Sub-Saharan African More Folk Art

African granery Dogon style door Sculpture with figures, from Mali. This is an amazing piece of African Folk Art of a quickly disappearing ethnic group, functioning as a decorative mounted hand carved piece of art. Fantastic hand carved African door with custom made black metal sculpture stand. Superb hand carved African wood door that tells a story of a family and their progeny presented on a custom made black iron stand. An African hand-carved wood door on custom stand with a wonderfully rustic appearance, with hand-carved accents and cut-outs adorning it's front side, and maintains its original iron hardware and decorative iron elements. The door has a wonderful aged patina. This African door stands 30" tall (on its stand) making a great decorative object to fill a void within a room, while adding architectural interest and rich texture. Door measures : 27.5" H without the hinge by 18" w 1.5" D. Stand base is 18"5 x 8"x 30" total Height. This stunning door has a number of human figures carved in relief including pointed breasts strongly framed along the edges. Most Dogon carvings of humans refer to primordial ancestors known as Nommo who brought humankind to earth and who were the first farmers and blacksmiths. The Dogon inhabit the large austere Bandiagara plateau, with most of the villages situated on cliffs to the north and the east. At first hunters, they now cultivate their staple diet of millet, and also sorghum, and wheat on the cliff tops, which they have had to convert due to the scarcity of water sources. The Dogon are among African cultures that have remained closest to their ancestral traditions. One such tradition is building granaries and houses for grain storage. Doors of these granaries are often adorned with impressive carvings of animals or people which serve as invocations of deities or spirits, or as symbols of status. The stored grain is considered "safe" when it is guarded by the ancestors whose images are depicted on granary doors...

A Elegant brass Ewer from the Nupe people of Nigeria, Hand raised and worked from beaten sheet brass and copper The Nupe people are very skilled metal workers and wood carvers ...

African Ashanti queens royalty bench. The throne seat is carved from one piece of wood with its original patination to the finish. Extraordinary style and ...

Five beaded ceremonial small trophy heads. They are inspired by the very old and rare Atwonzen beaded skulls created for Bamileke King. They originate from the kingdoms located in the Dschang region. These representations consistently portray the skulls of enemies and are all formed out of a wooden core covered in fabric and decorated with beads, each example offers a unique interpretation. Highly symbolic, these depictions of enemies’ heads, wooden or the real skulls...

The color of this African Men's Ewe Kenta cloth is really beautiful and saturated. Royal purple with orange, lemon yellow, moss green and some indigo blue....

Originally collected in eastern Africa, than traded into Morocco, this Tuareg Berber Tribe leather bag with "camel eyes" shows it age with dignity and grace. It presents a perfect ...

This salt hammer is a typical Tuareg production, the Berber ethnic confederation located along the Sahara desert (mainly in Mali and Niger). It is, in fact, from Nigeria, and its ma...

An early to mid-20th century Dogon tribe wooden ladder, on custom metal stand. This wooden ladder, which has been hand-carved from a single piece of wood, was used by the Dogon tribe...

Large reclaimed wood guitar sculpture by African Folk Artist Nii Adum. Handcrafted from recycled woods in Ghana. With the advent of colonization, African c...

Three elegant African forged steel and exotic hardwood spears. Three different spear heads hand forged and mounted to dark hard wood handles. Very deep patina overall. These are ser...

A hand-carved African King's bed carved from one piece of wood comprising of a carved leopard pillow and carved figural people on both sides. One of the b...

African Art by Tshibanda Bondo, Relief in Brass, 1970s A brass relief, African Art by Tshibanda Bondo, titled" La maman et l'avenir de l'enfant" Artiste: Batteur de cuivre The measu...