African Art & Culture: Finding Books
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Reading Lists
- Monographs on African Artists: An Annotated Bibliography (Smithsonian Institution Libraries)Covers 20th and 21st century African artists.
Reference Books: Biographical & Tribal Information
- St. James Guide to Black ArtistsIncludes biographical information on nearly 400 black artists worldwide, but mostly American, including some from the 19th century.
- African Ethnonyms: Index to Art Producing Peoples of AfricaAn aid to navigating the numerous variants in tribal names and places. Includes country index.
Reference Books: Iconography, Mythology, Symbolism
- Arts Africains: Signes et SymbolsA theoretical work rather than a dictionary but good bibliography and some illustrations.
Royal Belt (yet)
Royal Belt (yet), possibly early 1900s, Kuba peoples, Democratic Republic of Congo, plant fiber, rawhide or leather, glass beads, seashells, cowrie shells, cloth, and colorant, Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
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