African Artworks' Collection:

The work in this site is from several collectors and represent only a selection of works collected from 1986 to 2003.

 

Understanding African Carvings:

To understand the value of contemporary African carvings, we encourage you to visit, Cloudband for a recent art auction review. We also encourage to visit Newark Musuem. For more information, see this exhibit. To learn more about wood carving, visit this site.

 

 




  

        Jewelry:
   
Jewelry is the commonest and most popular form of artistic expression among Nigerians (and other West Africans) in the rain forest areas of the South. Long before surrealism became an established art form in the west, Nigerian sculptors along with their West African counterparts were carving shrines, making portraits and representation of spirits in serious caricature, using wood.

Black and White Necklace

12"long Only

Cowrie Necklace

12"long Only

Cowrie 2 Necklace

12"long Only

Brown Necklace

12"long Only

Oval Necklace

14"long Only

Red Braclet and Necklace Pair

6" and 12"long Only

Red Necklace

12"High Only

Large Agate and Black Necklace

9"High Only

Malakyte/Malachite Necklace

15"long Only

Unfinished Green Necklace

14"long Only

Agate Braclet

8"long Only

Agate and Yellow Necklace

14"long Only

Colored Disks Necklace

12" long Only

Necklace 14

14"long Only

Beige Necklace

12"long Only

Pink, Blue and Black Disks

12"long Only

Red Spikes

14"long Only

Tan

14"long Only

White

12"long Only

Bone

18"long Only

Black Discs

12"long Only

Orange and Black

12"long Only
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