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   Dear visitor,

   On this website, I show my African art collection.
   I have been collecting classic ethnic art from West- and Central Africa since 1990.
   Some objects were in European collections already, but I also purchased a lot while traveling in West Africa.
   The website is written in plain HTML and is kept as simple as possible, so you will have to use the back button of your browser a lot.
   Instead of copy-pasting information from other websites, I just created links to interesting websites for more profound information on the subject.
   I hope you will enjoy.

   Johan Elsermans.


 Contact

   If you have a question, if you found a mistake or a dead link, or just want to tell me something, please mail me by clicking the button below.
   On some objects, I couldn't pin a tribe yet, please have a look under the tribe name "Undifined" and mail me your sugestions.



 Index of Ethnic Groups in the collection

A   Adan Aduma Afo Agni Akan Ambete Attie
B   Baga Bambara Bamileke Bamum Bangwa Baule Beembe Berber Bete Bidjago Boa Bobo Bwa
C   Chamba(Nigeria) Chokwe
D   Dan Dengese Diola Dogon
E   Ejagham Eket Ewe
F   Fang Fante Fon
G   Gouin Gouro Grebo Gurunsi
H   Hausa Hemba Holo
I   Ibibio Idoma Igbo Ijo
K   Kongo Koro Krahn Krobo Kuba Kusasi Kuyu
L   Lamba Lega Lobi Luba Lula Luluwa Lwalwa
M   Makonde Mama Mambila Mangbetu Manjak Mbunda Mende Moba Mongo Montol Mossi Mumuye
N   Ngbaka
O   Ogoni
P   Pende Punu
S   Senufo Solongo Songye Suku
T   Tchamba(Togo) Teke Tiefo Tikar Tiv Tutsi Tussian
U   Undifined Urhubo
Y   Yaka Yoruba
Z   Zande Zulu


 Tribes in alphabetical order



  Adan

   Ada on 101 last tribes



  Aduma

   Aduma on 101 last tribes



  Afo

   Eloyi/Afo on Wikipedia
   Afo on Researchgate



  Agni

   Agni on 101 last tribes



  Akan

   Akan on 101 last tribes
   Akan on Wikipedia



  Ambete

   Ambete on Rand
   Ambete on Wikipedia



  Attie

   Attie on 101 last tribes
   ---


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  Baga

   Baga on 101 last tribes
   Baga on Rand



  Bambara

   Bambara on 101 last tribes
   ---



  Bamileke

   Bamileke on 101 last tribes



  Bamum

   Bamum on 101 last tribes



  Bangwa

   Bangwa on 101 last tribes
   Bangwa by Robert Brain



  Baule

   Baule on 101 last tribes
   Baule on Hamill Gallery



  Berber

   Berbers on Wikipedia



  Beembe

   Beembe on 101 last tribes



  Bete

   Bete on 101 last tribes



  Bidjago

   Bidjago on 101 last tribes



  Boa

   Boa on Wikipedia



  Bobo

   Bobo 101 last tribes
   ---
   Masks of the Bobo (Christopher Roy)



  Bwa

   Bwa on 101 last tribes
   ---



  Chamba (Nigeria)

   Chamba religion on OWR
   Chamba on Wikipedia
   Chamba/Tchamba difference by Thomas Keller


  Chokwe

   Chokwe on 101 last tribes
   Chokwe on Wikipedia



  Dan

   Dan on 101 last tribes
   ---



  Dengese

   Dengese on 101 last tribes



  Diola

   Diola on 101 last tribes



  Dogon

   Dogon on 101 last tribes
   ---



  Ejagham

   Ejagham/Ekoi on 101 last tribes
   Ejagham/Egaiham on Wikipedia


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  Eket

   Eket on 101 last tribes


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  Ewe

   Ewe on 101 last tribes


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  Fante

   Fante on 101 last tribes


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  Fang

   Fang on 101 last tribes
   Perrois: Fang styles on Page 142
   On Quai Branly (with style map)


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  Fon

   Fon on 101 last tribes
   ---
   Dark Matter
   Fon Vodoun by Schoffel


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  Gouin

   Gouin on Joshua Project


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  Gouro

   Gouro on 101 last tribes


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  Grebo

   Grebo on 101 last tribes


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  Gurunsi

   Gurunsi on 101 last tribes


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  Hausa

   Hausa on Wikipedia
   ---


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  Hemba

   Hemba on 101 last tribes
   ---
   Hemba CT scans on Scantix


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  Holo

   Look for Holo



  Ibibio

   Ibibio on 101 last tribes



  Idoma

   Idoma on 101 last tribes



  Igbo

   Igbo on 101 last tribes


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  Ijo

   Ijo on 101 last tribes


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  Kongo

   Kongo on 101 last tribes
   Kongo Maternity on Rand


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  Koro

   Koro on 101 last tribes


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  Krahn

   Krahn on 101 last tribes


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  Krobo

   Krobo on 101 last tribes


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  Kuba

   Kuba on 101 last tribes
   Kuba on Wikipedia
   Kuba on Rand


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  Kusasi (Koussasse)

   Kusasi on 101 last tribes


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  Kuyu

   Kouyou on Wikipedia
   Mbochi on 101 last tribes


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  Lamba(Togo)

   Lamba on Wikipedia
   Lamba on 101 last tribes



  Lega

   Lega on 101 last tribes



  Lobi

   ---
   Lobi Bateba on Rand
   Lobi Statuary By Keller
   Lobi on PLU
   Map of the region



  Lula


  Luba

   Luba on 101 last tribes
   Luba by Alain Naoum


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  Luluwa

   Luluwa on 101 last tribes



  Lwalwa

   Lwalwa on 101 last tribes



  Makonde

   Makonde on 101 last tribes
   ---



  Mama

   Mama on Peoplegroups
   ---



  Mambila

   Mambila on 101 last tribes
   Mambila on Joshua



  Mangbetu

   Mangbetu on 101 last tribes
   Mangbetu on Wikipedia
   Mangbetu by Bruno Claessens



  Manjak

   Manjak on Wikipedia
   Manjak on 101 last tribes
   Manjak on Jushua Project



  Mbunda

   Mbunda on 101 last tribes
   ---



  Mende

   Mende on 101 last tribes
   Mende on Wikipedia



  Moba

   Moba on 101 last tribes
   ---



  Mongo

   Mongo on 101 last tribes



  Montol

   Montol location on Glottolog
   Montol art on Arkhade (search-word Montol)



  Mossi

   Mossi on 101 last tribes



  Mumuye

   Mumuye on 101 last tribes



  Ngbaka

   Ngbaka on 101 last tribes



  Ogoni

   Ogoni on 101 last tribes



  Pende

   Pende on 101 last tribes



  Punu

   Punu on 101 last tribes



  Senufo

   Senufo on 101 last tribes
   Senufo on Wikipedia



  Solongo

   ---
   Solongo on Wikipedia
   Location



  Songye

   Songye on 101 last tribes
   Songye on Wikipedia
   Zapo Zap on Wikipedia



  Suku

   Suku on 101 last tribes



  Tchamba (Togo)

   Tchamba on Wikipedia
   Tchamba on 101 last Tribes
   Chamba/Tchamba difference by Thomas Keller



  Teke

   Teke on 101 last tribes



  Tiefo

   Tiefo on Joshua project



  Tikar

   Tikar on Wikipedia



  Tiv

   Tiv on Wikipedia



  Tutsi

   Tutsi on 101 last tribes



  Tussian

   Toussian on joshuaproject



  Undifined

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  Urhubo

   Urhubo on 101 last tribas



  Yaka

   Yaka on 101 last tribes



  Yoruba

   ---
   Yoruba on 101 last tribes



  Zande

   Zande on 101 last tribes



  Zulu

   Zulu on 101 last tribes