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A gallery of African art, with periodic thematic exhibitions.

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.

An extremely rich source of information on African art and its cultural contexts. Based on the Stanley Collection at the University of Iowa.

The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Site includes exhibitions, articles, museum calendar of events.

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.

African tribal arts dealer. Photographs and descriptions including some information on cultural significance.

Informative site run by gallery in Washington, D.C.

Explanations of the iconography of Akan art.

Sculpture (masks, statuettes, etc.) and jewelry from many African regions; pre-Columbian art and pottery.

Collection of artifacts used in rites of divination in Central and West Africa. Extensively illustrated with scholarly text.

Traditional African art, with many images and explanations of cultural significance of the objects.

An outstanding collection of photographs, many showing objects of art in their cultural settings.

A comprehensive collection of African art (700 objects; 90 ethnic groups) and lots of information African tribal peoples.

African art and divination rituals. Includes a map of sub-Saharan Africa, and essays on divination.

Information on Moba (Togo and Ghana) sculpture.

Many images and some cultural information.

Many images and information on African tribal art.

Dealer in African art and trade beads, with a trade bead museum.

Masks, african art and primitive paintings, beautifully presented.

An exhibition of part of the university's permanent collection of African art. Good accompanying essays on various aspects of African art.

New York's Museum for African Art.

Museum devoted to the culture and art of the Sukuma (Tanzania, Africa).

Extensive information on weaving by the Beduins of North Africa.

A commercial site with nicely documented thematic exhibitions that change every few months. Past exhibitions are viewable as well.

Brief description of the Senufo aesthetic tradition; part of an auction house series.

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.

Databank with over 4,000 photos from 1870 to the present and much cultural information.

Discussion board on African art.

Materials for a University of Virginia course on African arts, with images, bibiliographic information, and web links.

Images of a private collection.

Contemporary African sculpture, batiks, watercolors and oil paintings.

Zimbabwe Shona stone sculpture, including busts, abstracts and wildlife art.

Papers on the development of sculptural art in Africa, from pre-iron age to modern.

African masks and sculpture with brief descriptions of their traditional significance.

A variety of African tribal art, with good cultural information on many of the objects.

A guide to the Asante traditional symbols, with photos of adinkras in use.

A gallery of African art. Periodic exhibitions and a collection of links to other sources.

African art, mainly from Benin, with nice images and descriptions of cultural significance.

Wide assortment of arts and crafts, with considerable cultural background on the objects.

A nicely annotated on-line exhibition of African art from the University of Virginia.

Gary van Wyk's gallery, with exhibitions. Emphasis on South Africa.

Extensive collection of images and information from the San Francisco museum.

Hand-woven textiles including Ashanti kente and adinkra, Ewe kente, Yoruba adire and aso oke, Kuba raffia cloths, and Bogolan mud cloth from Mali.

Tribal art from West and Central Africa.

Zimbabwe stone sculpture, Shona and others using traditional techniques.

Brussels dealer with images of pots, masks, textiles and statues.

Multilingual categorized collection of links to sites about African art.

New York dealer.

Links to some sites specializing in Makonde arts and crafts.

Emphasis on works from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, past and present.

Dealer in tribal African artifacts (mostly masks and statues).

Consultants on African art and display installations. Offers 3-D images of African sculpture.

African tribal art objects, with sections for items likely to interest the beginner and those likely to interest more advanced collectors.

Wide range of resources, originates at Kennedy Center (Washington, DC).

Art and sculpture of West and Central Africa

Zimbabwean Shona sculpture in materials such as African jade, serpentine, and soapstone.

Bushmen/San arts and crafts from the Kalahari.

A seriously scholarly site, with moderated discussion boards. From Michigan State University.

Images of a private collection with lots of pictures and information.

Gallery of Shona stone sculpture..

Shona sculpture from 250 Zimbabwe carvers.

Rich source of information about Shoowa raffia textiles.

Directory of websites related to African art, arranged in categories.

Dealer specializing in ancient African arts (mostly terracotta), with nice exhibitions.

Bridget McNulty trades in contemporary and traditional African art and crafts.

Community centre in the small craft harbour, Durban, promoting local arts and culture talent of South Africa.

Nonprofit organization promoting black artists and craftspeople of KwaZulu Natal and South Africa.

Belgian dealer's site, with ethnographic information.

Discussion group about African art and culture.

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.

Noncommercial site showcasing a private collection of African masks.

Collection of African art objects: exchange of information and/or of objects

African headrests, including many Zulu pieces.

Dealer in African arts.

Central and Southern African tribal art. In Franschhoek, South Africa.

Dallas, Texas dealer in tribal arts and artifacts,contemporary paintings and original jewelry featuring tribal components.

Calgary (Alberta, Canada) gallery of Shona Stone sculpture from Zimbabwe.

Stone sculpture gallery and exhibitions of work of African artists, including Shona Stone sculpture.

Personal collection and background information about Koma sculptures.

Swiss exhibition venue dedicated to contemporary African arts, crafts and design. Site is multilingual

Tribal African gallery with masks, statues, and other tribal arts

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