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Arts, Visual Arts, Native and Tribal, Africa



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- An extremely rich source of information on African art and its cultural contexts. Based on the Stanley Collection at the University of Iowa.
- Collection of artifacts used in rites of divination in Central and West Africa. Extensively illustrated with scholarly text.


  • - Collection of African art objects: exchange of information and/or of objects
  • - Wide assortment of arts and crafts, with considerable cultural background on the objects.
  • - Consultants on African art and display installations. Excellent 3-D images of African sculpture on the site.
  • - An exhibition of part of the university's permanent collection of African art. Good accompanying essays on various aspects of African art.
  • - Papers on the development of sculptural art in Africa, from pre-iron age to modern.
  • - Many images and some cultural information.
  • - Many images and information on African tribal art.
  • - Gary van Wyk's gallery, with excellent exhibitions. Emphasis on South Africa.
  • - Discussion board on African art.
  • - Extensive information on weaving by the Beduins of North Africa.
  • - Brief description of the Senufo aesthetic tradition; part of an auction house series.
  • - Zimbabwe Shona stone sculpture, including busts, abstracts and wildlife art.
  • - A gallery of African art, with periodic thematic exhibitions.
  • - Images of a private collection with lots of pictures and information.
  • - Explanations of the iconography of Akan art.
  • - New York's Museum for African Art.
  • - An outstanding collection of photographs, many showing objects of art in their cultural settings.
  • - Sculpture (masks, statuettes, etc.) and jewelry from many African regions; pre-Columbian art and pottery.
  • - A variety of African tribal art, with good cultural information on many of the objects.
  • - Bushmen/San arts and crafts from the Kalahari.
  • - A collection, includes some background information on the artists and styles. Some items are for sale.
  • - Wide range of resources, originates at Kennedy Center (Washington, DC).
  • - Information on Moba (Togo and Ghana) sculpture.
  • - African tribal arts dealer. Photographs and descriptions including some information on cultural significance.
  • - Art and sculpture of West and Central Africa
  • - A seriously scholarly site, with moderated discussion boards. From Michigan State University.
  • - Dealer in tribal African artifacts (mostly masks and statues).
  • - A commercial site with nicely documented thematic exhibitions that change every few months. Past exhibitions are viewable as well.
  • - Zimbabwe stone sculpture, Shona and others using traditional techniques.
  • - Informative site run by gallery in Washington, D.C.
  • - African art, mainly from Benin, with nice images and descriptions of cultural significance.
  • - Belgian dealer's site, with ethnographic information.
  • - 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 CATAL
  • - The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Site includes exhibitions, articles, museum calendar of events.
  • - A gallery of African art. Periodic exhibitions and an excellent collection of links to other sources.
  • - Multilingual categorized collection of links to sites about African art.
  • - African masks and sculpture with brief descriptions of their traditional significance.
  • - Hand-woven textiles including Ashanti kente and adinkra, Ewe kente, Yoruba adire and aso oke, Kuba raffia cloths, and Bogolan mud cloth from Mali.
  • - Museum devoted to the culture and art of the Sukuma (Tanzania, Africa).
  • - Masks, african art and primitive paintings, beautifully presented.
  • - Images of a private collection.
  • - Links to some sites specializing in Makonde arts and crafts.
  • - Traditional African art, with many images and explanations of cultural significance of the objects.
  • - Emphasis on works from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, past and present.
  • - Zimbabwean Shona sculpture in materials such as African jade, serpentine, and soapstone.
  • - Extensive collection of images and information from the San Francisco museum.
  • - New York dealer.
  • - Dealer in African art and trade beads, with a trade bead museum.
  • - Gallery of Shona stone sculpture..
  • - Original Products from Africa, Ebony Wood,Paintings
  • - A comprehensive collection of African art (700 objects; 90 ethnic groups) and lots of information African tribal peoples.
  • - Shona sculpture from 250 Zimbabwe carvers.
  • - 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.
  • - Contemporary African sculpture, batiks, watercolors and oil paintings.
  • - Materials for a University of Virginia course on African arts, with images, bibiliographic information, and web links.
  • - African tribal art objects, with sections for items likely to interest the beginner and those likely to interest more advanced collectors.
  • - Directory of websites related to African art, arranged in categories.
  • - Databank with over 4,000 photos from 1870 to the present and much cultural information.
  • - A guide to the Asante traditional symbols, with photos of adinkras in use.
  • - Dealer in African tribal arts, site has many images of sculptures.
  • - A nicely annotated on-line exhibition of African art from the University of Virginia.
  • - Tribal Art (mostly African), links, and descriptions of some African styles.
  • - A collection of 67 Shona sculptures from Zimbabwe, with some history of this genre.
  • - African art and divination rituals. Includes a map of sub-Saharan Africa, and essays on divination.
  • - Brussels dealer with images of pots, masks, textiles and statues.
  • - Rich source of information about Shoowa raffia textiles.
  • - Stone sculpture gallery and exhibitions of work of African artists, including Shona Stone sculpture.
  • - 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.
  • - Tribal art from West and Central Africa.



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