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The Niger Bend Catalog
A Selection of Our Best Items



Categories:
2 Dimensional Art - Signs and Paintings
Animals - Chameleons
Animals - Crocodiles
Animals - Elephants
Animals - Horses & Equestrians
Animals - Lions
Animals - Others
Animals - Turtles
Beads
Brass figures
Catalog
Ceramics
Clothing
Containers
Contemporary Metal
Contemporary Wood
Currency
Doors
Drums & Musical Instruments
Erotic Art
Ethnographic items
Furniture
Games
Gold of African Royalty
Haitian Art - Voodoo Flags
Iron
Islamic Art
Jewelry
Jewelry Components
Leather Traditional Items
Market baskets
Masks
Masks - Authenticated
Masks - Collector Quality
Masks - Passport
Neolithic items
Photographs
Pipes
Statues - Couples & Twins
Statues - Heads, Busts
Statues - Mothers with children
Textiles
Toys
Travel in Africa
Weapons
Wood statues
Wood Statues - Ibejis

Tribes:
Abron
Ashanti
Baga
Bamana
Bamileke
Bariba
Baule
Benoue
Bete
Bobo
Bozo
Bwa
Chokwe
Dan
Dan NGuere
Djenne Djeno
Djerma
Djimini
Dogon
Ewe
Fang
Fanti
Fon
Fulani
Gourmantche
Guro
Gurunsi
Haitian
Hausa
Ibibio
Ibo
Idjo
Ikiti
Kuba
Kurumba
Lobi
Malinke
Marka
Mauritanian
Mende
Moba
Mossi
Nafana
Nake
Ngonde
No tribal association
Nupe
Orobo
Senufo
Tagbana
Tamberma
Tuareg
unknown tribe
Wodaabe
Wolof
Yaure
Yoruba

Countries:
All Subsaharan countries
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Congo
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Guinea
Haiti
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Togo
West Africa
Ewe
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photoAncestor figures - Sets # 1, 21, 24 - 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. The figures in these 3 sets measure from 7 to 7 3/4" tall. Please click on the image to view sets #21 and #24. 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.

photoSixth and seventh child replacement dolls - Togo - Ewe $150.00
7 3/4" tall. Please click on the image for a view of the back of this figure as well as of another figure which is 10" tall. Both are the same price.

photoAncestor figures - Sets # 4, 14, 23 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
The figures in sets #4 and 23 are all 7.5" tall. The figures in Set #14 all measure between 7 12 to 8" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 14 and 23. 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.

photoAncestor figures - Sets # 18, 19, 27 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
The figures in this group are all approximately 5 to 5 1/2" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 19 and 27. The figures in Set 19 measure between 5 3/4 and 5 7/8" tall. The figures in Set 27 are between 6 1/4 and 6 1/2" 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.

photoFourth and fifth child replacement dolls - Togo - Ewe $200.00
This figure is 8 1/2" tall. Please click on the image for a view of the back of this figure and a view of another figure which is 7 1/2" tall and whose price is $150.

photoEighth and ninth child replacement statues - Togo - Ewe $150.00
Please click on the image for a view of the back of this piece as well as of another such figure. Both are 8 1/2" tall and are the same price.

photoEwe twin dolls - Togo - Ewe $500.00
These twin dolls measure 13" tall. They are comparable in function to the better known Yoruba figures known as "ibeji". When a mother loses her children in birth she has these figures carved and takes care of them for the rest of her life. Although twins are the best known of these dolls, it is also common for single children to be represented similarly. Please click on the image to see the reverse side of this pair of twins.

photoSecond pair of twins - Togo - Ewe $300.00
This pair measures 8 1/4" tall. Please click on the image to see the other side of this pair.

photoThird pair of twins - Togo - Ewe $300.00
This pair measures 8 1/4" tall. Please click on the image to see the other side of this pair.

photoFetish figure - Togo - Ewe $500.00
This figure measures 11 1/4" tall. This figure was probably carved as a fetish. Please click on the image for a view of the side of this very unusual figure.

photoSingle - Togo - Ewe $500.00
This figure measures 8" tall. This is a fine example of a doll made for a mother who loses a child at birth or early in its life and then taken care of for the duration of the life of the mother. Please click on the image for a view of the back of this beautiful figure.

photoSecond and third single child figures - Togo - Ewe $250.00
This figure measures 8 3/4" tall. Please click on the image for a view of the rear of this doll as well as of another doll which measures 8" tall and whose price is $150.

photoPenis handle stool - Togo - Ewe $400.00
This interesting stool is 15" long and 6 1/2" tall. As it was told to me this stool is normally used by women. It stands out among African stools in that it is given to a woman by her husband when he travels to remind her of him and thereby guarantee her faithfulness. The representation is spiritual, not functional. Please click on the image for another view of this stool.

photoAncestor figures - Sets # 22, 25, 26 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
The figures in this group are all approximately 6 3/4 to 7 1/4" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 25 and 26. The figures in Set 25 all measure between 6 1/2 and 6 7/8" tall. The figures in Set 26, 6 to 6 1/2". 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.

photoAncestor figures - Sets #3, 8, 15 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
The figures in this group are all approximately 6 3/4 to 7 1/4" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 8 and 15. The figures in Set 8 measure between 8 1/2 and 8 3/4" tall. The figures in Set 15 are between 7 3/4 to 8 1/4" 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.

photoAncestor figures - Sets #5, 7, 9 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
The figures in Sets 5 and 7 all measure approximately 8 1/2 to 9" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 7 and 9. The figures in Set 9 are all between 8 3/4 and 9 1/4" 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.

photoAncestor figures - Sets #2, 6, 10 - Ghana - Ewe $75.00
The figures in this group measure, from left to right, 8 3/4, 9 and 6 1/4" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 6 and 10. The figures in Set 6 are 10 1/2 and 10 3/4" tall. Those in Set 10 all measure between 9 1/4 and 10" 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.

photoSingle 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.

photoLarge, heavy crocodile figure - Ghana - Ewe $1800.00
30 x 11 x 12" This is an extraordinary sculpture. It is the only one I have ever seen that is anything like this. Please click on the image to see 2 more views of it.

 
 
Categories: | 2 Dimensional Art - Signs and Paintings | Animals - Chameleons | Animals - Crocodiles | Animals - Elephants | Animals - Horses & Equestrians | Animals - Lions | Animals - Others | Animals - Turtles | Beads | Brass figures | Catalog | Ceramics | Clothing | Containers | Contemporary Metal | Contemporary Wood | Currency | Doors | Drums & Musical Instruments | Erotic Art | Ethnographic items | Furniture | Games | Gold of African Royalty | Haitian Art - Voodoo Flags | Iron | Islamic Art | Jewelry | Jewelry Components | Leather Traditional Items | Market baskets | Masks | Masks - Authenticated | Masks - Collector Quality | Masks - Passport | Neolithic items | Photographs | Pipes | Statues - Couples & Twins | Statues - Heads, Busts | Statues - Mothers with children | Textiles | Toys | Travel in Africa | Weapons | Wood statues | Wood Statues - Ibejis | Tribes: | Abron | Ashanti | Baga | Bamana | Bamileke | Bariba | Baule | Benoue | Bete | Bobo | Bozo | Bwa | Chokwe | Dan | Dan NGuere | Djenne Djeno | Djerma | Djimini | Dogon | Ewe | Fang | Fanti | Fon | Fulani | Gourmantche | Guro | Gurunsi | Haitian | Hausa | Ibibio | Ibo | Idjo | Ikiti | Kuba | Kurumba | Lobi | Malinke | Marka | Mauritanian | Mende | Moba | Mossi | Nafana | Nake | Ngonde | No tribal association | Nupe | Orobo | Senufo | Tagbana | Tamberma | Tuareg | unknown tribe | Wodaabe | Wolof | Yaure | Yoruba | Countries: | All Subsaharan countries | Benin | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Congo | Ethiopia | Gabon | Ghana | Guinea | Haiti | Ivory Coast | Liberia | Mali | Mauritania | Niger | Nigeria | Senegal | Togo | West Africa |
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