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Sacramento's
World Import, Tribal
Art, Jewelry & Fair Trade Store & Gallery offering items from over 100 countries 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. 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. ___________________________________________ Did you see the Sacramento Bee article that featured our business? Click here to read the article Sacramento importers feel sting of global economy
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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 Just Arrived - new shipments of Sustainably harvested capiz shell lotus tea light holders
Decorate your home with these delicate lotus tea light candle holders, made from sustainably harvested Capiz shells (these oyster-like bivalves are a major food source in the Philippines). The transparent petals lend a warm glow to any special corner of your world. __________________________________________ Day of the Dead Miniatures
With our recent shipment, we have the most complete and largest selection of Day of the Dead miniature skeletons in Northern California! Over 100 figures to choose from! Everything from Libre wrestlers to Veterinarians and everything in between! ___________________________________________ Carved Soapstone & Verdite Boxes from Vietnam
__________________________________________ 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
__________________________________________ Ojime & Netsuke carvings
__________________________________________ Peruvian & Nicaraguan Pottery
__________________________________________ 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!
___________________________________________ Handmade Ceramics from Africa
___________________________________________ Sandalwood Carvings from Mozambique
___________________________________________ 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
___________________________________________ Roman Glass & Sterling Silver Jewelry from Israel
___________________________________________ Contemporary Nepalese Singing Bowls (old Tibetan Bowls due soon!)
___________________________________________ 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! __________________________________________ Retablos by the Jimenez Family
__________________________________________ 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JUST ARRIVED...NEW SHIPMENTS OF:
Hand Woven Shawls from India _______________________________________
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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Dias de los Muertos "the Day of the Dead" Skulls, Figures, Retablos & Catrinas
Beaded Animals from Africa including Kenya and South Africa
Nichos & Other Mexican Folk Art ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Visit our retail Gallery
View more photos of our African & Tribal Art store in our ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
Ostrich Shell Bracelets crafted by the Bushmen (San) people
We're proud to offer one of Sacramento's largest selections of Australian Opal Jewelry
Dias de los Muertos "the Day of the Dead" Skulls, Figures, Retablos & Catrinas
Neolithic arrowheads, spear points & tools
Asian Teapots, Tea Sets, Tea Cups & Sake Sets from Japan, Korea & China in ceramic and wrought iron
Josefina Aguilar Clay Figures from Oaxaca
Wooden Print Blocks from India, Nepal, & Indonesia. These wood stamps are great for paper, fabric, wallpaper, textile and clay and ceramic printing or impressing.
African & Tribal Jewelry
Nicaraguan Pottery from the village of San Juan de Oriente
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
Zulugrass Jewelry from the Leaky Collection
Tongan Plateau Winnowing Baskets from Zimbabwe & Zambia, Africa
Peruvian Chulucanas Pottery
Little Chanchitos Handmade Clay pigs with three legs from Chile
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
Mexican Tin Hearts & Nichos
Stone Statuary, Buddha & Kwan Yin Heads
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Gallery Hours: SUMMER HOURS Mon-Fri 11am-6pm Sat 10am - 6pm Sun 10am - 3pm 2nd Sat 10am - 10pm Private Appointments Available - ask! visit our retail website: Sacramento African art, Jewelry & Import Store ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Semi Precious Stone & Sterling Silver Jewelry
South African Zulu ilala palm Baskets
South African Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets
Indian Jamavar Jacquard Loomed Shawls
Zulugrass Jewelry by the Leaky Collection
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
Buddha Face Panels from Thailand
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
Hand painted South African Taper Candles
Tagua Nut Carvings from Ecuador
Amazing Mexican Folkart by Tomas Castillo
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
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!
Seasonally we offer live orchid plants in bloom
Zanzibar Trading is proud to be sponsors of:
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