Mother and child figure - Benin - Fon $250.00
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.

Lion motif chair - Benin - Fon $1200.00
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.

brass asen-top elephant figure - Benin - Fon $150.00
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.

Wooden penis fetish - Benin - Fon $250.00

Bocio male figure - Benin - Fon $300.00
This item has been SOLD. This object is 11" tall.

Largest old lion motif table - Benin - Fon $9000.00
This table is a single piece of wood, circa 1960. Click on the photo for a second view.

brass asen figure - Togo - Fon $125.00
4" tall

brass asen figure - Togo - Fon $95.00
5" long

Woman asen figure - Benin - Fon $300.00
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.

2 Hands holding container asen figure - Benin - Fon $275.00
5" tall.

Asen brass turtle figure - Benin - Fon $125.00
4" 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.

Abomey appliqueed animal flags - Benin - Fon $450.00
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.

Red background Abomey appliqueed animal flags - Benin - Fon $450.00
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.

Tall 2-level stool - Togo - Fon $1950.00
This exceptional stool measures 22" tall and 14 1/2" in diameter. Please click on the image for 2 more views of this extraordinary stool.

Authentic 4-leg stool - Togo - Fon $1950.00
The design of this stool is unlike any other tribal design among African stools. The same thing can be said about so many of the other designs available across the continent but this one is truly among the most unusual. The round top measures 15 1/2" in diameter. It is 9" tall. The leg span measures 21 x 13". Please click on the image for 2 more views of this very unusual stool.