Vintage African Pieces

Add an authentic well-traveled look to your decor with unique, one-of-a-kind pieces.

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Discover & Decorate

Explore original, evocative and inspiring designs: Colors! Patterns! Tones! Earthy Organic Finishes! Get that sense of exploration and discovery... transcend cultures and borders...find exceptional handmade to inspire rooms and spaces you will love everyday

Eight-Legged Solid Wood Side Table:   The form of the traditional Nupe stool was enlarged to create this side-table / coffee-table. An absolutely unique piece and conversation-starter to add to your interiors. One-of-a-kind and the only one in stock.

Discover & Decorate with African Art Prints:   Add color to your walls with affordable framed or canvas African art prints by contemporary African artists. Directly support the exciting new work of young, independent artists on the continent.

Flat Baskets

Enhance Your Fruit Bowl:   African flat baskets easily add visual interest to all table dressings. Use as a display platter for your fruit bowls, vases, objects d'art, wall decor, or as your imagination desires.

$ 25.00

Rustic Natural Fiber Basket Bowl:   This deceptively simple handwoven basket bowl is quite versatile... a fruit bowl on the dining table, a product keeper in the kitchen, a tabletop organizer on the dresser, and even wall decor in the living room, etc.

The Gourd Man

Pyro-etched Traditional Gourd Art:   Three-dimensional wall art, etched with red-hot knives by artisans in West Africa. Truly unique wall decor for your home.

The Gourd Man

Tea Harvester Baskets:   These rustic baskets charm with playful patterns and cute, wobbly straps. Traditionally worn on the backs of harvesters to hold freshly picked tea-leaves in the Mambilla Plateau, central Nigeria.

Rugs

Accent Rug with Abstract ZigZag Design:   Add a pop of color to entryways and alcoves or brighten up a basement den with warm colors and bold design. These natural fiber handwoven rugs are inexpensive ways to add modern global sophistication to interior spaces.

The Gourd Man

African Gourd Art:   Truly unique modern global wall decor: African gourds etched with complex abstract patterns.

The Art … The Design … Crafts In Modern Global Decor

Good design is about communicating… discovering unique impressions in handmade items that are crafted with rich organic and upcycled materials… Each telling stories of crafting traditions to preserve heritage; and nurturing humanity and dignity to create economic independence and social value.

Dwennimmen (Strength) - Inspirational Wall Art Poster from i-nomad:   Strength and courage are represented with the horn of the ram with the Adinkra ideographic symbol, Dwennimmen.

Lidded Storage Basket - Large (~20in wide) from Baskets of Africa:   Large lidded storage basket made with natural fibers and dyes.

Abstract African Art "Unity in Diversity" - canvas wrap print (12x16") - from Araba:   Canvas art print "Unity in Diversity" by Oscar Olufisayo Awokunle. Faces link with other faces in our great global village.

Nupe Clay Pot - Large Leaf & Swirl Motif Pot from Nupe Pot Gallery:   Large African, Nupe clay pot. Imported from the village of Giri, in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.