Very large Mossi millet beer pot - Burkina Faso - Mossi $5000.00

Old brass turtle pendant - Burkina Faso - Lobi $225.00

Old brass double chameleon pendants - Burkina Faso - Lobi $175.00

XL mounted mask - Burkina Faso - Bobo $3900.00
Click on the photo for another view of this exceptional piece.

Old Lobi brass snake pendants - Burkina Faso - Lobi $450.00
These are very old, authentic pendants.

Large authentic balafon - Burkina Faso - Senufo $1975.00
This is genuine musical instrument, used, but in excellent condition. It measures 52" long x 20" tall at the tallest point, on the wider end x 27" wide at the longest key. Please click on the photo for another view of this exceptional balafon.

Old fetish stand - Burkina Faso - Lobi $750.00
22" tall

Old extraordinary hoe head - Burkina Faso - Lobi $1250.00
PRICE REDUCED.

Chicken on turtle - Burkina Faso - unknown tribe $750.00

Brass loving couples - Burkina Faso - Bobo $125.00
I came across these 12 different brass couples while visiting a brass studio in Burkina Faso, quite by accident. Each position is different and the quality of all is excellent, way better than any similar such product I have found in all the time I have been in Africa. These are all one of a kind; there were no others. This first couple measures 5" x 2 1/2" tall. Please click on the image to view 2 more couples. The second one measures 4 3/4 x 2 1/2", the third 4 3/4 x 2 3/4". All are the same price $125.

Old brass airplane ring - Burkina Faso - Lobi $350.00
The airplaine on this exceptional ring measures 1 5/8" long and 1 3/16" wide. Please click on the image for another view of this beautiful ring.

First painted Walaja Koranic school board - Burkina Faso - Mossi $300.00
This Koranic school board, referred to in Burkina Faso as a "walaja", was painted by a marabout, an Islamic religious leader. The verses from the Koran are meant to be read, not re-written on this same board. Please click on the image to view the other side of the same piece, also beautifully painted. This board measures 20 x 6 1/2" tall.

Adone antelope mask - Burkina Faso - Kurumba $1800.00
51" tall, this is a very fine quality example of this distinctive and well-known form in African art. The Kurumba, a small tribe in northern Burkina Faso, wear these in a dance celebrating the death of a chief or other important person. They are normally danced in pairs. This mask is probably the best known object the Kurumba make and use so the mask itself is most often called quite simply a Kurumba. Please click on the image for closer view of this fine piece.

2nd set of great brass couples making love - Burkina Faso - Bobo $125.00
This couple measures 4 x 2". Please click on this image to see another 2 happy couples. The second one measures 4 1/2 x 3", the third 5 1/8 x 2".

Standing couple back to back - Burkina Faso - Bobo $125.00
This couple is 4 3/4" tall.

4th set of couples in love - Burkina Faso - Bobo $125.00
This couple is 5 x 1 3/4". Please click on this image to see another couple which measures 5 x 2 1/4".

Larger brass couples - Burkina Faso - Bobo $250.00
This couple measures 6 x 4 1/4". Please click on the image to see another large couple, which measures 6 3/4" tall.

Brass seated couple - Burkina Faso - Bobo $500.00
This is a unique couple measuring 7 1/4" tall x 4 1/4" wide.

3 leg stool with head - Burkina Faso - Lobi $600.00
This fully patinated stool is very well used. It measures 22" long and 8 1/2" in height. Please click on the image for 2 more views.

Large "common" round stool - Burkina Faso - Gourmantche $500.00
This is a nice example of the stools you find in almost every compound in the African bush. At 16" tall and 13 1/2" in diameter this one is quite large by comparison with most. The vast majority of Africans live in villages rather than cities and most of those live in "compounds", groups of huts, usually round, each belonging to a member of one family. Furniture is limited; the most common item of furniture is the round stool of which this one is very characteristic though most are much smaller than this one. Most often these common stools are used outside and get moved around quite casually so are not maintained in the way we tend to maintain our furniture; a lot of wear is always common. This one has lots of wear around the sides and the top is very heavily patinated. The base of this one broke in normal use but was still - and remains to this day - useful so it continued to be used even in its imperfect condition. Please click on this image for another view.

Black common round stool - Burkina Faso - Gourmantche $500.00
This is another "common" round stool, found often in the compounds of Africa. This one, measuring 12" tall and 11" diameter, has been smoked to blacken it and is in excellent condition. Please c

Double design stool - Burkina Faso - Gourmantche $950.00
This is a great modification on the more common round stool design. It is 11 3/4" tall, 10 3/4" diameter. Please click for another view.

Another round common stool - Burkina Faso - Gourmantche $600.00
13" height, 12" diameter. Solid patina on top, worn all around. This stool was used for a long time. Please click for more views.

Large heavy common stool - Burkina Faso - Gourmantche $900.00
13 1/2" tall, 18" diameter. Please click for another view.

Second painted Walaja Koranic school board - Burkina Faso - Mossi $300.00
18 x 7". Please click on the image to see the other side, similarly painted, of this beautiful object of Islamic art.

Third painted Walaja Koranic school board - Burkina Faso - Mossi $300.00
19 1/4 x 6 3/4" Please click on the image to see the other side of this fine Islamic regligious item, also painted beautifully.

Plank masks - Burkina Faso - Bwa $500.00
This mask is 44 1/2" tall. Please click on the image to see 2 more beautiful plank-type masks. The second is 46" tall, $900; the third 64 1/2" tall, $900.