The Niger Bend | A Selection of Our Best Items |
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$275.00 2 Hands holding container asen figure
item #348Benin - Fon 5" tall. | $450.00 Abomey appliqueed animal flags
item #486Benin - Fon 70 x 51 3/4". This is a contemporary flag, designed by an accomplished and exceptionally skilled textile artist. He follows in the footsteps of the early textile artists commissioned by the Fon court to produce these textiles which were symbols of the king of the Fon people, of the ancient Kingdom of Abomey. Click on the image to see two other versions of this same flag. The second one measures 60 x 59 1/2" and the third one measures 57 1/2 x 51". The second and third are $350 each. |
$150.00 Asen brass turtle figure
item #360Benin - Fon 4 7/8" long. This is a typical example of one of the objects included on the top of an asen. Asen are stuck into the ground near the family house in memory of a deceased member of the family. Asen are iron stakes with round flat tops adorned with a wide variety of objects which presumably evoke the spirit of the individual the stake represents. Please click on the image to see 2 more views of this fine old object. | $300.00 Bocio male figureSOLD 
item #192Benin - Fon This item has been SOLD. This object is 11" tall. |
$150.00 brass asen-top elephant figure
item #339Benin - Fon 7 x 4 1/2". This is a genuine object having been attached to the top of an "asen" altar, the Fon objects used to memorialize the dearly departed. | $75.00 Cat painting on wood
item #585Benin - No tribal association I regret that these have all been SOLD. I am trying to find more but so far have not been able to. Please check back again or email me to find out if I have any more. 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. |
$1250.00 Double lion table
item #815Benin - Fon 22 1/4" diameter, 17 1/2" tall, made of monkey pod wood | $1500.00 Elephant stool
item #805Benin - Fon 18 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 17" tall |
$1500.00 Elephant table
item #812Benin - No tribal association 24" diameter, 23 /4" tall, made of monkey pod wood | $600.00 Flower stool
item #836Benin - No tribal association 19 x 11 x 18 1/2" tall |
$95.00 Lady photographer sign
item #584Benin - No tribal association This sign measures 7 1/4 x 10 1/2". | $400.00 Large multiple head beauty salon signs
item #553Benin - No tribal association These are exceptional in that this size and this level of detail is not found anywhere else in Africa, to my knowledge. These are exclusive to Benin and possibly to this one artist or this one studio. This one measures 19 1/2 x 15 1/2". Please click on the image to see 2 more of these beautiful signs, the second of which measures 20 x 15 1/2", the third 20 x 15 3/4". All are the same price, $400 each. |
$600.00 Largest multiple head beauty salon signs
item #556Benin - No tribal association These all measure approximately 39 x 24". Please click on the image to see 2 more of these unusual signs, only found in Benin. All 3 of these signs are the same price, $600 each. | $500.00 Lion and cubs power symbol
item #786Benin - Fon 7 7/8" x 4 x 3 1/3" tall (20 x 10 x 8.5 cm) When the Fon king wants to send a message to someone important he hives a power symbol to the messenger so that the recipient will know the message is from the king. |
$1200.00 Lion motif chair
item #138Benin - Fon 38" tall. The lion is the symbol of the royal family of the Abomey kingdom. This chair is carved one a single piece of wood. The wood is an exotic tropical wood called monkey pod. This chair is built to last; it will never wear out. The price of a set of four of this same chair design is $4,000. Please click on the image to see another view of this beautiful chair. We also have a variety of other designs of this chair. | $650.00 Male figure - longest manhood
item #789Benin - Fon Please click on the image for 2 more views of this authentic and very unusual male figure. |
$200.00 Medium size beauty salon/barbershop sign
item #583Benin - No tribal association This sign measures 15 x 19 1/2". | $95.00 More small barbershop/beauty salon signs - vertical
item #552Benin - No tribal association This sign measures 6 1/4 x 9 1/2". Please click on the image to see 2 more small vertical signs, both barbershop signs, with multiple men heads. The second measures 5 7/8 x 9 3/4"; the third 6 1/4 x 9 7/8". All are the same price, $95 each. |
$250.00 Mother and child figure
item #209Benin - Fon Objects such as this were produced exclusively for the nobility of the Abomey kingdom of Benin. Only Abomey royalty had access to brass production. The royal family accumulated such pieces and distributed them to favored individuals as symbols of their power. | $500.00 Name stool
item #779Benin - Fon 19 1/2 x 14 1/2". Please click on the image for 2 more views of this old, used, very personalized stool. |
$200.00 Old asen top chameleon
item #743Benin - Fon 6 1/2" long. This object was one of several which adorned the top of an Asen, the iron post the Fon people use to memorialize individuals. Please click on the image to see the other side of this fine old chameleon figure. | $595.00 Old male figure
item #788Benin - Fon Please click on the image for 2 more views of this really nice erotic figure. |
$1750.00 Old relief figure pot
item #312Benin - Bariba This excellent quality pot from northern Benin measures 13 1/2" tall. | $450.00 Pregnant woman body
item #187Benin - Yoruba |
$75.00 Professional advertising signs
item #586Benin - No tribal association 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. | $450.00 Red background Abomey appliqueed animal flags
item #487Benin - Fon 59 1/2 x 47". Please click on the image for a smaller flag with a lion design. This one measures 37 1/2 x 55 3/4". Its price is $225. |
$300.00 Short kneeling male fetish figure
item #790Benin - Fon Please click on the image for 2 more views of this genuine Fon fetish figure. | $1250.00 Single lion table
item #813Benin - Fon 21 1/2 " diameter, 20" tall; this is an old, used table |
$1500.00 Single lion table, map of Africa top
item #814Benin - Fon 26 x 20 1/2" top dimensions, 17 3/4" tall, made of monkey pod wood | $95.00 Small 4 head barbershop/beauty salon signs and 1 large beauty salon sign
item #554Benin - No tribal association This sign measures 5 3/4 x 10 5/8" and includes both men and women on the same sign. Please click on the image to see a similar one with only men, measuring 6 3/4 x 10 5/8", and a large one mixing men and women, measuring 27 1/2 x 16", $400. |
$95.00 Small 4 head beauty salon signs - 2nd set
item #557Benin - No tribal association This sign measures 6 1/4 x 9 1/2". Please click to see another one in a similar size. | $75.00 Small hairdresser signs
item #558Benin - No tribal association 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. |
$95.00 Small single head beauty salon signs
item #555Benin - No tribal association 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. | $95.00 Small vertical beauty salon signs
item #551Benin - No tribal association These signs, were ostensibly painted at the same studio in Benin which did the larger signs on this page. This one measures 6 1/4 x 10". Please click on this image to see 2 more of these. The second measures 6 1/4 x 9 3/4", also $95. The third measures 9 1/2 x 16 1/2", $200. |
$950.00 Tall stool
item #781Benin - Fon 21 x 28 1/2". Please click on the image for another view of this fine old stool. | $550.00 Vertical design barbershop signs
item #550Benin - No tribal association 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. This is one they have done of men, for barbershops. Ths measures 15 x 32". Please click on the photo to see 2 more signs featuring women. The second one measures 10 x 16 1/2", the third 9 3/4 x 16 3/4". Both of these last 2 signs are $200 each. |
$250.00 Vertical design beauty salon signs
item #549Benin - No tribal association These appear to me more of the work of the studio in Cotonou, Les Arts Junior, though there is no identification on these signs. This one measures 9 1/2 x 23 1/2". Please click on the photo to see 2 more signs of this quality, by the same studio. The second measures 9 3/4 x 16", the third 9 3/4 x 16 1/2". The second and third are both $200 each. | $300.00 Woman asen figure
item #347Benin - Fon 8" tall. This is a fine example of one of the objects included on the top of an asen. Asen are stuck into the ground near the family house in memory of a deceased member of the family. Asen are iron stakes with round flat tops adorned with a wide variety of objects which presumably evoke the spirit of the individual the stake represents. |
$250.00 Wooden penis fetish
item #189Benin - Fon |
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