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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.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/
The Maurer Collection
Collection of artifacts used in rites of divination in Central and West Africa. Extensively illustrated with scholarly text.
http://www.amherst.edu/~jpembert/
Charles Jones African Art
Traditional African art, with many images and explanations of cultural significance of the objects.
http://www.cjafricanart.com
G. I. Jones -- S.E. Nigerian Art and Culture
An outstanding collection of photographs, many showing objects of art in their cultural settings.
http://www.siu.edu/~anthro/mccall/jones/index.html
African Experiences at the Baobab Tree
Denver gallery, with good informational content about the items for sale.
http://www.africanexperiences.com
African Antiques
Belgian dealer's site, with ethnographic information.
http://www.african-antiques.com/
African Tribal Art Museum
A comprehensive collection of African art (700 objects; 90 ethnic groups) and lots of information African tribal peoples.
http://www.zyama.com
Art and Oracle: Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition
African art and divination rituals. Includes a map of sub-Saharan Africa, and essays on divination.
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/oracle/index.html
Moba Art
Information on Moba (Togo and Ghana) sculpture.
http://www.moba.be
McCue Tribal Art
Many images and some cultural information.
http://www.mccuetribalart.com
Dimondstein Tribal Arts
Many images and information on African tribal art.
http://www.dimondstein.com
Picard Trade Bead Museum And African Art Gallery
Dealer in African art and trade beads, with a trade bead museum.
http://www.picardbeads.com
Masks and More
Masks, african art and primitive paintings, beautifully presented.
http://www.eling.nl/
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.
http://www.emory.edu/CARLOS/COLLECTION/AFRICA/
Museum for African Art
New York's Museum for African Art.
http://www.africanart.org/html/exhibitions.html
Sukuma Museum
Museum devoted to the culture and art of the Sukuma (Tanzania, Africa).
http://photo.net/sukuma/
The World of Beduin Weaving
Extensive information on weaving by the Beduins of North Africa.
http://www.beduinweaving.com/
Ralph Proctor Gallery
A gallery of African art, with periodic thematic exhibitions.
http://www.introspecinc.com/gallery/exhibit.htm
a-piece-of-africa - Art Gallery
Gallery of a job creation project, with sections devoted to ethnographic and historical aspects of African art.
http://www.a-piece-of-africa.com
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.
http://www.galerie-herrmann.de/
National Museum of African Art
The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Site includes exhibitions, articles, museum calendar of events.
http://www.si.edu/nmafa/africart.htm
Hamill Gallery of African Art
A commercial site with nicely documented thematic exhibitions that change every few months. Past exhibitions are viewable as well.
http://www.hamillgallery.com
Senufo Art
Brief description of the Senufo aesthetic tradition; part of an auction house series.
http://www.biddingtons.com/content/pedigreesenufo.html
Yahoo! Groups: AfricanAntiques
Discussion board on African art.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanAntiques
African Art Course
Materials for a University of Virginia course on African arts, with images, bibiliographic information, and web links.
http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/rela345_98.html#webart
African Sculpture
Images of a private collection.
http://www.african-sculpture.de
Africa Cultural Gallery & Kumbu Kumbu Gallery
Contemporary African sculpture, batiks, watercolors and oil paintings.
http://www.afroart.com
Azani Stone Gallery Zimbabwe Shona Sculpture
Zimbabwe Shona stone sculpture, including busts, abstracts and wildlife art.
http://www.azani.com
African Sculptural Art
Papers on the development of sculptural art in Africa, from pre-iron age to modern.
http://web.onetel.net.uk/~herbertroese/index.html
Shani Gallery
African masks and sculpture with brief descriptions of their traditional significance.
http://www.shanigallery.com
Africa Direct
A variety of African tribal art, with good cultural information on many of the objects.
http://www.africadirect.com/
Adinkra Symbols of West Africa
A guide to the Asante traditional symbols, with photos of adinkras in use.
http://www.welltempered.net/adinkra
Tamarin Gallery
A gallery of African art. Periodic exhibitions and an excellent collection of links to other sources.
http://www.tamarin.com/index.html
African Quintessence
African art, mainly from Benin, with nice images and descriptions of cultural significance.
http://www.artofafricans.com
AfricaClub
Wide assortment of arts and crafts, with considerable cultural background on the objects.
http://www.africaclub.com
African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning
A nicely annotated on-line exhibition of African art from the University of Virginia.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html
H-AfrArts Expressive Cultures of Africa
A seriously scholarly site, with moderated discussion boards. From Michigan State University.
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~artsweb/
African Art Shop
Tribal Art (mostly African), links, and descriptions of some African styles.
http://users.pandora.be/african-shop/
Shona Sculpture
A collection of 67 Shona sculptures from Zimbabwe, with some history of this genre.
http://karaart.com/collections/shona/index.html
Africa-Photo
Databank with over 4,000 photos from 1870 to the present and much cultural information.
http://www.africa-photo.com/e_index_frames.html
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.
http://www.africamuseum.be
African Art Collection
African tribal arts dealer. Photographs and descriptions including some information on cultural significance.
http://arttribal.com/
Affrica Gallery
Informative site run by gallery in Washington, D.C.
http://www.affrica.com
Akan Cultural Symbols
Explanations of the iconography of Akan art.
http://web.marshall.edu/akanart/
Tellem Gallery
Sculpture (masks, statuettes, etc.) and jewelry from many African regions; pre-Columbian art and pottery.
http://pages.infinit.net/tellem/
Axis Gallery
Gary van Wyk's gallery, with excellent exhibitions. Emphasis on South Africa.
http://www.axisgallery.com
Walking Man Gallery
African art as well as modern paintings and sculpture. A very beautiful website.
http://www.walking-man-gallery.com/index.html
All About Shoowa
Rich source of information about Shoowa raffia textiles.
http://www.shoowa.com/traditione.htm
Pan-Africa
Multilingual categorized collection of links to sites about African art.
http://www.panafrica.ch/
The Mayor Portfolio
Dealer in African tribal arts, site has many images of sculptures.
http://www.themayorportfolio.com
Ethnix Gallery of African Art & Tribal Artifacts
New York dealer.
http://www.ethnix.com/
African Art: Makonde
Links to some sites specializing in Makonde arts and crafts.
http://www.makonde.com
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History
Emphasis on works from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, past and present.
http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/
Tribal Art Africa
Dealer in tribal African artifacts (mostly masks and statues).
http://www.tribalartafrica.com
Kerr Museum Productions
Consultants on African art and display installations. Excellent 3-D images of African sculpture on the site.
http://kerrmuseumproductions.com
Douglas Yaney
African tribal art objects, with sections for items likely to interest the beginner and those likely to interest more advanced collectors.
http://www.douglasyaney.com/
African Odyssey Interactive
Wide range of resources, originates at Kennedy Center (Washington, DC).
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/artsedge.html
Davis Gallery
Art and sculpture of West and Central Africa
http://www.davisafricanart.com
Africa In Stone
Zimbabwean Shona sculpture in materials such as African jade, serpentine, and soapstone.
http://www.africainstone.co.uk
deYoung Museum African Collection
Extensive collection of images and information from the San Francisco museum.
http://www.thinker.org/deyoung/collections/collection.asp?collectionkey=36
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.
http://www.adire.clara.net/
Jembetat Gallery of African Art
Tribal art from West and Central Africa.
http://www.jembetat.com
Africarts
Collection of African art objects: exchange of information and/or of objects
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/africart/pages/index2.htm
Contemporary Makonde art
A collection, includes some background information on the artists and styles. Some items are for sale.
http://www.makonde-art.com
Zambezi Sculpture
Zimbabwe stone sculpture, Shona and others using traditional techniques.
http://zambezisculpture.com
Art of Burkina Faso
Collection of Burkina Faso tribal art.
http://www.burkinamask.com
Gallery Quackelbeen
Brussels dealer with images of pots, masks, textiles and statues.
http://www.lavuun.com
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