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Sacramento's
World Import, Tribal
Art, Jewelry & Fair Trade Store & Gallery offering items from over 100 countries: Purveyors of Museum Quality Imports Welcome to the name sake island (Zanzibar) which for centuries stood as a bastion of commerce and culture, a trading crossroads to half the known world. Welcome, to Zanzibar Trading Company & Zanzibar Tribal Art Gallery located in Sacramento, California. This website is primarily an information website, to purchase online, visit www.Zanzibar-Trading.com |
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Here at Zanzibar Trading Company, we traverse the world over to bring back to our clientele fantastic finds in fairly traded native handicrafts, tribal artifacts, African and Asian art, the finest sterling silver and semi-precious stone jewelry and exotic elements for your home and gift giving. In addition to handicraft, we represent over two dozen published, museum collected and world famous artisans. Our basic philosophy: Better not cheaper, for the good of all people and the planet. We're not your typical import store - we do carry handicraft but we also carry many world-class museum quality pieces of artwork from famous, published artisans as well. Located in the heart of midtown Sacramento, at the corner of 18th and L Streets, Zanzibar's retail gallery offers over 9,000 fairly traded items from over 100 countries!...only a fraction of which is online. We particularly pride ourselves in our dedication to authenticity, fair trade, and the very highest quality merchandise possible. From Africa to India, Papua New Guinea to Peru, our gallery offers a virtual market bazaar. All of our pieces are hand-picked, with as many purchased directly from the artisans as possible. No child labor, no factory produced pieces - ever! ___________________________________________
Zanzibar, Sacramento's premier FAIR TRADE IMPORT store & gallery is dedicated to only carrying sustainably produced and fairly traded items. To learn more, visit our pages on what is fair trade? ___________________________________________ FEATURED PRODUCTS & NEW SHIPMENTS ___________________________________________ Original Jewelry by northern California artist Bob (Robert) Burkett NEW SHIPMENT June 29th click on photo and scroll to bottom to see NEW pieces!
The above pieces (and more at our gallery) are crafted in the Japanese Shibuichi technique (using a lost wax casting technique where 1/5th silver and 4/5ths copper is used to produce amazingly fine details). Bob is a world-recognized jewelry maker and is considered "the number one bead maker in the USA". Highly collectable, his pieces are versatile and affordable while being unique, one-of-a-kind pieces. Learn more: Bob Burkett original jewelry ___________________________________________ Oaxacan Woodcarvings
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___________________________________________ Baltic Amber from Poland a huge shipment of earrings, bracelets, pendants, necklaces and more!
___________________________________________ Talavera Pottery from Mexico including Frogs & Lizards for your wall or fence!
___________________________________________ Recycled Glass Hearts from Ghana, Africa
___________________________________________ Kenyan Soapstone after months of waiting (because of challenges getting anything out of Kenya) we've received a large shipment of Kenyan Soapstone animals, boxes & hearts, plus woodcarvings, beaded animals and many other items!
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___________________________________________ RECYCLED MAGAZINE & CALENDAR BEAD NECKLACES
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from Monkeybiz cooperative in South Africa
___________________________________________ Shona Sculpture from Zimbabwe
___________________________________________ Day of the Dead Figures from Mexico
___________________________________________ Recycled Wire Earrings from Kenya
___________________________________________ Hand Woven Shawls from India
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RECYCLED FLIP FLOP ANIMALS FROM KENYA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alpaca Scarves from Peru
These incredibly soft scarves are so soft! Visit our gallery for the best selection. Assorted colors.
___________________________________________ ALL CELADON TEAPOTS ARE 40% OFF
LIMITED TO STOCK ON HAND ___________________________________________ lots of pendants, earrings & bracelets! RARE Gaspeite, Kyanite and other stones!
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Retablos by the Jimenez Family __________________________________________ Evil Eye pendants, bracelets & wall hangings from Turkey
__________________________________________ Safari Babies hand knit animals made by a women's group in Kenya
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__________________________________________ Antique Tibetan Singing Bowls
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__________________________________________ Australian OPAL JEWELRY
Zanzibar is proud to offer one of Sacramento's largest selections of Australian Opal Jewelry. We just received our largest shipment EVER of fantastic NATURAL spectacular Opal Pendants, Earrings and Bracelets. Set in sterling silver and gold, these one of a kind beauties are all hand picked by us. Affordable earrings starting at only $40 and up! Pendants in the $50 range and up! __________________________________________ One of a kind Jewelry
__________________________________________ Peruvian & Nicaraguan Pottery
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African Bottle cap Key chains
___________________________________________ Coconut Masks from Mexico
Animals, fruits, suns, mermaids and much more created using coconuts, seed pods, clay and paint. From two family workshops in Guerrero State in Mexico. ___________________________________________ Nichos from Mexico
above: "God created kissing - the Devil created the rest" & "I'm no virgin, but I perform miracles" ___________________________________________ Baltic Amber Jewelry from Poland
___________________________________________ Contemporary Nepalese Singing Bowls
___________________________________________ Hand woven Merino wool & viscose shawls & scarves from India
___________________________________________ Original clay figures by Jose Juan Garcia Aguilar (son of Josefina)
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___________________________________________ Unique Ethnographic Horns, Shells, Pigs Tusk Ornaments & Currency from Oceania
___________________________________________ Hand painted Pottery from Poland, this Polish Pottery is functional
__________________________________________ Hand printed silk scarves from Turkey
__________________________________________ Touchstone Pendants from New Zealand
one of a kind, hand carved pendants from New Zealand that benefit Maori beach and waterway conservation & restoration programs. Visit our gallery to choose yours! Nichos from Mexico
__________________________________________ FAIRLY TRADED JEWELRY
Zanzibar offers one of the largest selections of fine quality, handmade and fairly traded semi-precious gem, Baltic amber opal and sterling silver jewelry collections in northern California. Earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants and chains - visit our Sacramento Gallery for an ever-changing selection. From under $10 to over $4,000.00 we have just a huge selection. Baltic Amber, Garnet, Moonstone, Labrodorite, Citrine, Carnelian, Peridot, Amethyst, Opal, Onyx, Tourmaline, Blue & Lemon Topaz, Pearls, Turquoise, Coral, Kyanite, multi-colored sapphires, emeralds, rubies, Australian Opals and many other difficult to find stones. Rough cut yellow diamond bangles and wedding jewelry. We also carry a large selection of tribal and vintage and antique tribal jewelry. __________________________________________
MICRO LOAN PROGRAMS _______________________________________ Zanzibar is dedicated to only carrying sustainably produced and fairly traded items. To learn more, visit our pages on what is fair trade? ____________________________________________ BILL CLINTON ON FAIR TRADE Did you catch Bill Clinton talking to Martha Stewart about Fair Trade? Click on the photo below to watch it!
____________________________________________ Want to purchase online via our secure shopping cart? Visit our retail website at: OR CLICK ON PRODUCTS TO THE UPPER LEFT OF THIS PAGE While what we offer online is only a TINY fraction of what we sell, you can get a good idea of the quality and variety we offer by going to this website. You may also wish to visit our photo gallery to see pictures of our gallery. _______________________________________
Mexican Tin Nichos _______________________________________ Helping Preserve the last 700 Mountain Gorillas in Africa
______________________________________ We've just acquired a large private collection of spectacular old Dan Masks from Africa - shown by appointment _______________________________________ Sapphires, Emeralds & Rubies! We've just received a shipment of our hand-picked exceptional quality, all-natural (no heat treating, color enhancements or irradiation) Sapphires, Multi-colored sapphires, Black Diamonds, Emeralds, Rubies and Tourmaline Necklaces, earrings and Jewelry. Shown by appointment.
_______________________________________ New Ireland / New Britain Papua New Guinea Funeral Masks & Fire Masks including Baining (aka Baning, Banning, Bining) Fire Masks, Malanggan (aka Malangan) Tatanua Funeral masks
We've acquired a large private collection of these incredibly rare and not-often seen regalia and masks. shown by appointment only ___________________________________________ Why did we name our gallery Zanzibar? Good question. Zanzibar is actually an island off the east coast of Africa and the country of Tanzania which it is officially a part of. Today Zanzibar (and its northern island neighbor, Pemba) are known for tourism and beaches as well as its old stone town. For thousands of years Zanzibar has been a trading center for spices, wood, dried fish, salt - just about everything you can imagine. Arabs, Persians, West Indians, Chinese and even Europeans (Portuguese especially) have traded here for hundreds of years. While the spices, especially cloves, were locally grown, most of the other items traded for were from other places. The coastal Swahili language, in part a trading language, evolved here. Thus Zanzibar was more of a trading Mecca - where one could find things from many different lands - thus we named our gallery Zanzibar since we currently have items from over 90 different countries (and while we have stuff from Tanzania, we don't actually have anything from Zanzibar!) _______________________________________ FEATURED ARTISAN _______________________________________ semi-precious stone jewelry, nativities and crèches, day of the dead figures, dia de los muertos skulls and altars, Jimenez retablos, Mexican Catrina skeletons, African masks, recycled silk yarns, custom Egyptian cartouches, African Ghana Bolga Baskets, , South African Zulu Baskets, Tingsha, Mudcloth and other African textiles, pampering personal care products, stock mask stands, and custom mask stands, wood print blocks, Talavera Pottery from Mexico. You can also visit our sister websites (both works in progress): For Indian Print blocks : www.woodprintblocks.com For collector & museum quality African masks: www.kinyago.com
MEDIA & ARTICLES SEE OUR FEATURED JEWELRY IN sierrastyle's
As of May 2008 this necklace is available - call or visit our gallery for more information!
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June's Birthstone MOONSTONE or PEARL JEWELRY
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hand carved wooden gorillas from Uganda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Paper Mache Skeletons by Andres: Jose Andres Chavez Morales ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We're proud to offer one of Sacramento's largest selections of Australian Opal Jewelry - October's Birthstone is Opal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dias de los Muertos "the Day of the Dead" Skulls, Skeletons,Figures, Retablos & Catrinas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beaded Animals from Africa including Kenya and South Africa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nichos & Other Mexican Folk Art ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Visit our retail Gallery
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Ostrich Shell Bracelets crafted by the Bushmen (San) people ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Original Jewelry by Israeli Artisans from Kibbutz Beit-Nir ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sustainably harvested Olivewood Bowls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Dias de los Muertos "the Day of the Dead" Skulls, Figures, Retablos & Catrinas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Neolithic arrowheads, spear points & tools ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Josefina Aguilar Clay Figures from Oaxaca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mexican Sugar Skull Molds & Making Sugar Skulls for Days of the Dead We offer classes in Sacramento on how to make Sugar Skulls using Sugar Skull molds each October ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Olivewood Hearts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wooden Print Blocks from India, Nepal, & Indonesia. These wood stamps are great for paper, fabric, wallpaper, textile and clay and ceramic printing or impressing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hand carved Wood Salad Server Sets
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Mexican Tin & Metal Retablos & Ex-votos Icon Paintings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Nicaraguan Pottery from the village of San Juan de Oriente ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Holiday Nativities & Christmas Ornaments from around the World ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Finest Quality Tibetan, Nepalese & Indian Tingsha Hand Cymbals and Chimes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wounaan and Embera baskets from the rainforests of Panama
Sustainably harvested Ironwood carvings from Mexico
Hand carved boxwood ojime, netsuke & Inro Boxes
Pacifica brand candles
Nepalese & Indian Bronze & Copper Lost Wax Gold Gilded Statuary
South African Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets
Original Jewelry by northern California artist Bob (Robert) Burkett
Tongan Plateau Winnowing Baskets from Zimbabwe & Zambia, Africa
Peruvian Chulucanas Pottery
Little Chanchitos Handmade Clay pigs with three legs from Chile ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Asian Teapots, Tea Sets, Tea Cups & Sake Sets from Japan, Korea & China in ceramic and wrought iron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nag Champa Incense
Pre de Provence European French Milled Soaps, Hand Creams & Shea Butter products
Shiva Lingham Stones
Tibetan Buddhist Ritual Items including Phurbas, Bells, Dorjes, and Tantric items
African & Tribal Beaded Jewelry
Chinese Terracotta Warriors
Korean Hand Painted Scrolls & Screens
Ugandan African Baskets
Coconut Masks from Mexico
Gorky Gonzalez Majolica Pottery
Mexican Dance Masks
Hmong Embroidered Teddy Bears
Mexican Devil/Diablo Masks
Stone Statuary, Buddha & Kwan Yin Heads
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Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 11am-6pm Sat 10am - 6pm Sun 10am - 3pm 2nd Sat 10am - 9/10pm* *if it's slow we sometimes close early Private Appointments Available - ask! GET A MAP OR DIRECTIONS TO OUR GALLERY visit our retail website: Sacramento African art, Jewelry & Import Store ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Zanzibar was voted one of the best places in Sacramento to buy art in Sacramento Magazine's 2008 BEST OF SACRAMENTO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Semi Precious Stone & Sterling Silver Jewelry
South African Zulu ilala palm Baskets
South African Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets
Hand woven Indian Jamavar Jacquard Loomed Shawls from Rajasthan & Kashmir
Fairly Traded Jewelry Sacramento's largest selection of: Amber, Amethyst, Carnelian, Citrine, Coral, Garnet, Kyanite, Labradorite, Moonstone, Onyx, Opals, Pearl, Peridot, Rubies, Sterling Silver, Topaz, Turquoise and other semi-precious stone jewelry
Custom Egyptian Cartouche Pendants in Sterling Silver and Gold direct from Egypt with your name!
Stock & Custom Metal Mask Stands, Stand for African Masks
Retablo figures by the Jimenez family of Peru
Bronze Statuary from India, Nepal Thailand & Tibet. Largest selection of the finest quality Hindu and Buddhist Bronze God & Goddess Statues in Sacramento. Bronze Statues of Buddha, Laxmi, Ganesh, Hanuman, Quan Yin and many others.
Nippon Kodo brand Japanese fine Incense
Oaxacan Wood carvings and paper mache
sustainably harvested decorative Capiz shell lotus tea light burners
Votivo Candles including Red Currant
Himalayan Quartz Crystal Buddhas, Stupas, Dorjes, Phurbas, Ganesh & Linghams
Recycled Silk Scarves, Silk Scarves, Wool Shawls, Indian Wedding Shawls & Saris, Cotton scarves
For the person who has everything - hand crafted & blown glass earth globes by Lundberg studios
African cloth dolls & Fertility dolls
Safari Babies - Hand Knit Woven Animals from Kenya, Africa
Soapstone Hearts from Kenya
Hand painted South African Taper Candles
Tagua Nut Carvings from Ecuador
Amazing Mexican Folkart by Tomas Castillo
Colombian Saints & Marys
African, Papua New Guinea & Other Tribal Shields, Spears, Arrows and Weapons
Contemporary Tang Dynasty Horses
Pacifica Brand Soaps
Guatemalan Masks
Museum Quality Tagua Nut Carvings from Panama
Adhesive Indian Bindis
Mexican Huichol Beaded Jaguar Heads, Bowls & Figures
Turquoise Jewelry
Nepalese Wooden Masks featuring Snow Lions, Garuda, Buddhas, Ganesh, Birab, protective demons & more!
Tetsubin Japanese Cast Iron & Ceramic Teapots & Tea Kettles
Mexican Papel Picado - tissue paper banners from Mexico - Sacramento's Largest selection!
Hand carved Rosewood Bases & Trivets
Seasonally we offer live orchid plants in bloom Did you see the Sacramento Bee article that featured our business? Click here to read the article Sacramento importers feel sting of global economy
Zanzibar Trading is proud to be sponsors of:
Buddha Face Panels from Thailand
January's
Birthstone
February's Birthstone AMETHYST JEWELRY
March's Birthstone AQUAMARINE JEWELRY
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