Return To Main Gallery Contact/ Visit Us/ Purchase T H E   A R T S   O F    A F R I C A Judgement Mask Kran, Ivory Coast, Wood, animal hair (9" h. x5 1/4" w.) $575 In exhibiting the diverse arts of Africa, Indigo Arts Gallery draws on more than forty-five years of involvement with Africa. Our inventory includes a variety of traditional African arts, including masks, sculpture and furniture from west and central Africa, ceramics from the Nupe of Nigeria, basketry and beadwork from the Zulu and Ndebele of South Africa, raffia-cloth textiles from the Kuba of the Congo, Mbuti Pygmy Bark-cloth from the Congo, strip-woven kente fabrics of the Ashanti and Ewe of Ghana, Fon appliques from Benin and ashoke cloth from the Yoruba of Nigeria. Also featured are such contemporary folk arts as barber signs and reverse-paintings on glass from artists in Senegal. Mbuti - Pygmy Barkcloth(#mbc-13) Mbuti people, Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hand-beaten tree-bark, painted with organic pigments (approx. 31 1/2" x 16 1/2") $250 SOLD Indigo Arts is also honored to exhibit work by some of Nigeria's leading contemporary artists of the last forty years , including paintings by the flamboyant artist and musician, Twins Seven-Seven (born c.1945), and aluminum reliefs by the late master, Asiru Olatunde (b. 1922) and his family. Many pieces from Indigo Arts are featured in the books The Spirit of African Design, by Sharne Algotsson and Denys Davis, and African Style: Down to the Details, by Sharne Algottson. These and other Books about African Art can be ordered from this site. In November and December 2004, Indigo Arts Gallery presented African Visions, a celebration of the African genius and the African eye. The show coincided with the exhibit African Art African Voices at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Art Currency Folk Art (10/7/07) Furniture Head Rests NEW! (4/2/07) Masks NEW! (4/3/08) Pottery Sculpture NEW! (2/23/08) Textiles: NEW! (8/28/07) •  Kuba Dancing Skirts from the Congo (4/14/08) •  Kuba Cloth Panels from the Congo (2/23/08) •  Kuba-Cloth Pillows (4/19/08) •  Kente Cloth from Ghana (7/5/07) •  Kente Cloth Pillows (3/1/08) •  Fon Applique Banners from Benin (1/29/05) •  Yoruba Ashoké Cloth from Nigeria (10/15/07) •  Bogolan Mud-Cloth from Mali NEW! (6/13/07) •  Premium Bogolan Mud-Cloth by Nakunte Diarra (1/18/07) •  Mud-Cloth Pillows (6/27/06) •  Mbuti Pygmy Bark-Cloth from the Congo (2/14/08) •  Indigo Textiles from West Africa NEW! (3/28/08) Ndebele Dolls from South Africa (1/17/08) Zulu Dolls from South Africa (9/26/06) Beaded Dolls and Bags from Capetown, South Africa (1/4/08) Paintings: •  Khoisan Paintings from Botswana NEW! (11/12/07) •  Paintings from the Congo •  Paintings from Ghana •  Tinga Tinga Paintings from Tanzania NEW! (5/17/07) •  Nigerian Artists from the Oshogbo School: Yinka Adeyemi and Other Artists NEW! (4/25/08) •  Nigerian Artists from the Oshogbo School: Prince Twins Seven-Seven (4/19/08) •  Nigerian Artists from the Oshogbo School: Aluminum Reliefs by Asiru Olatunde and Family NEW! (1/15/08) •  Senegalese Glass Paintings •  Barber Shop Signs (3/5/08) Imbenge Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets (2/6/08) •  Large baskets (12/4/07) •  Flat Baskets (7/19/07) Moroccan Tea-glasses (1/21/07) Samburu Beaded Baskets from Kenya (12/13/07) Recycled Art & Toys NEW! (3/6/08) Books about African Art (3/24/07) 151 North 3rd Street • Philadelphia, PA 19106 Phone: (215) 922-4041 • Toll Free: (888) INDIART • Fax: (215) 922-0895 E-Mail: indigofamily@indigoarts.com Al l photographs and text Copyright Indigo Arts Gallery, LLC., 1998-2008. Use without permission prohibited Indigo Store News & Events About Us Main Menu Indigo Arts Cards