Tribal arts comprise items made by tribal peoples, usually with utilitarian or ritual purposes, with artistic qualities reflecting the cultures in which they were made. Sites included in this category have significant information about Asian tribal objects, their aesthetics, and/or their functions. Malaysia@ (113) 1. ArtAsia Gallery - Himalayan, Southeast and Central Asian art and ethnographic objects. 2. Clarke and Clarke - Asian antiques and tribal arts; images and information. 3. Himalayan Mercantile Antiques & Ethnographica - Himalayan, Nagaland and northeast Indian tribal art, ethnographica and ethnographic videos. 4. Holger Braun Fine Asian & Tribal Art - Buddhist sculpture and Oceanic tribal art, with good images and information about the significance of the objects. 5. Kanika - Classic Sand Paintings from India - Site devoted to old and modern Indian sand paintings. 6. Tribal Art from Borneo Gallery - Tribal and ritual objects. In German,Italian,French and English 7. Art-Pacific - A commercial site featuring tribal and folk art of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Has rather extensive educational text along with the many images. 8. Asiatic Fine Arts (Singapore) - Arts and craft, mainly tribal and folk, from southeast Asia. 9. Atelier Sarawak - 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. 10. Federico's Moro Swords - Collector's display of Muslim Filipino swords ("moros"). 11. Hoogenbosch Gallery - Tribal and Asian art with emphasis on Southeast Asia. 12. Indigenous and Folk Arts - Articles and information relating to indigenous and folk arts. 13. Information about Asian Bronze Drums - Information about the history, culture and motifs of Asian rain drums, also known as Dongson drums, Moko drums and frog drums. 14. Marcusleatherdale.com - Marcus Ledatherdale, Canadian photographer specializing in the tribal peoples of India. 15. Mark A. Johnson Asian and Tribal Art - Asian, tribal and primitive art including travelogues. 16. Primitive Destinations International - Indonesian ethnographic art and travel arrangements. 17. Saral's Marbled Art Works - Ahmet Saral's site about "ebru", Turkish marbled paper. 18. Sri Asian Arts - Masks, sculpture and other arts, mostly Himalayan, Indonesian and Indian. 19. Tribal Artifacts,Inc. - A potpourri of information and artifacts from the cultures of southeast Asia. 20. Tribal Textiles - Photographer/textile collector's record of her travels, mostly in southeast Asia, with a strong emphasis on tribal textiles and their use. 21. Tribal Trappings - Tribal art, antiques and ethnographica from Southeast and Central Asia, and the Middle East.

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