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Africa
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Adinkra Symbols of West Africa
A guide to the Asante traditional symbols, with photos of adinkras in use.
http://www.welltempered.net/adinkra
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/
Affrica Gallery
Informative site run by gallery in Washington, D.C.
http://www.affrica.com
Africa Cultural Gallery & Kumbu Kumbu Gallery
Contemporary African sculpture, batiks, watercolors and oil paintings.
http://www.afroart.com
Africa Direct
A variety of African tribal art, with good cultural information on many of the objects.
http://www.africadirect.com/
Africa In Stone
Zimbabwean Shona sculpture in materials such as African jade, serpentine, and soapstone.
http://www.africainstone.co.uk
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
AfricaClub
Wide assortment of arts and crafts, with considerable cultural background on the objects.
http://www.africaclub.com
African Antiques
Belgian dealer's site, with ethnographic information.
http://www.african-antiques.com/
African Art and Artists
Bridget McNulty trades in contemporary and traditional African art and crafts.
http://www.africanartsandartists.com
African Art Collection
African tribal arts dealer. Photographs and descriptions including some information on cultural significance.
http://arttribal.com/
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 Art Shop
Tribal Art (mostly African), links, and descriptions of some African styles.
http://users.pandora.be/african-shop/
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
African Art: Makonde
Links to some sites specializing in Makonde arts and crafts.
http://www.makonde.com
African Odyssey Interactive
Wide range of resources, originates at Kennedy Center (Washington, DC).
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/artsedge.html
African Quintessence
African art, mainly from Benin, with nice images and descriptions of cultural significance.
http://www.artofafricans.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
African Sculpture
Images of a private collection.
http://www.african-sculpture.de
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