Bamako - Post Report Question and Answers
Is this a "shopping post"? Are there interesting handicrafts, artwork, antiques, or other items that people typically buy there?
Yes, you can find handicrafts and artwork, though it can take awhile to sort your way through the fakes and to barter down the costs. Typical items people buy are Tuareg handicrafts, bazan cloth and other cloths, masks, musical instruments, woodwork, Dogon doors, jewelry, etc. - Apr 2017
Carved statues and jewelry. Malian textiles. Clothes made specifically for you by a local tailor. - Aug 2014
Tuareg leather furniture and accessories, Dogon doors, mud cloth, drums. - Jul 2011
Touaregue chests, Bogolan fabrics, Ciwaras, Dougon benches. - Jul 2011
Wooden artifacts, such as masks and other decorative objects. - Oct 2010
Dogon door, tuareg jewelry chest, jewerly and swords. Mask, wood carvings, cloths etc. A lot of african stuff. Drums. - May 2010
All sorts of African art, cloth, etc. - Sep 2009
Dogon doors and other locally made furniture. - Apr 2009
African crafts, carvings, furniture. - Feb 2009
Wonderful wood carvings and masks. Necklaces. - Feb 2009
Dogon doors/wood crafts, Tuareg boxes, masks, furniture, Tuareg jewelery. - Jan 2009
