Old comb, mounted - Ghana - Ashanti $450.00
Overall mounted height 14 1/2". This comb incorporates, on the top, 2 opposed sankofa birds as well as an Ashanti stool.

Old Ashanti bird stool - Ghana - Ashanti $3500.00

Ancestor figures - Sets # 1 - 3 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
These figures are kept by a family in memory of specific members of their family who are deceased. Where limbs are missing or the body is imperfect the person represented would have actually lost that body part or would have been otherwise disfigured. Very often those figures belonging to a single family will share characteristics which imply a family relationship as in this set. The figures in these 3 sets measure from 7 to 7 1/2" tall. Please click on the image to view sets #2 and #3 of these authentic old figures. All of the figures are the same price, $75 each. Please look further down on this same page to see more sets of these fascinating and widely variable figures.

Ancestor figures - Sets # 7 - 9 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
The figures in this group are all approximately 8 to 9" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 8 and 9. The figures in Set 8 all measure between 8 and 9" tall. The figures in Set 9 all measure between 8 3/4 and 10 1/2" tall. The price of all is the same, $75 each. Please see above for more explanatory information and the first 3 sets of these figures. Please see below for all of the rest of the Ewe figures we have.

Large gold dust spoons - Ghana - Ashanti $95.00
Please click on the photo to view another set of large gold dust spoons in another style.

Full size, center-opening Akan door - Ghana - Ashanti $2500.00

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.

XL Atompan - Ghana - Ashanti $6000.00
This fantastic genuine old used ceremonial drum is quite rare. It measures 41" tall. This is the most beautiful example of such a drum I have ever found. Please note the black and white photo of two boys attached to the drum in a wooden frame carved as part of the drum. Painted on the drum in the center of the 4 central breast is the inscription, "by Play Boy Mankessim". The drum is adorned with tribal symbols evoking proverbs, each of which is meant to impart a lesson to the people of the community. Please click on the image for a closeup and another view of this extraordinary object.

Man of Africa - Ghana - Ashanti $950.00
This is an extraordinary carved wood map of Africa featuring the likeness of the first president and Father of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. This was undoubtedly carved as an hommage to him sometime around the time of Ghanaian independence which occured in 1957. The words "Man of Africa" are etched to the left of the head and the words "Dr. Kwame Nkrumah" are etched in the base of the piece though they have been largely worn away over the years. The height is 31 1/2" and the width from the westernmost tip to the easternmost tip of the continent is 23 1/2".

Heterosexual representative goldweights - Ghana - Ashanti $10.00
There are as many of these as the Kama Sutra has positions but we only have the 12 pictured here in stock. All are the same price and about the same size, 2 x 1 x 1/2". Please click on this photo to see 2 other positions.

3 more heterosexual goldweights - Ghana - Ashanti $10.00
Please click on the photo to see 2 more couples enjoying themselves.

Third set of loving couple goldweights - Ghana - Ashanti $10.00
To see the next 2 couples please click on the image.

Seated woman - Ghana - Ashanti $695.00
33 1/4" tall. This is an unusually nice figure featuring her carved and painted kente cloth dress.

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.

Old brass gold dust spoons - Ghana - Ashanti $50.00
These are all old brass spoons which were used for manipulating gold dust in commercial transactions. Please click on this photo to see another set of old brass spoons. Most of the spoons are $50. The exceptions are as follows: the one in the lower left of this photo is $95. The one just above that one is $30. The smallest one in the top of the same photo is $25. In the second photo the smallest spoon in the top right of that photo is $30.

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.

Ancestor figures - Sets # 4 - 6 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
The figures in this group are all approximately 7 to 7 1/2" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 5 and 6. The figures in Sets 5 and 6 all measure between 8 and 9" tall. The price of all is the same, $75 each. Please see above for more explanatory information and the first 6 sets of these figures. Please see below for all of the rest of the Ewe figures we have.

Brass equestrian figure - Ghana - Ashanti $95.00
2 3/4" tall

Old wood turtle fetish figure - Ghana - Fanti $145.00
7 1/2" long.

Extraordinary large crocodile stool - Ghana - Ashanti $6000.00
23 1/2 x 12 x 20". This is an exceptional Ashanti stool: exceptional in size, exceptional in quality, exceptional in age, exceptional in design.

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

Nissan Patrol - Ghana - $150.00
Virtually throughout Africa children have a long tradition of making their own toys. Often these are vehicles made to imitate those they see around them and desire. Especially in Ghana people have become adept at imitating those vehicles. This SUV is a case in point. It measures 18" long x 8" wide x 7 1/4" in height. Please click on the image for 2 more views of this skillfully made object.

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.

Gold royal rings - Ghana - Ashanti $2625.00
All the rings in this photo are the same price except the one on the far right which is $925. Please click on the photo to see 2 more sets of rings. All are the same price in the second and third photos. Please note that the top ring in each of those two photos have been sold. Ashanti gold is generally low carat (below 14 carats) but are authentic, having been made for and worn by members of the Ashanti royal family and entourage. Most date to 1950 to 1960.

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.

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.

Gold royal chain necklace - Ghana - Ashanti $5600.00
The name in the Akan language for these necklaces is "suman" which literally means "charm". The pendants worn on these chains have specific protective powers depending on the design of those pendants. When Ashanti royalty appear in public on ceremonial occasions they always wear quantities of gold jewelry, including handmade chains of many designs.

Gold royal necklace - Ghana - Ashanti $5600.00
Please click on this photo to see another beautiful Ashanti royal gold necklace. Both are the same price.

Gold leaf covered wooden crown - Ghana - Ashanti $3750.00
These crowns are magnificent examples of the technique the Ashanti have devised to stretch their gold and use it as effectively and economically as possible. Gold is highly valued as symbolic of royal power and is used as widely as possible in adorning royal accessories, especially crowns. Please click on the photo to see the second one, which is the same price.

Abotire crown of gold leaf pieces - Ghana - Ashanti $3500.00
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. Please click on the photo to see another of these unusual crowns. Both are the same price. The pendant in the second photo is gold leaf-covered wood. That necklace is $975.

Gold watch bracelet - Ghana - Ashanti $3750.00
This bracelet looks like a watch but only tells the time twice a day. There is no movement in it. In fact, the Ashanti, like many Africans, value watches more as jewelry than as timepieces. This one is pure jewelry, conforming to the Ashanti love of gold and deference to modern society at the same time.

Heavy silver bracelet - Ghana - Ashanti $3750.00
Although not gold, this bracelet is made in the style of the gold bracelets the Ashanti prefer. This bracelet, in solid metal, would be astronomical in price in solid gold. In the same way that the Ashanti use gold leaf-covered wood to replace solid gold, they may also make items in silver to represent an item traditionally made in gold.

Gold leaf covered armbands and pendant - Ghana - Ashanti $925.00
The two armbands pictured here are the same price. The pendant necklace is $975.

gold beads - Ghana - Ashanti $1950.00
Each of these solid gold beads is the same price.

Eagle top power symbol - Ghana - Ashanti $7500.00
The name in the Akan language for these swords is "afenatena" which literally means "long sword". They do not function as swords. In fact even functional swords went out of use 300 years ago with the advent of guns. The focus of attention of these iron highly decorated swords are the gold leaf-covered wood tops, representing, in general terms, Ashanti proverbs pertaining to the power and role of the king in Ashanti society. These ceremonial swords were actually carried in ceremonial processions and are recognized as substitutes for the actual swords of state which are kept in the royal palace. The swords of state are second only to the royal stools in significance as symbols of the source of the power the Ashanti king inherits. The actual significance of each sword depends on the way it is used in specific ceremonies, including harvest, installation of a king, purification of the sould of the king, etc. These same swords are also carried by representatives of the king as symbols of his authority when they have been sent to carry out the business of the king. Please click on the photo to see the full piece.

Lion top sword power symbol - Ghana - Ashanti $7500.00
Please click on the photo to see the full piece.

Double sphere top sword power symbols - Ghana - Ashanti $4600.00
This gold top power symbol is covered with hammered sheets of gold, heavier than common gold leaf. Please click on the photo for a photo of another, similar power symbol with a silver top and the full silver top piece. In silver the price is $3500.

Gold pendant - Ghana - Ashanti $3000.00

Set of 3 ceremonial iron swords - Ghana - Ashanti $6000.00
This is a beautiful matched set of 3 ceremonial iron sword power symbols, each topped with a wooden handle covered with gold leaf. These symbols always accompany the Asantehene, the king of the Ashanti, when he appears ceremonially in public. Please see the eagle power symbol above for a more complete explanation. Please click on the image to view the other 2 power symbols.

Gold necklace with pendant - Ghana - Ashanti $7500.00
This is an exceptionally beautiful gold chain with an extraordinarily fine heart shape pendant. The shape of this pendant, though well known in the West as a symbol of love, is actually not considered to be a heart at all in Ashanti tradition. Indeed the real human heart is not shaped like this at all. The Ashanti devised this shape as a reference to the san ko fa bird whose head is turned 180 degrees around to look behind it. That bird is the symbol of a proverb which signifies, loosely interpreted, that we must learn by looking to our past. Please click on the image to see 2 more beautiful gold necklaces, these priced at $5,600 each.

Silver necklace - Ghana - Ashanti $3750.00
Of course, this is not gold but it is Ashanti. Silver necklaces are commonly worn by the queen mother. I regret I could not enlist her to pose for these photos. Please click on the photo to see 2 other versions of this genuine, old silver Ashanti necklace.

Soul priest pectoral disc - Ghana - Ashanti $7500.00
The name in the Akan language for this piece is "akrafokonmu" where "akra" means "soul", "fo" means "people" and "konmu" means, loosely, "around the neck". It is worn on the chest like a pendant and is the badge of identity of a soul priest. One of his primary roles is to preside over the ceremony in which the soul of the king is purified. The shape is called "nyame" which means both "sun" and "God". It measures 4 1/2" in diameter.

Gold necklace - Ghana - Ashanti $975.00
This is a less voluminous and lighter gold necklace, possibly worn by younger girls. Please click on the image for 2 more gold necklaces, the first of which is priced at $3,700, the second at $5,600.

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.

Gay couples in brass goldweights - Ghana - Ashanti $10.00
Please click on the image to see 2 more gay couples.

Gay menage a trois goldweight - Ghana - Ashanti $15.00
Please click on the image to see another view of this interesting variation of the gay themed goldweights.

Fourth set of loving couple goldweights - Ghana - Ashanti $10.00
Please click on the image to see the other two couples in this set.

Fifth set of loving couple goldweights - Ghana - Ashanti $10.00
Please click on the image to see the other two couples in this set.

Goldweight couple as pendant - Ghana - Ashanti $10.00
This goldweight features a loop for hanging the weight as a pendant. Please click on the image to see another position being enjoyed as a pendant, as well as one more goldweight in the above series, without a pendant loop.

Double monkey wari - Ghana - No tribal association $300.00
26 1/2 x 6 x 7" tall.

Bird top linguist staff - Ghana - Ashanti $3000.00
This 64 1/2" tall staff is refered by the Ashanti as a "linguist staff". He who bears it is the personal spokesman of the Asantehene, the King of the Ashanti people. Please click on the photo to see the full staff as well as a closeup of the staff. In addition to the top ornament the staff is composed of 3 sections.

Copulating couple metal sculpture - Ghana - $500.00
14 1/4 x 8 x 12 1/2" tall. This is a contemporary work of an accomplished metalsmith. Please click on the image for 2 closer views.

Painted sculpture - Television viewers - Ghana - No tribal association $500.00
18 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 11 1/4" tall. Please click on the image for 2 closeup views.

Painted sculpture - Market women - Ghana - No tribal association $500.00
14 3/4 x 11 1/2 x 14" tall. Please click on the image for 2 closeup views.

Painted sculpture - Dentist - Ghana - No tribal association $500.00
9 1/4 x 13 1/2 x 13 1/4" tall. Please click on the image for 2 closeup views.

Painted sculpture - Man dining - Ghana - No tribal association $500.00
14 5/8 x 8 1/2 x 9 1/4" tall. Please click on the image for 2 closeup views.

Second group of geometric goldweights - Ghana - Ashanti $75.00
Please click on the image to see two more sets of goldweights. All of the goldweights in the second and third sets are priced at $50 each.

Goldweights - third set of photos - Ghana - Ashanti $50.00
Please click on the image to view two more photos. The second photo is another view of these same weights, showing their sizes. The third is a different set of weights.

Goldweights - fourth set of photos - Ghana - Ashanti $50.00
Please click on the image to view two more groups of goldweights. The weights in the second set are $25 each. Those in the third set are $50 each.

Goldweights - fifth set of photos - Ghana - Ashanti $25.00
Please click on the image to view two more sets of goldweights, at the same price, $25 each.

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".

Very large atompan - Ghana - Fanti $5000.00
This is a close cousin to the Ashanti atompan. This one measures 34 1/2" tall and is covered with tribal symbols. Like the Ashanti atompan on this page this drum is genuine, old and exceptional. Please click on the image to see two closeups of this fabulous object. The drum bears the inscription, carved into it, "Kwekuewuah A Ghnaa".

Another very large atompan - Ghana - Fanti $5000.00
This is another cousin to the Ashanti atompan, the same type as the other Fanti atompan on this page. This one measures 33 1/2" tall and is also covered with tribal symbols. Like the Ashanti atompan on this page this drum is genuine, old and exceptional. Please click on the image to see 2 more views of this beautiful drum.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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-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.

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

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.

Ancestor figures - Sets # 10, 13, 14 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
The figures in this group are all approximately 8 3/4 to 10 1/2" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 13 and 14. The figures in Sets 13 and 14 all measure between 7 1/2 and 8 1/2" tall. The price of all is the same, $75 each. Please see above for more explanatory information and the first 9 sets of these figures. Please see below for all of the rest of the Ewe figures we have.

Ancestor figures - Sets # 15 - 17 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
The figures in this group are all approximately 7 1/2 to 8 1/2" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 16 and 17. The figures in Sets 16 and 17 also all measure between 7 1/2 and 8 1/2" tall. The price of all is the same, $75 each. Please see above for more explanatory information and the first 12 sets of these figures. Please see below for all of the rest of the Ewe figures we have.

Ancestor figures - Sets # 18 - 20 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
The figures in this group all measure approximately 4 7/8 to 6" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 19 and 20. The figures in Set 19 are all the same size as these, 4 7/8 to 6" tall. Those in Set 20 all measure between 6 1/2 and 7 1/2" tall. The price of all is the same, $75 each. Please see above for more explanatory information and the first 15 sets of these figures. Please see below for all of the rest of the Ewe figures we have.

Ancestor figures - Sets # 21 - 23 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
The figures in this group all measure approximately 6 1/2 to 7 1/2" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 22 and 23. The figures in Set 22 are all the same size as these, 6 1/2 to 7 1/2" tall. Those in Set 23 all measure between 6 3/4 and 7 1/2" tall. The price of all is the same, $75 each. Please see above for more explanatory information and the first 18 sets of these figures. Please see below for the last set of the Ewe figures we have.

Ancestor figures - Sets # 24 - 26 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
The figures in this group all measure approximately 6 3/4 to 7 1/2" tall. Please click on the image to see sets 25 and 26. Both of those sets feature figures which measure 6 to 6 3/4" tall. The price of all is the same, $75 each. Please see above for more explanatory information about these beautiful figures.

Single Ancestor Figures - Ghana - Ewe $125.00
This figure is 9 3/4" tall. Please click on the image to see the tallest of the Ewe ancestor figures we have, 12" tall. Its price is $95.

Ancestor figures - Set # 27 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
The figures in this group all measure approximately 6 3/4 to 7 1/2" tall. The price of all is the same, $75 each. Please see above for more explanatory information about these beautiful figures.