Open Directory - Arts: Visual Arts: Native and Tribal: Asia
See also: - Traditional hand-woven, naturally-dyed silk textiles from the hilltribe artists of Laos and Vietnam. - Lots of background information on Tibetan artifacts. - A commercial site featuring tribal and folk art of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Has rather educational text along with the many images. - Paintings from tribal peoples of India. - Society of Sarawak residents dedicated to promotion and preservation of local culture and crafts. Includes exhibitions, publications, lists of courses, and some information on crafts. - Asian antiques and tribal arts; images and information. - Collector's display of Muslim Filipino swords ("moros"). - Himalayan, Nagaland and northeast Indian tribal art, ethnographica and ethnographic videos. - Buddhist sculpture and Oceanic tribal art, with good images and information about the significance of the objects. - Tribal and Asian art with emphasis on Southeast Asia. - Articles and information relating to indigenous and folk arts. - Information about the history, culture and motifs of Asian rain drums, also known as Dongson drums, Moko drums and frog drums. - Marcus Ledatherdale, Canadian photographer specializing in the tribal peoples of India. - Asian, tribal and primitive art including travelogues. - Indonesian ethnographic art and travel arrangements. - Masks, sculpture and other arts, mostly Himalayan, Indonesian and Indian. - Tribal Art Asia Author David Howard's site, with tribal artifacts for sale and for rent, and an excellent directory of information sources. - Tribal and ritual objects. In German,Italian,French and English - A potpourri of information and artifacts from the cultures of southeast Asia. - Photographer/textile collector's record of her travels, mostly in southeast Asia, with a strong emphasis on tribal textiles and their use. - Tribal art, antiques and ethnographica from Southeast and Central Asia, and the Middle East.
