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• Arts: Visual Arts: Galleries: Virtual: Ethnic and Regional: Africa  (2)
• Regional: Africa: Arts and Entertainment: Artists and Galleries  (10)

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

• Adinkra Symbols of West Africa - A guide to the Asante traditional symbols, with photos of adinkras in use.
• 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.
• Affrica Gallery - Informative site run by gallery in Washington, D.C.
• Africa Cultural Gallery & Kumbu Kumbu Gallery - Contemporary African sculpture, batiks, watercolors and oil paintings.
• Africa Direct - A variety of African tribal art, with good cultural information on many of the objects.
• Africa In Stone - Zimbabwean Shona sculpture in materials such as African jade, serpentine, and soapstone.
• AfricaClub - Wide assortment of arts and crafts, with considerable cultural background on the objects.
• African Antiques - Belgian dealer's site, with ethnographic information.
• African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning - A nicely annotated on-line exhibition of African art from the University of Virginia.
• African Art and Artists - Bridget McNulty trades in contemporary and traditional African art and crafts.
• African Art Center - Nonprofit organization promoting black artists and craftspeople of KwaZulu Natal and South Africa.
• African Art Collection - African tribal arts dealer. Photographs and descriptions including some information on cultural significance.
• African Art Course - Materials for a University of Virginia course on African arts, with images, bibiliographic information, and web links.
• African Art: Makonde - Links to some sites specializing in Makonde arts and crafts.
• 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.
• African Odyssey Interactive - Wide range of resources, originates at Kennedy Center (Washington, DC).
• African Quintessence - African art, mainly from Benin, with nice images and descriptions of cultural significance.
• African Sculptural Art - Papers on the development of sculptural art in Africa, from pre-iron age to modern.
• African Sculpture - Images of a private collection.
• African Tribal Art Museum - A comprehensive collection of African art (700 objects; 90 ethnic groups) and lots of information African tribal peoples.
• Africa-Photo - Databank with over 4,000 photos from 1870 to the present and much cultural information.
• Africarts - Collection of African art objects: exchange of information and/or of objects
• Akan Cultural Symbols - Explanations of the iconography of Akan art.
• All About Shoowa - Rich source of information about Shoowa raffia textiles.
• Art and Oracle: Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition - African art and divination rituals. Includes a map of sub-Saharan Africa, and essays on divination.
• Art Creations Africa - Stone sculpture gallery and exhibitions of work of African artists, including Shona Stone sculpture.
• Art of Africa - Bushmen/San arts and crafts from the Kalahari.
• ArtSite Africa - Directory of websites related to African art, arranged in categories.
• Axis Gallery - Gary van Wyk's gallery, with exhibitions. Emphasis on South Africa.
• Azani Stone Gallery Zimbabwe Shona Sculpture - Zimbabwe Shona stone sculpture, including busts, abstracts and wildlife art.
• BAT Centre - Community centre in the small craft harbour, Durban, promoting local arts and culture talent of South Africa.
• 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.
• The Calverton Headrest Collection - African headrests, including many Zulu pieces.
• Charles Jones African Art - Traditional African art, with many images and explanations of cultural significance of the objects.
• Davis Gallery - Art and sculpture of West and Central Africa
• deYoung Museum African Collection - Extensive collection of images and information from the San Francisco museum.
• Dimondstein Tribal Arts - Many images and information on African tribal art.
• Douglas Yaney - African tribal art objects, with sections for items likely to interest the beginner and those likely to interest more advanced collectors.
• The Ebony Tree - Tribal African gallery with masks, statues, and other tribal arts
• 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.
• Ethnix Gallery of African Art & Tribal Artifacts - New York dealer.
• G. I. Jones -- S.E. Nigerian Art and Culture - An outstanding collection of photographs, many showing objects of art in their cultural settings.
• Galerie Ezakwantu - Central and Southern African tribal art. In Franschhoek, South Africa.
• 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.
• Gallery Quackelbeen - Brussels dealer with images of pots, masks, textiles and statues.
• Gati Gallery - Dealer in African arts.
• H-AfrArts Expressive Cultures of Africa - A seriously scholarly site, with moderated discussion boards. From Michigan State University.
• Hamill Gallery of African Art - A commercial site with nicely documented thematic exhibitions that change every few months. Past exhibitions are viewable as well.
• Jembetat Gallery of African Art - Tribal art from West and Central Africa.
• Joy Christie's Gallery - Dallas, Texas dealer in tribal arts and artifacts,contemporary paintings and original jewelry featuring tribal components.
• Kerr Museum Productions - Consultants on African art and display installations. Offers 3-D images of African sculpture.
• Komaland - Personal collection and background information about Koma sculptures.
• Masengo Gallery - Calgary (Alberta, Canada) gallery of Shona Stone sculpture from Zimbabwe.
• Masks and More - Masks, african art and primitive paintings, beautifully presented.
• McCue Tribal Art - Many images and some cultural information.
• Moba Art - Information on Moba (Togo and Ghana) sculpture.
• Museum for African Art - New York's Museum for African Art.
• National Museum of African Art - The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Site includes exhibitions, articles, museum calendar of events.
• Nerart - Swiss exhibition venue dedicated to contemporary African arts, crafts and design. Site is multilingual
• Pan-Africa - Multilingual categorized collection of links to sites about African art.
• Picard Trade Bead Museum And African Art Gallery - Dealer in African art and trade beads, with a trade bead museum.
• Ralph Proctor Gallery - A gallery of African art, with periodic thematic exhibitions.
• Rand African Art - Images of a private collection with lots of pictures and information.
• Ryann Willis Ancient Art - Dealer specializing in ancient African arts (mostly terracotta), with nice exhibitions.
• Sculptures of Zimbabwe - Gallery of Shona stone sculpture..
• Senufo Art - Brief description of the Senufo aesthetic tradition; part of an auction house series.
• Shani Gallery - African masks and sculpture with brief descriptions of their traditional significance.
• Shona Sculpture - A collection of 67 Shona sculptures from Zimbabwe, with some history of this genre.
• StoneAge Art Company - Shona sculpture from 250 Zimbabwe carvers.
• The Suaga Collection - Noncommercial site showcasing a private collection of African masks.
• Sukuma Museum - Museum devoted to the culture and art of the Sukuma (Tanzania, Africa).
• Tamarin Gallery - A gallery of African art. Periodic exhibitions and a collection of links to other sources.
• Tellem Gallery - Sculpture (masks, statuettes, etc.) and jewelry from many African regions; pre-Columbian art and pottery.
• Tribal Art Africa - Dealer in tribal African artifacts (mostly masks and statues).
• UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History - Emphasis on works from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, past and present.
• The World of Beduin Weaving - Extensive information on weaving by the Beduins of North Africa.
• Yahoo! Groups: AfricanAntiques - Discussion board on African art.
• Zambezi Sculpture - Zimbabwe stone sculpture, Shona and others using traditional techniques.

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