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Africa


Tribal arts comprise items made by tribal peoples, usually with utilitarian or ritual purposes, with artistic qualities reflecting the cultures in which they were made. Sites included in this category have significant information about African tribal objects, their aesthetics, and/or their functions.


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Ralph Proctor Gallery - A gallery of African art, with periodic thematic exhibitions.
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Galerie Peter Herrmann - A commercial gallery. Bilingual (German and English), with many images of African items. Also has a section describing ongoing African art related exhibitions and events elsewhere.
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Art and Life in Africa Project - An extremely rich source of information on African art and its cultural contexts. Based on the Stanley Collection at the University of Iowa.
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National Museum of African Art - The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Site includes exhibitions, articles, museum calendar of events.
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Belgium's Royal Museum for Central Africa - Periodic on-line exhibitions as well as a guide to the Brussells museum. Includes a search facility for finding websites with information about central Africa.
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African Art Collection - African tribal arts dealer. Photographs and descriptions including some information on cultural significance.
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Affrica Gallery - Informative site run by gallery in Washington, D.C.
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Akan Cultural Symbols - Explanations of the iconography of Akan art.
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Tellem Gallery - Sculpture (masks, statuettes, etc.) and jewelry from many African regions; pre-Columbian art and pottery.
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The Maurer Collection - Collection of artifacts used in rites of divination in Central and West Africa. Extensively illustrated with scholarly text.
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Charles Jones African Art - Traditional African art, with many images and explanations of cultural significance of the objects.
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G. I. Jones -- S.E. Nigerian Art and Culture - An outstanding collection of photographs, many showing objects of art in their cultural settings.
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African Antiques - Belgian dealer's site, with ethnographic information.
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African Tribal Art Museum - A comprehensive collection of African art (700 objects; 90 ethnic groups) and lots of information African tribal peoples.
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Art and Oracle: Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition - African art and divination rituals. Includes a map of sub-Saharan Africa, and essays on divination.
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Moba Art - Information on Moba (Togo and Ghana) sculpture.
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McCue Tribal Art - Many images and some cultural information.
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Dimondstein Tribal Arts - Many images and information on African tribal art.
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Picard Trade Bead Museum And African Art Gallery - Dealer in African art and trade beads, with a trade bead museum.
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Masks and More - Masks, african art and primitive paintings, beautifully presented.
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Emory University Collection of African Art - An exhibition of part of the university's permanent collection of African art. Good accompanying essays on various aspects of African art.
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Museum for African Art - New York's Museum for African Art.
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Sukuma Museum - Museum devoted to the culture and art of the Sukuma (Tanzania, Africa).
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The World of Beduin Weaving - Extensive information on weaving by the Beduins of North Africa.
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Hamill Gallery of African Art - A commercial site with nicely documented thematic exhibitions that change every few months. Past exhibitions are viewable as well.
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Senufo Art - Brief description of the Senufo aesthetic tradition; part of an auction house series.
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African Art Shop - Tribal Art (mostly African), links, and descriptions of some African styles.
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Shona Sculpture - A collection of 67 Shona sculptures from Zimbabwe, with some history of this genre.
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Africa-Photo - Databank with over 4,000 photos from 1870 to the present and much cultural information.
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Yahoo! Groups: AfricanAntiques - Discussion board on African art.
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African Art Course - Materials for a University of Virginia course on African arts, with images, bibiliographic information, and web links.
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African Sculpture - Images of a private collection.
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Africa Cultural Gallery & Kumbu Kumbu Gallery - Contemporary African sculpture, batiks, watercolors and oil paintings.
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Azani Stone Gallery Zimbabwe Shona Sculpture - Zimbabwe Shona stone sculpture, including busts, abstracts and wildlife art.
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African Sculptural Art - Papers on the development of sculptural art in Africa, from pre-iron age to modern.
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Shani Gallery - African masks and sculpture with brief descriptions of their traditional significance.
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Africa Direct - A variety of African tribal art, with good cultural information on many of the objects.
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Adinkra Symbols of West Africa - A guide to the Asante traditional symbols, with photos of adinkras in use.
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Tamarin Gallery - A gallery of African art. Periodic exhibitions and an excellent collection of links to other sources.
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African Quintessence - African art, mainly from Benin, with nice images and descriptions of cultural significance.
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AfricaClub - Wide assortment of arts and crafts, with considerable cultural background on the objects.
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African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning - A nicely annotated on-line exhibition of African art from the University of Virginia.
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Axis Gallery - Gary van Wyk's gallery, with excellent exhibitions. Emphasis on South Africa.
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deYoung Museum African Collection - Extensive collection of images and information from the San Francisco museum.
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Adire African Textiles - Hand-woven textiles including Ashanti kente and adinkra, Ewe kente, Yoruba adire and aso oke, Kuba raffia cloths, and Bogolan mud cloth from Mali.
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Jembetat Gallery of African Art - Tribal art from West and Central Africa.
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Africarts - Collection of African art objects: exchange of information and/or of objects
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Contemporary Makonde art - A collection, includes some background information on the artists and styles. Some items are for sale.
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Zambezi Sculpture - Zimbabwe stone sculpture, Shona and others using traditional techniques.
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Gallery Quackelbeen - Brussels dealer with images of pots, masks, textiles and statues.
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Pan-Africa - Multilingual categorized collection of links to sites about African art.
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The Mayor Portfolio - Dealer in African tribal arts, site has many images of sculptures.
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Ethnix Gallery of African Art & Tribal Artifacts - New York dealer.
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African Art: Makonde - Links to some sites specializing in Makonde arts and crafts.
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UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History - Emphasis on works from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, past and present.
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Tribal Art Africa - Dealer in tribal African artifacts (mostly masks and statues).
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Kerr Museum Productions - Consultants on African art and display installations. Excellent 3-D images of African sculpture on the site.
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Douglas Yaney - African tribal art objects, with sections for items likely to interest the beginner and those likely to interest more advanced collectors.
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African Odyssey Interactive - Wide range of resources, originates at Kennedy Center (Washington, DC).
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Davis Gallery - Art and sculpture of West and Central Africa
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Africa In Stone - Zimbabwean Shona sculpture in materials such as African jade, serpentine, and soapstone.
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Art of Africa - Bushmen/San arts and crafts from the Kalahari.
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H-AfrArts Expressive Cultures of Africa - A seriously scholarly site, with moderated discussion boards. From Michigan State University.
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Rand African Art - Images of a private collection with lots of pictures and information.
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OseiTutu.com - Welcome to The World of African Art! The community for anyone interested in African Art and Culture. Retailers interested in adding African decor items for "accent line" are welcomed - PLEASE VISIT OSEITUTU.COM TO VIEW THE ONLINE WHOLESALE CATALOG! Enjoy, It's a World of African Art...
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Sculptures of Zimbabwe - Gallery of Shona stone sculpture..
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StoneAge Art Company - Shona sculpture from 250 Zimbabwe carvers.
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All About Shoowa - Rich source of information about Shoowa raffia textiles.
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Art Creations Africa - Stone sculpture gallery and exhibitions of work of African artists, including Shona Stone sculpture.
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BlueArt Shop - Original Products from Africa, Ebony Wood,Paintings
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