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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- AfricaClub Wide assortment of arts and crafts, with considerable cultural background on the objects.
- 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.
- Adire African Textiles Hand woven African textiles, with many photos and good essays on their cultural significance
- The World of Beduin Weaving Extensive information on weaving by the Beduins of North Africa.
- H-AfrArts Expressive Cultures of Africa A seriously scholarly site, with moderated discussion boards. From Michigan State University.
- African Art Collection African tribal arts dealer. Photographs and descriptions including some information on cultural significance.
- Affrica Gallery Informative site run by gallery in Washington, D.C.
- African Tribal Art Museum A collection of African art (700 objects; 90 ethnic groups) and lots of information African tribal peoples.
- McCue Tribal Art Many images and some cultural information.
- Picard Trade Bead Museum And African Art Gallery Dealer in African art and trade beads, with a trade bead museum.
- Hamill Gallery of African Art A commercial site with nicely documented thematic exhibitions that change every few months. Past exhibitions are viewable as well.
- Senufo Art Brief description of the Senufo aesthetic tradition; part of an auction house series.
- Yahoo! Groups: AfricanAntiques Discussion board on African art.
- African Art Course Materials for a University of Virginia course on African arts, with images, bibiliographic information, and web links.
- African Sculpture Images of a private collection.
- Africa Direct A variety of African tribal art, with good cultural information on many of the objects.
- African Quintessence African art, mainly from Benin, with nice images and descriptions of cultural significance.
- Axis Gallery Gary van Wyk's gallery, with exhibitions. Emphasis on South Africa.
- Jembetat Gallery of African Art Tribal art from West and Central Africa.
- Pan-Africa Multilingual categorized collection of links to sites about African art.
- Ethnix Gallery of African Art & Tribal Artifacts New York dealer.
- African Art: Makonde Links to some sites specializing in Makonde arts and crafts.
- UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History Emphasis on works from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, past and present.
- Douglas Yaney African tribal art objects, with sections for items likely to interest the beginner and those likely to interest more advanced collectors.
- Davis Gallery Art and sculpture of West and Central Africa
- Africa In Stone Zimbabwean Shona sculpture in materials such as African jade, serpentine, and soapstone.
- Rand African Art Images of a private collection with lots of pictures and information.
- African Art Center Nonprofit organization promoting black artists and craftspeople of KwaZulu Natal and South Africa.
- African Art Shop Tribal Art (mostly African), links, and descriptions of some African styles.
- African Arts and Culture Discussion Group Discussion group about African art and culture.
- African Millennium Foundation 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.
- The Suaga Collection Noncommercial site showcasing a private collection of African masks.
- Joy Christie's Gallery Dallas, Texas dealer in tribal arts and artifacts,contemporary paintings and original jewelry featuring tribal components.
- All About African art Information for those starting an African art collection; the regions, types of art and the people who make them.
- Jacaranda Tribal Art from south and east Africa, with lot of cultural background information.
- 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.
- Museum of African Art in Belgrade Museum of African art, mainly the collection of Veda and Dr. Zdravko Pečar
- Guruve Contemporary African art, especially Zimbabwean sculpture.
- National Museum of African Art The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Exhibitions, articles, and museum calendar of events.
- The Maurer Collection Collection of artifacts used in rites of divination in Central and West Africa. Extensively illustrated with scholarly text.
- Tribal Index Database of results of tribal art auctions.
- Hamill Tribal Textiles Hamill Gallery's collection of African textiles.
- Michael Rhodes African Art New York dealer in traditional African art, sculpture and artifacts.
- True African Art Contemporary paintings by 40 African artists.
- deYoung Museum African Collection Extensive collection of images and information from the San Francisco museum.
- Mali Tribal art from Mali, mostly Bambara (Bamana) and Dogon.
- Lega Collection of Lega (Democratic Republic of Congo) artifacts.
- African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning A nicely annotated on-line exhibition of African art from the University of Virginia.
- Jones & Key AfricAntiques East African dealer in African tribal art (masks, statues, and ethnographic).
- Komaland Personal collection and background information about Koma sculptures.
- Kasheke Imports Import company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, specializing in Zimbabwean shona stone sculptures.
- 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.
- Dimondstein Tribal Arts Many images and information on African tribal art.
- G. I. Jones -- S.E. Nigerian Art and Culture An outstanding collection of photographs, many showing objects of art in their cultural settings.
- The Africa Center New York's Museum for African Art.
- Charles Jones African Art Traditional African art, with many images and explanations of cultural significance of the objects.
- Ibeji Archive Contains photos of more than 1,000 Ibeji, all guaranteed authentic by the expertise of Fausto Polo.
- The Philip Gould Collection - African Art Over 30,000 objects of African, South American, and Asian art and textiles, collected over a 60-year period by art historian Philip Gould.