Who are we?
Beyond the Sahara is an Australian owned and run business fully registered with the Department of Fair Trade, Queensland, Australia.
Beyond the Sahara is known for selling unusual and unique items not easily found in Australia or other western countries with over twenty years experience in primitive artifacts, carvings and sculpture, and coming from an art enriched background with antique art dealer parents, and having traveled extensively overseas - and still more to come - you can be certain that our web site Galleries contain the most amazing and unique items along with the more usual items as well, from India, Middle Eastern and North African countries along with two types of unique Zimbabwean metal sculptures, one series made from scrap metal and the other series made from recycled 44 gallon metal drums, and all at extremely reasonable prices for the high standard of quality. We have been developing a good strong client list, who return to buy from us again and again, this reputation is something we respect and intend to develop and can only be achieved by offering highly unique and hard to source items.
All pieces are unique, the Zimbabwean metal sculptures are hand made by the Shona Tribe of Zimbabwe are the latest growing trend in garden art worldwide. The Middle Eastern, North African and Indian items are all hand made. Each item is hand picked by suppliers during trips, and shipped to Australia. Containers arrive regularly - so please ask if you are wanting any item from these countries, as chances are I have it already or can get it, and can even get specific items made to your specifications and then can be shipped to most countries.
All items listed as Antique can have one of our certificates of proof of it's authenticity as being antique, and be delivered with each and every Antique item sold by Beyond the Sahara - please ask for yours with your purchase.
All our items are stated which countries they are from and are guaranteed to be from these countries and NOT one of the cheap Asian imitation copies that are showing up in some retail shops and yet selling for similar prices.
All the Middle Eastern and Indian sculptures are individually hand crafted by master sculptors using ancient methods of sculpting.
We supply genuine Indian & Middle Eastern furniture- including certified Antique furniture and collectibles. We can also source decor items of EVERY type - and everything imaginable from either side of the Sahara! We hope you enjoy your visit to our web site and bookmark this site /add us to your Favourites List for future reference.
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Now also selling woven furniture made from Water Hyacinth/Sea Grass, such as the ever popular Pod Chairs, etc.
Think of quality- and you'll think of 'Beyond the Sahara'!
The scrap metal is sourced by villagers, providing an income for them, and once paid for, the metal is burned, hand shaped and/or welded into their desired shapes, treated and coated, and presented for sale. We buy all the Zimbabwean sculptures from a few different sources. Two separate suppliers are each owners of a factories located in Harare, Zimbabwe, one of the southern countries of Africa. Please see my 'Authenticity' page for some photos of the actual sculptors!
Please ask if you are after something specific.
Beyond the Sahara ...for the unusual and the unique...
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