In the 1930s, it attracted European bohemians; now the city's sprawling "art villages" sell nasty teak carvings (think life-size, muscular unicorns) and stoneware.
The Morning Star Gallery sells exquisite old Indian carvings, baskets, pots and jewelry from many tribes.
Bipi men were known as master woodcarvers in the 1970s and 80s and sold carvings to supplement their meagre incomes made from copra production.
This sprawling riverside market (10) sells religious amulets and carvings, including wooden phallic fertility symbols and a huge variety of brass figures.
A Map Cooperative des Artisans Rwandais is one of the better craft shops selling locally produced carvings, cards and paintings.
He started supporting his family by selling masks and other carvings to tourists.
He sold carvings on the streets of Haiti for $6.
Street hawkers, called higglers, were selling wooden jewelry and other carvings, but also Jamaican coffee and cocoa.
After the establishment of Nome, the islanders began to sell intricate carvings to residents of Nome during the summer.
Artisans' stalls will sell jewelry, carvings, baskets and ceramics, and four stages will offer traditional song and dance as well as contemporary music.