The Niger Bend | A Selection of Our Best Items |
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$75.00 Ancient plugs
item #242Niger - unknown tribe These are old amazonite body piercing objects, used as long ago as the other neolithic items on this page. | $600.00 Authentic end cup wari game
item #933Ivory Coast - unknown tribe 29 5/8 x 4" (75 x 10 cm) |
$750.00 Chicken on turtle
item #300Burkina Faso - unknown tribe | Children in Bouake
item #361Ivory Coast - unknown tribe |
$600.00 Djibril statue
item #321Mali - unknown tribe This wooden figure, which measures 11" tall, was probably not carved in Africa. Rather it was probably originated somewhere in the Arab world and was traded to West Africa. It was collected in Mali. It represents Djibril, the horse on which Mohammed ascended to heaven. | $7500.00 Excavated bracelet
item #971Niger - unknown tribe 7.6 x 7 x 7 cm (3 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4") |
$7500.00 Exceptionally large wari game
item #913Ghana - unknown tribe 33 x 9 1/4 x 21 3/4" (83.8 x 23.5 x 55 cm) | $7500.00 Extraordinary excavated solid bracelet
item #974Niger - unknown tribe 15.25 x 12.7 cm (6 x 5") |
$5000.00 Finest antique bracelet
item #972Mali - unknown tribe 8.25 x 7.3 x 6 cm (3 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8") | Girls in Bouake
item #295Ivory Coast - unknown tribe Please click on the photo for more cute kids. |
$600.00 Highly stylized face plaque
item #791Cameroon - unknown tribe | $4500.00 Large brass cuff
item #973Mali - unknown tribe 9.5 x 8.25 x 10.5 cm (3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 4 1/8") |
$500.00 Large spindle whorls
item #272Nigeria - unknown tribe These strands contain approximately 33 old, used ceramic spindle whorls. Click the photograph for a view of a full strand. | $750.00 Long crocodile design wari game
item #932Ivory Coast - unknown tribe 46 x 4 3/4" (117 x 12 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 | $150.00 Old ceramic bowl pipes
item #288Mali - unknown tribe These pipes measure 6" long. Click on the photo for a closeup of the pipe on the right in this photo. |
Old digging stones, arrowheads, pottery
item #76Mali - unknown tribe This is a selection of old items from the northern Mali region. The largest stone objects are the digging stones ($300-750.) The stone bracelets are $300 each. The stone "beads" are probably net weights ($75. each weight).Arrowheads vary in price from $5 to $75. | $150.00 Old extraordinary abstract pendant
item #863Mali - unknown tribe 2 3/4 x 2 9/16" (6.8 x 6.4 cm) |
$1250.00 Old grave marker/grinding stone
item #5Niger - unknown tribe This is the reverse side of an old grinding stone on which are inscribed the words, loosely translated, in Arabic, "el hadj Abu Bakar, son of Awrah. God promised him a safe place in paradise," indicating that the stone originally served as a grave marker, between 700 and 1000 years ago. Click on the photo to see it as a grinding stone. | $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. |
$350.00 Old snake disk pendant
item #830Mali - unknown tribe 2 1/8 x 1 3/16" (5.4 x 2.9 cm) | $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. |
$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. | $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. |
$1250.00 Small crocodile design authentic wari game
item #929Ivory Coast - unknown tribe 19 x 1 1/4" (48.3 x 3 cm) | $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. |
$600.00 Very large mahogany mask
item #55Guinea - unknown tribe PRICE REDUCED. This photo shows the mask with the artist who sculpted it, in Kankan, Guinea. | Wood carver in Bouake
item #297Ivory Coast - unknown tribe |
Young man in Bouake where I buy some art
item #294Ivory Coast - unknown tribe |
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