African Decorative Art

An unusual example colossal size (see image with office chair) Beautiful amber and coin silver mounted on a board covered with an antique textile.

Igbo tribe white kaolin mask from Nigeria.

A silver Mezuzah cover, silver engraving work,and velvet with the Hebrew G-d's name- Shadai at the top, followed by the name of the mistress of the house “Rovida Sayag”. Decorations of professional cutting and engraving work in a floral pattern. The magnificent cover is made entirely of silver, and seems to have belonged to a wealthy family. “Gita Del Mezuzah” – a magnificent cover which Moroccan Jewry customarily used to cover the Mezuzuah at the entrance to the house. One of the most important ritual items in Moroccan Jewish...

The text is framed by a stylized Moorish arch with flowers decoration both sides. The names of the bride and groom and the word "hai" (life) are written in large Hebrew block letters...

Door panel in the style of a Dogon Tribe granary door panel, carved wood. Mounted in custom painted metal shadow box frame. The Dogon, subsistence farmers who hold ancient animist beliefs, are one of central Mali's ethnic groups. In the 15th century, or even earlier, perhaps fleeing a wave of Islamization, they settled along the 100-mile-long Bandiagara Cliffs, which rise just above this village. The Dogon displaced the indigenous Tellem people, who had used caves and cliff Dwellings as granaries and burial Chambers, a practice the Dogon adopted. They built their villages on the rocky slopes below. Today, the majority of the estimated 500,000 Dogon remain purely animist (the rest are Muslims and Christians), their ancient culture based on a triumvirate of gods. Ritual art, used to connect with the spiritual world through prayer and supplication, can still be found in caves and shrines. Dogon doors...

Large decorative African carved granary door featuring figures in various pursuits carved in the traditional manner by tribal artisans. This door has a wire affixed to the back for h...

Decorative African carved wood large granary door featuring a large figure with scull's across the top carved in the traditional manner by tribal artisans. It has a wire affixed to t...

A carved and mat rack Zulu panel. This wooden panel was inspired from the construction of Zulu mat racks, called Ibhaka or Amabhaxa. It was produced by Tivenyanga Qwabe, one of three brothers living in the Nongoma or Ceza area. Amabhaxa were often painted, but those made by Tivenyanga were carved in relief, and then decorated with pokerwork (scorched in places with a hot poker). The panel depicts wild animals as well as a young man and woman and a married man and woman. Qwabe and his two brothers were commissioned by members of their own Community to carve amongst things, wooden dolls, and walking sticks and mat racks for storage of grass sleeping mats. They also recognized the potential for selling these objects to a white market...

Beautiful and historically fascinating, this tribal Mende mask will make the perfect addition to any collection or home decor scheme. Crafted to represent t...

A large and graphically stunning Asafo flag. Fante flags represent the merger of two cultural traditions, the Akan tradition of combining proverbs with visual imagery and the Euro...

A large and graphically stunning asafo flag. Fante flags represent the merger of two cultural traditions, the Akan tradition of combining proverbs with visual imagery, and the Eur...

A large and graphically stunning asafo flag. Fante flags represent the merger of two cultural traditions, the Akan tradition of combining proverbs with visual imagery and the Euro...