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This is fabulous if you are looking for explanations about a specific type of object or want to learn ! and it's free ... Open up the Remote Desktop Connection Client (in Windows, this is under Start->All Programs->Accessories->Communications)
>>>remote desktop connection (RDC)
connect to: alaserver.art.uiowa.edu
Many of the descriptions of the items on this site are taken from the following websites:
Civilisations for Congo items
about African tribes: http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/index.html or http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people.html , the site I use for the tribe explanations.
Also some descriptions are inspired by Sotheby's African and Oceanic art catalogues. and Christies and the Metropolitan timeline
http://www.umfa.utah.edu/index.php?id=MjA=®ion_id=2
African Ethnographic Collection database at the Harvard University Library. Good resource with many images.
museum Tervuren: http://www.africamuseum.be/ The best museum of African art according to the members of my discussion group
museum Antwerp: http://www.dma.be/cultuur/etnografisch_museum/index.html . Small museum but with some very fine pieces, like the Hemba from the Malraux "Musée imaginaire" .
European museums list : http://www.unil.ch/gybn/Arts_Peuples/Ex_Africa/ex_Af_museu.htm
More links: http://www.unil.ch/gybn/arts_peuples.htm
useful tools:
www.hot-business.com if you need some fun after african art
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