Recommended Websites

We appreciate the opportunity to promote other websites devoted to ethnographic art from around the world. Though this list may seem rather diverse, each of the sites has worthwhile content. We encourage you to visit any of them.

Africa Direct  This dealer offers a large selection of masks, as well as many other categories of African folk art. 

Africa Antiques  An important source for serious collectors of African art, run by David Norden.

African Weapons  The most handsome and professionally designed website in the field of tribal art. 

Tribal Melbourne  Crispin Howarth's pages contain museum-quality  material from Oceania.

Tribal Dreams  The African and Oceanic material at this site is of high quality.

Mask Mongers  Good photos and descriptions of Mexican masks and some excellent short essays.

Tribal Arts Directory  Contains large lists of commercial sites offering all kinds of tribal art.

Craft Revival Trust  Includes list of artisans, NGO's and museums of folk arts and crafts. They are especially strong in India.

Luna Maskmaker  Masquerade is alive and well in modern America and this site offers pretty masks with and without feathers.

Theater Masks  Here you find the kind of masks used in drama class and in some productions.

Aboriginals  Art of the First Person offers a wide selection of authentic tribal art from Africa, Australia and Native America.

Mask Makers Web  A lot of interesting material on contemporary mask makers and their craft.

Beyond the Mask  Colorful decorative masks from Africa, Asia and Oceania.

Indigo Arts  A must for collectors of almost any kind of tribal art or folk art. Indigo offers a wide range of prices, but quality is always high.

Mondozena  Plenty of beautiful photos, plus quality arts and crafts from several exotic places.

Douglas Yaney Gallery  This is a nice collection of African masks and figures for several levels of collecting.

Latin American Folk Art  Quite a few good Mexican masks, as well as what the name implies.

Bali Kingdom  Offers arts and crafts items from Indonesia including reasonably priced masks.

Treasure NC  An excellent and very personal site with lots of beautiful tribal art, plus some historical and political commentary.  

Adire African Textiles  Africa offer many other art forms, one of which is textiles. This is an excellent website for that.

Halloween it  Scary masks and all the other good stuff that goes along with Halloween.

Puerto Rican Masks  This mask maker sells a variety of vejigantes from her small site.

Timor Treasures  Julie Emory's excellent site is all about the many arts and crafts of East and West Timor.

Halloween Hq  Find a huge number of links related to Halloween, masks, and costumes.

Zena Kruzicks Tribal Art  An unusually wide variety of items, but with consistent high quality.

Any Mask  One of the largest and best known websites selling all categories of masks. 

Chinese Ethnic Handicrafts  This new website, in addition to much else, offers the largest selection of new Chinese masks I have seen.

Marc Pinto Gallery  Dealing in Oceanic and SE Asian traditional art, Marc is especially passionate about the art of Borneo.

Colonial Arts  Mexican Antiques, Santos, Retablos, Mexican Folk Art, Talavera Pottery, Ex-votos, Guatemalan Masks and more.

Indian Artifact Grading  Joseph Mattingly, for a small fee, will consult with you on Native American masks.

Paleobree  Offers collectors second opinions and can assist with redress. Also helps identify mystery items.

El Curandero   Specializes in Guatemalan folk art, including masks, slingshots, textiles, ceramics, and wooden figures.

Costume Hub  Large selection of masks and everything else you need for a masquerade party.

Gallery Ezakwantu  An authentic, all-encompassing collection of Central and Southern African tribal art you must not miss.

Joseph G. Genera Fine Art  His mask collection is a knock out-- smaller but much cooler than mine!

Alain Brianchon  Not about masks, but a wonderful site for authentic tapa cloth from Oceania.