory Coast - Senufo 26 x 18 x 12" tall | $4000.00 Old forest spirit couple
item #81Ivory Coast - Baule Circa 1890, 11" and 12" tall, from the village of Beoumi. Click on the photo for more views. |
$50.00 Old goldweights - all types
item #109Ivory Coast - Baule Geometric were used for centuries to weigh gold and are all at least 100 years old since the practice of using gold as a common unit of exchange ended about 100 years ago. Please click on the image to view two more photos and two more types of old goldweights. The second photo shows a group of assorted goldweights, all $25 each. These are more ordinary in shape but have specific weights and were as useful as the more intricate weights. The third photo shows two shield figurative goldweights, both priced at $175 each. | $300.00 Old head and monkey bowl
item #285Ivory Coast - Senufo This bowl measures 3" from front to back. |
$200.00 Old head pipe
item #287Ivory Coast - Baule This well patinated old pipe measures 4" long. | $600.00 Old heddle pulleys, mounted
item #236Ivory Coast - Baule The first of these genuine, old pulleys, incorporated into the design of the most common loom used all over West Africa, measures 8",mounted. Click on the photo to see another: 11 1/2" $750. Both of these have been SOLD. |
$600.00 Old male figure
item #834Ivory Coast - Tagbana 4" tall | $2950.00 Old mask fragment from Afare
item #230Ivory Coast - Baule 11 1/2" overall mounted height; the mask is 9 1/2" tall. Circa 1840. This mask was authenticated by the late, renowned African art authority, Roy Sieber, just 5 months prior to his death in 2001. Although Dr. Sieber confirmed its authenticity he did not verify its age. My supplier in Africa claimed it was this old but Dr. Sieber believes it is probably 100 years newer. |
$1250.00 Old mask on stand
item #229Ivory Coast - Yaure This mask is from Beoumi, circa 1982. The overall mounted height is 19"; the mask itself is 11" tall. | $75.00 Old mortars
item #239Ivory Coast - unknown tribe Click on the photo for another variation of these commonly used mortars. There are many variations. |
$250.00 Old single chameleon pendant
item #740Ivory Coast - Baule 1 9/16" (4 cm) Please click on the image to see the reverse side of this very old, worn pendant. | $150.00 Old slingshot
item #252Ivory Coast - Baule This slingshot is 7", mounted on lucite. |
$300.00 old tall stool
item #533Ivory Coast - unknown tribe Stools of this type are found commonly throughout West Africa in the compounds of the villages where the majority of the population lives. This one is an exceptionally well executed example of the genre. It measures 18" tall and 10" in diameter. | $125.00 Old wood bowl pipe
item #289Ivory Coast - Baule This pipe is 6" long. |
$250.00 old wood scooter
item #120Ivory Coast - unknown tribe 9 1/2" long, please click on the image for another view of this very unusal object of African folk art. | $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. |
$500.00 One side of a hinged sandwich style beauty salon sign & another one with both sides intact
item #329Ivory Coast - No tribal association 24 x 32", this sign is the remaining side of a sign that originally had 2 sides. Please click on the image to see another sign, from Togo, which measures 43 1/2 x 22 1/2". Each side of this large sign is priced at $400 but If you prefer to purchase both together the price for both, the full 2-sided sign, is $750. | $500.00 One-sided barbershop signs
item #334Ivory Coast - No tribal association This sign measures 34 x 26". Please click on the image to see two more single-sided signs. The second one measures 16 1/4 x 31 3/4", $300, and is from Ghana. The third, also from Ivory Coast, measures 23 1/2 x 41 3/4", $400. |
$350.00 Phallic shape pestle
item #490Ivory Coast - Senufo 31 1/2" tall. This pestle embodies fertility promoting functions. | $600.00 Primitive motif mother with 2 children
item #390Ivory Coast - Baule Unlike many more realistic versions this is an unusually stylized, often called "primitive", rendition of this imagery ubiquitous among African tribal cultures. This measures 19" tall |
$75.00 Pyramid gold weight
item #845Ivory Coast - Baule 1 1/16 x 1 x 3/4" tall (2.6 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm tall) | $750.00 Ram
item #776Ivory Coast - Guro Please click on the image to see 2 more views of this really beautiful mask. |
$500.00 Red aloa masks
item #54Ivory Coast - unknown tribe These beautiful, non-traditional specialty wood masks are the creation of modern artists in Ivory Coast, applying traditional techniques to extraordinary wood. | $300.00 Red aloa woman figures
item #58Ivory Coast - Fulani |
$7500.00 Round repousse crocodile bead
item #685Ivory Coast - Baule 2 3/8 x 2 5/16" (6.1 x 5.8 cm) | $300.00 Seated man-top mask
item #758Ivory Coast - Baule 16" tall. The merchant from whom I bought this mask told me that the man on top of this mask is President Felix Houphouet-Boigny, the first and longest-serving president of Ivory Coast. He remains the most popular figure of modern Ivory Coast. |
$750.00 Seated mother with one child
item #291Ivory Coast - Baule 20" tall. | $1800.00 Second old colonial figure
item #481Ivory Coast - Baule This figure is from the village of Boganda, 10 1/2" tall, circa 1950. Please see the explanation included in the item entitled "old colonial figure", above. Please click on the image to see 2 more views of this great old object. Please see a closeup of the face of this figure at the bottom of this page by clicking on the image entitled "Closeups of the faces of 3 Baule colonial figures". |
$1800.00 Senufo drum
item #529Ivory Coast - Senufo This tall old ceremonial drum measures 38" tall. Please click on the image for another view of this great drum. | $125.00 Simple but appealing
item #721Ivory Coast - Guro 21 1/2" tall. Although modest this is an appealing mask. |
$150.00 Simple but striking design mask
item #723Ivory Coast - Guro This mask measures 26" tall. Please click on the image for another view of this fine mask. | $150.00 Single chameleon fetish figure
item #306Ivory Coast - Baule 9 1/2" long. Please click on the image for another view of this authentic, old wooden chameleon fetish figure. |
$3000.00 Small Baule mask pendant
item #687Ivory Coast - Baule 1 1/8" tall (2.7 cm) | $1250.00 Small crocodile design authentic wari game
item #929Ivory Coast - unknown tribe 19 x 1 1/4" (48.3 x 3 cm) |
$5000.00 Small crocodile pendant
item #152Ivory Coast - Baule | $500.00 Small horse stool
item #581Ivory Coast - Senufo 12" from head to tail, 10 3/4" tall. |
$1250.00 Small male figure
item #260Ivory Coast - Baule 10" tall, circa 1910, from the village of Ndodelikoro. Please click photo for a closeup | $1750.00 Small male figure
item #262Ivory Coast - Baule 13" tall, from Lepe, circa 1910. Click on photo for closeup. |
$1200.00 Small mask image stool
item #574Ivory Coast - Baule This old authentic stool is an unusual carved artifact. 10 1/2" height, 10 1/2" diameter. Please click for another view. | $250.00 Small old Baule knife
item #31Ivory Coast - Baule With old spiny oyster shell sheath |
$2950.00 small ram figure
item #688Ivory Coast - Baule 1 1/2" long x 1 3/16" tall (3.6 x 2.9 cm) Please click on the image for 2 more views of this fine little figure. | $250.00 Smaller but unusual mask
item #724Ivory Coast - Guro This mask measures 20" tall. Please click on the image for another view of this nice mask. |
$7000.00 Smooth mask pendant
item #689Ivory Coast - Baule 2 1/2" tall x 1 3/4" wide (6.3 x 4.4 cm) Please click on the image for 2 more views of this fine old pendant. | $1800.00 Snake design authentic wari game
item #916Ivory Coast - Baule 18 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 6 1/2" (47 x 14 x 16.5 cm) |
$450.00 Spindle whorls
item #100Ivory Coast - Baule The price quoted above is for a strand of the large old Baule spindle whorls from Ivory Coast (on the left). The excellent quality reproductions of Dogon spindle whorls from Mali (on the right)are $150. per strand | $7500.00 Square pendant with 2 masks
item #682Ivory Coast - Baule 2 1/8 x 1 3/4" (5.3 x 4.4 cm) |
$95.00 Square tower pyramid gold weight
item #851Ivory Coast - Baule 1/2 x 1/2 x 3/4" tall (1.2 x 1.3 x 2 cm tall) | $150.00 Sun design round goldweight
item #860Ivory Coast - Baule 1 1/8" diameter (2.8 cm) |
$1250.00 Tall firespitter mask
item #765Ivory Coast - Senufo 42", including the base. Please click on the image for 2 more views of this NICE mask. | $1000.00 Tall seated mother with 2 children
item #290Ivory Coast - Baule 30" tall. Please click on the photo to see the child holding on to his mother. |
$2500.00 Tall woman statue
item #79Ivory Coast - unknown tribe 43" tall. Click on the photo to see more views of this beautiful woman figure. | $150.00 Tiny stool with Janus heads
item #261Ivory Coast - Baule 7 1/2" tall |
$25.00 Tiny triangle goldweight
item #861Ivory Coast - Baule 9/16 x 11/16" (1.4 x 1.6 cm) | $50.00 Triangle geometric goldweight
item #838Ivory Coast - Baule 1 5/16 x 1 1/8" (3.4 x 2.8 cm) |
$125.00 Triangle geometric goldweight
item #853Ivory Coast - Baule 3/4 x 2 1/8" (1.8 x 5.3 cm) | $125.00 Triangle pendant goldweight
item #862Ivory Coast - Baule 7/8 x 2 1/8" (2 x 5.2 cm) |
$975.00 Triangle pendant necklace
item #951Ivory Coast - Ashanti | $300.00 Triple small head-long neck top mask
item #766Ivory Coast - Yaure 17 3/4", please click on the image for another view of this mask. |
$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. | $800.00 Very elaborate top design mask
item #720Ivory Coast - Guro The extraordinarily finely detailed design of the top of this mask makes it one of the most unusual masks to come from the most talented of the Guro mask carvers of Ivory Coast. It measures 26 1/2" tall. Please click on the image to see another view of the full mask and a closeup of the magnificent top design. |
$800.00 Very large fine quality Guro mask
item #648Ivory Coast - Guro This 31 1/2" tall mask is very beautifully carved. The quality of this mask renders it an outstanding example of the artistic ability of the mask carvers of Ivory Coast. Please click on the image for another view of this unusually attractive mask. | $300.00 Very old and worn chameleon pendant
item #857Ivory Coast - Baule 1.6 x 1.1" (4.2 x 2.9 cm) |
$45.00 Very tiny stool gold weight
item #852Ivory Coast - Baule 3/8 x 1/2 x 3/8" tall (.9 x 1.2 x .9 cm tall) | $1250.00 Warrior mask
item #770Ivory Coast - Dan NGuere 17 1/2" tall. The people who use this mask are also known commonly as We (or Wee), Kran, Guere (or Guerre), Please click on the image for 2 more views of this powerful mask. |
$1800.00 Wedding spoons
item #62Ivory Coast - Baule The male spoon, mounted is 10 1/2" tall, circa 1965, from Ndolikoro. | $1800.00 Woman design authentic wari game
item #909Ivory Coast - Baule 19 x 6 1/2" (48.3 x 16.5 cm) |
Wood carver in Bouake
item #297Ivory Coast - unknown tribe | $900.00 wood slippers
item #534Ivory Coast - Baule These very old and very intricately carved wooden slippers would have been used by Baule royalty and would have been covered with gold leaf, at least the front part covering the toes. They are the full size of a foot, having actually been worn on ceremonial occasions. Please click on the image for another view of these very unusual objects. These are the only ones I have ever seen. |
$400.00 woodblock stool - fifth set
item #539Ivory Coast - No tribal association 22" tall. Please click on the image to see another view of this great, if sculptural by chance, object. The fascinating thing about these stools is that every time you turn them they look different. Also here is another one, 22 1/2" tall. | $400.00 woodblock stool - first set
item #535Ivory Coast - No tribal association 21 1/2". The man who made these stools did not start out with the intention of making a stool. He chose a hardwood log against which he chopped softer wood into pieces people use to burn to cook over. The log serves to protect the choppers axe. The majority of people in Africa cook over open flames. Wood is the fuel. Slowly, after a lot of wood has been chopped, the log is worn away. The man turns it so it wears evenly and just before it breaks through he stands it up and uses it as a stool. Please click on the image to see 2 more of these haphazardly sculptural objects. The second one measures 19 1/2", the third 19 3/4". |
$600.00 woodblock stool - fourth set
item #538Ivory Coast - No tribal association 22" tall. This stool is exceptional among a stool type that is exceptional. Please click on the image to view two more of the regular variety of these beautiful sculptural stools, each of which is $400. The second one of those measures 20" tall, the third one 24". | $400.00 woodblock stool - second set
item #536Ivory Coast - No tribal association 22 1/2", please click on the image to see 2 more of these unusual design stools. The second measures 18" tall, the third 21" tall. |
$400.00 woodblock stool - third set
item #537Ivory Coast - No tribal association 20" tall, please click on the image to see 2 more: the second is 28" tall, the third 21". | Young man in Bouake where I buy some art
item #294Ivory Coast - unknown tribe |
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