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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.

Subcategories

• Ghana
• Zimbabwe

Resources in This Category

• Adire African Textiles

  http://www.adireafricantextiles.com/
  Hand woven African textiles, with many photos and good essays on their cultural significance

• Affrica Gallery

  http://www.affrica.com/
  Informative site run by gallery in Washington, D.C.

• Africa Direct

  http://www.africadirect.com/
  A variety of African tribal art, with good cultural information on many of the objects.

• Africa In Stone

  http://www.africainstone.co.uk/
  Zimbabwean Shona sculpture in materials such as African jade, serpentine, and soapstone.

• AfricaClub

  http://www.africaclub.com/
  Wide assortment of arts and crafts, with considerable cultural background on the objects.

• African Art Center

  http://www.afriart.org.za/
  Nonprofit organization promoting black artists and craftspeople of KwaZulu Natal and South Africa.

• African Art Collection

  http://arttribal.com/
  African tribal arts dealer. Photographs and descriptions including some information on cultural significance.

• African Art Course

  http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/rela345_98.html#webart
  Materials for a University of Virginia course on African arts, with images, bibiliographic information, and web links.

• African Art Shop

  http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/
  Tribal Art (mostly African), links, and descriptions of some African styles.

• African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning

  http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/artsandmedia/artmuseum/africanart/index.html
  A nicely annotated on-line exhibition of African art from the University of Virginia.

• African Art: Makonde

  http://www.makonde.com/
  Links to some sites specializing in Makonde arts and crafts.

• African Arts and Culture Discussion Group

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/African_Arts/
  Discussion group about African art and culture.

• African Millennium Foundation

  http://www.african-millennium.com/
  International trader and exhibitor of Zimbabwean Shone stone sculptures. Site displays news about recent events and images from exhibitions and galleries held in Toronto and London.

• African Quintessence

  http://www.artofafricans.com/
  African art, mainly from Benin, with nice images and descriptions of cultural significance.

• African Sculpture

  http://www.african-sculpture.de/
  Images of a private collection.

• African Tribal Art Museum

  http://www.zyama.com/
  A collection of African art (700 objects; 90 ethnic groups) and lots of information African tribal peoples.

• All About African art

  http://www.all-about-african-art.com/
  Information for those starting an African art collection; the regions, types of art and the people who make them.

• Art and Life in Africa Project

  http://africa.uima.uiowa.edu/
  An extremely rich source of information on African art and its cultural contexts. Based on the Stanley Collection at the University of Iowa.

• Axis Gallery

  http://www.axisgallery.com/
  Gary van Wyk's gallery, with exhibitions. Emphasis on South Africa.

• Belgium's Royal Museum for Central Africa

  http://www.africamuseum.be/
  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.

• Charles Jones African Art

  http://www.charlesjonesafricanart.com/
  Traditional African art, with many images and explanations of cultural significance of the objects.

• Davis Gallery

  http://www.davisafricanart.com/
  Art and sculpture of West and Central Africa

• deYoung Museum African Collection

  http://deyoung.famsf.org/deyoung/collections/african-art
  Extensive collection of images and information from the San Francisco museum.

• Dimondstein Tribal Arts

  http://www.latribal.com/dimondstein.htm
  Many images and information on African tribal art.

• Douglas Yaney

  http://www.douglasyaney.com/
  African tribal art objects, with sections for items likely to interest the beginner and those likely to interest more advanced collectors.

• Emory University Collection of African Art

  http://www.carlos.emory.edu/african-art
  An exhibition of part of the university's permanent collection of African art. Good accompanying essays on various aspects of African art.

• Ethnix Gallery of African Art & Tribal Artifacts

  http://www.ethnix.com/
  New York dealer.

• G. I. Jones -- S.E. Nigerian Art and Culture

  http://jonesarchive.siu.edu/
  An outstanding collection of photographs, many showing objects of art in their cultural settings.

• Guruve

  http://www.guruve.com/index.php
  Contemporary African art, especially Zimbabwean sculpture.

• H-AfrArts Expressive Cultures of Africa

  http://www.h-net.org/~artsweb/
  A seriously scholarly site, with moderated discussion boards. From Michigan State University.

• Hamill Gallery of African Art

  http://www.hamillgallery.com/
  A commercial site with nicely documented thematic exhibitions that change every few months. Past exhibitions are viewable as well.

• Hamill Tribal Textiles

  http://www.hamilltribaltextiles.com/
  Hamill Gallery's collection of African textiles.

• Ibeji Archive

  http://www.ibejiarchive.com/
  Contains photos of more than 1,000 Ibeji, all guaranteed authentic by the expertise of Fausto Polo.

• Jacaranda Tribal

  http://www.jacarandatribal.com/
  Art from south and east Africa, with lot of cultural background information.

• Jembetat Gallery of African Art

  http://www.jembetat.com/
  Tribal art from West and Central Africa.

• Jones & Key AfricAntiques

  http://africantiques.com/
  East African dealer in African tribal art (masks, statues, and ethnographic).

• Joy Christie's Gallery

  http://www.joychristie.com/
  Dallas, Texas dealer in tribal arts and artifacts,contemporary paintings and original jewelry featuring tribal components.

• Kasheke Imports

  http://www.kashekeimports.com/
  Import company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, specializing in Zimbabwean shona stone sculptures.

• Komaland

  http://smet4u2.wordpress.com/
  Personal collection and background information about Koma sculptures.

• Lega

  http://www.african-tribal-art.eu/
  Collection of Lega (Democratic Republic of Congo) artifacts.

• Mali

  http://www.art-africain.eu/
  Tribal art from Mali, mostly Bambara (Bamana) and Dogon.

• McCue Tribal Art

  http://www.mccuetribalart.com/
  Many images and some cultural information.

• Michael Rhodes African Art

  http://www.rhodesafricanart.com/
  New York dealer in traditional African art, sculpture and artifacts.

• Museum of African Art in Belgrade

  http://www.museumofafricanart.org/
  Museum of African art, mainly the collection of Veda and Dr. Zdravko Pečar

• National Museum of African Art

  http://africa.si.edu/
  The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Exhibitions, articles, and museum calendar of events.

• Pan-Africa

  http://www.panafrica.ch/
  Multilingual categorized collection of links to sites about African art.

• Picard Trade Bead Museum And African Art Gallery

  http://www.picardbeads.com/
  Dealer in African art and trade beads, with a trade bead museum.

• Rand African Art

  http://www.randafricanart.com/
  Images of a private collection with lots of pictures and information.

• Senufo Art

  http://www.biddingtons.com/content/pedigreesenufo.html
  Brief description of the Senufo aesthetic tradition; part of an auction house series.

• The Africa Center

  http://www.theafricacenter.org/
  New York's Museum for African Art.

• The Maurer Collection

  http://www3.amherst.edu/~jpemberton/
  Collection of artifacts used in rites of divination in Central and West Africa. Extensively illustrated with scholarly text.

• The Philip Gould Collection - African Art

  https://philipgouldcollection.wordpress.com/
  Over 30,000 objects of African, South American, and Asian art and textiles, collected over a 60-year period by art historian Philip Gould.

• The Suaga Collection

  http://www.suagacollection.com/
  Noncommercial site showcasing a private collection of African masks.

• The World of Beduin Weaving

  http://www.beduinweaving.com/
  Extensive information on weaving by the Beduins of North Africa.

• Tribal Index

  http://www.tribalindex.com/
  Database of results of tribal art auctions.

• True African Art

  http://www.trueafricanart.com/
  Contemporary paintings by 40 African artists.

• UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History

  http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/
  Emphasis on works from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, past and present.

• Yahoo! Groups: AfricanAntiques

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanAntiques/
  Discussion board on African art.

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