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Adinkra Symbols of West Africa - http://www.welltempered.net/adinkra
A guide to the Asante traditional symbols, with photos of adinkras in use.

Adire African Textiles - http://www.adire.clara.net/
Hand-woven textiles including Ashanti kente and adinkra, Ewe kente, Yoruba adire and aso oke, Kuba raffia cloths, and Bogolan mud cloth from Mali.

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

Africa Cultural Gallery & Kumbu Kumbu Gallery - http://www.afroart.com
Contemporary African sculpture, batiks, watercolors and oil paintings.

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.

Africa-Photo - http://www.africa-photo.com/e_index_frames.html
Databank with over 4,000 photos from 1870 to the present and much cultural information.

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

African Antiques - http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/
Belgian dealer's site, with ethnographic information.

African Arms - http://www.africanarmsonline.com/
Traditional creations of edged weaponry of medieval Africa, using indigenous wood carving and metal working styles.

African Art and Artists - http://www.africanartsandartists.com
Bridget McNulty trades in contemporary and traditional African art and crafts.

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.pandora.be/african-shop/
Tribal Art (mostly African), links, and descriptions of some African styles.

African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.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 Masks - http://www.africanmasks.nl/
Collection of African masks, most of which are for sale.

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 Odyssey Interactive - http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/artsedge.html
Wide range of resources, originates at Kennedy Center (Washington, DC).

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

African Sculptural Art - http://web.onetel.net.uk/~herbertroese/index.html
Papers on the development of sculptural art in Africa, from pre-Iron Age to modern.

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.

Africarts - http://pagesperso-orange.fr/africart/pages/index2.htm
Collection of African art objects: exchange of information and/or of objects

Akan Cultural Symbols - http://web.marshall.edu/akanart/
Explanations of the iconography of Akan art.

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.

All About Shoowa - http://www.shoowa.com/
Rich source of information about Shoowa raffia textiles.

Art and Life in Africa Project - http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/
An extremely rich source of information on African art and its cultural contexts. Based on the Stanley Collection at the University of Iowa.

Art and Oracle: Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition - http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/oracle/index.html
African art and divination rituals. Includes a map of sub-Saharan Africa, and essays on divination.

Art Creations Africa - http://www.artcreationsafrica.com
Stone sculpture gallery and exhibitions of work of African artists, including Shona Stone sculpture.

Art of Africa - http://www.theartofafrica.co.za
Bushmen/San arts and crafts from the Kalahari.

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

Azani Stone Gallery Zimbabwe Shona Sculpture - http://www.azani.com
Zimbabwe Shona stone sculpture, including busts, abstracts and wildlife art.

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.cjafricanart.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://www.famsf.org/deyoung/collections/collection.asp?collectionkey=36
Extensive collection of images and information from the San Francisco museum.

Dimondstein Tribal Arts - http://www.dimondstein.com
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://www.siu.edu/~anthro/mccall/jones/index.html
An outstanding collection of photographs, many showing objects of art in their cultural settings.

Galerie Ezakwantu - http://www.ezakwantu.com
Central and Southern African tribal art. In Franschhoek, South Africa.

Galerie Peter Herrmann - http://www.galerie-herrmann.de/
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.

Gallery Quackelbeen - http://www.lavuun.com
Brussels dealer with images of pots, masks, textiles and statues.

Gati Gallery - http://www.gatigallery.co.uk
Dealer in African arts.

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.

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.

Joy Christie's Gallery - http://www.joychristie.com
Dallas, Texas dealer in tribal arts and artifacts,contemporary paintings and original jewelry featuring tribal components.

Kerr Museum Productions - http://www.kerrmuseumproductions.com/
Consultants on African art and display installations. Offers 3-D images of African sculpture.

Komaland - http://komaland-ghana.spaces.live.com/PersonalSpace.aspx
Personal collection and background information about Koma sculptures.

Masengo Gallery - http://www.masengogallery.com
Calgary (Alberta, Canada) gallery of Shona Stone sculpture from Zimbabwe.

Masks and More - http://www.eling.nl/
Masks, African art and primitive paintings.

McCue Tribal Art - http://www.mccuetribalart.com
Many images and some cultural information.

Moba Art - http://www.moba.be
Information on Moba (Togo and Ghana) sculpture.

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

National Museum of African Art - http://www.si.edu/nmafa/africart.htm
The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Exhibitions, articles, and museum calendar of events.

Nerart - http://www.nerart.com
Swiss exhibition venue dedicated to contemporary African arts, crafts and design. Site is multilingual

Origomundi Gallery - http://www.origomundi.com/
Decorative and authentic African art from private collections. Lots of images. In German and English.

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.

Ralph Proctor Gallery - http://www.introspecinc.com/gallery/exhibit.htm
A gallery of African art, with periodic thematic exhibitions.

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

Ryann Willis Ancient Art - http://www.ryannwillis.com/index.htm
Dealer specializing in ancient African arts (mostly terracotta), with nice exhibitions.

Sculptures of Zimbabwe - http://www.sculptures-of-zimbabwe.com
Gallery of Shona stone sculpture..

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

Shani Gallery - http://www.shanigallery.com
African masks and sculpture with brief descriptions of their traditional significance.

Shona Sculpture - http://karaart.com/collections/shona/index.html
A collection of 67 Shona sculptures from Zimbabwe, with some history of this genre.

StoneAge Art Company - http://www.stoneageartcompany.com
Shona sculpture from 250 Zimbabwe carvers.

Sukuma Museum - http://photo.net/sukuma/
Museum devoted to the culture and art of the Sukuma (Tanzania, Africa).

Tamarin Gallery - http://www.tamarin.com/index.html
A gallery of African art. Periodic exhibitions and a collection of links to other sources.

The Calverton Headrest Collection - http://www.africanheadrests.com
African headrests, including many Zulu pieces.

The Ebony Tree - http://www.theebonytree.com
Tribal African gallery with masks, statues, and other tribal arts

The Maurer Collection - http://www.amherst.edu/~jpembert/
Collection of artifacts used in rites of divination in Central and West Africa. Extensively illustrated with scholarly text.

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 Art Africa - http://www.tribalartafrica.com
Dealer in tribal African artifacts (mostly masks and statues).

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.

Zambezi Sculpture - http://zambezisculpture.com
Zimbabwe stone sculpture, Shona and others using traditional techniques.

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