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Below is a selective listing of books that may interest collectors of traditional southern African art.Unfortunately many of the titles are out of print and hard to find. Major museum research departments may have these titles or you could try your local university or public libary . Alternatively, contact the tribal art book dealers we have listed.

A Decade of Collecting, The Anglo American Johannesburg Centenary Trust Carman, J et. al.
Africa The Art of a Continent, exhibition at the Royal Academy, London, 1995, p.143. Phillips, T (ed)
Africa: The Art of a Continent Guggenheim Museum
Africa Adorned Fisher, A
African Art in American Collections Robbins and Nooter
African Basketry, grassroots art from Southern Africa Cunningham, A & Terry, M
African dolls for play and magic / Poupees Africaines pour jeux at magie Dagan, E
African Elegance Broster, J and Mertens, A
African Forms Ginzberg, M
African furniture and household objects Sieber, R
African Painted Houses: Basotho Dwellings of Southern Africa Van Wyk, G
African textiles and decorative arts, New York, 1974 Sieber, R
Amagqirha: Religion, Magic and Medicine in the Transkei Broster, J and Bourn, H
Ambomaan Kokoelma National Museum of Finland
Art and Ambiguity: Perspectives on the Brenthurst Collection of Southern African Art Nettleton, A et. al. eds.
Art and Craft of Southern Africa Levinsohn, R
Art of the Ndebele The Evolution of a Cultural Identity Knight, N and Priebatsch, S
Art of the South African Township Young, G
Art Routes, a guide to South African art collections Becker, R & Keene, R eds.
Arts and Crafts, African Heritage Series Magubane, P photo. & Klopper, S text
Asking for Eyes - The Visual Voice of Southeast Africa University Art Gallery, San Diego State Univ.
Austauch, On Exchange and Art in Southern Africa around 1900 Plankensteiner, B
Basketry: A Renaissance in Southern Africa Levinsohn, R
Beads and Bead Makers Sciama, L and Eicher, H
Beads and Beadwork of East and South Africa Carey, M
Beauty by Design The Aesthetics of African Adornment Brincard, MT (ed)
Boipelo ka Setso Gwintsa, V curator & Maart, B ed.
Ceremonies, African Heritage Series Magubane, P photo. & Klopper, S text
Craft South Africa Sellschop, S, Goldblatt, W and Hemp, D
Dolls for play and ritual / Poppen spel en ritueel Afrika Museum
Dress and Adornment "African Heritage" series Magubane, P photo. & Klopper, S text
Dungamanzi: Stirring waters Tsonga and Shangaan Art from Southern Africa Leibhammer, N (ed)
Engaging Modernities - Transformations of the Commonplace Nettleton, A & Charlton, J & Rankin-Smith, F
Evocations of the Child Nel, K and Leibhammer, N and Dell, E
Exhibition Catalogue - Gertrude Posel Gallery - Standard Bank and Wits Univ. Collections Nettleton, Friedman, Klopper, Schneider
Ezakwantu, beadwork from the Eastern Cape Bedford, E curator & ed
Farmers, Kings, and Traders: The People of Southern Africa 200-1860 Hall, M

Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art

Hair in African art and culture

Rosengarten, D, Rosengarten, T and Schildkrout , E

Herreman, F and Sieber, R

Hair-styles, head-dresses & ornaments in Namibia & Southern Angola Scherz, A et. Al
Handbook to the Ethnographical Collections British Museums 1925 British Museum
Himba, nomads of Namibia Pickford, P&B photo. & Jacobsohn, M text
Homesteads, "African Heritage" Series Magubane, P photo. & Klopper, S text
Industrie Des Cafres du Sud-East De L'Afrique Muller, H and Snelleman, J
Isn't he/she a doll?, play and ritual in African sculpture Cameron, E
Lawo Magugu, material culture of the Amandebele of Zimbabwe Nyathi, P
Legacies of Stone: Zimbabwe past and present Bourgois, G and De Palmenaer, E
Lobedu material culture Volume 94 July 1984 Annals of the South African Museum
Loffel in der Kunst Afrikas Museum Rietberg
Making Links Leibhammer, N
Masks and Figures from Eastern and Southern Africa Holy, L
Messages and Meaning, the MTN Art Collection Hobbs, P (ed)
Native life in South Africa Tyrrell, B and Birkby, C
Nigerian Art - The Meneghelli Collection Nettleton, A (ed)
Not Only For Its Beauty, beadwork and its cultural significance among the Xhosa Costello, D
Ostafrikanische Plastik Krieger, K
Red Blanket Valley Broster, J
Rural Art in Namibia le Roux, K
South African native Snuff Boxes, Ovambo Knives, Native Pipes - Vol XXIV August 1938 Annals of the South African Museum
Sanamu, Adventures in search of African art, London, 1961, pp.60-1. Dick-Read, R
Sieben Jahre in Süd-Afrika, Wien, 1881, p326. Holub, E
Sleeping Beauties: The Jerome L. Joss Collection of African Headrests at UCLA Dewey, W
Smashing pots: feats of clay from Africa, London 1994, p.144. Barley, N
Some native snuff boxes in the South African Museum Vol XXIV August 1935 Annals of the South African Museum
Some Nguni crafts – part 2: the uses of horn, bone and ivory’, Annals of the South African Museum
Some Nguni crafts Part 4 - skin-working technology Annals of the South African Museum
Some Nguni Crafts: Part 1 Calabashes Annals of the South African Museum
Some Nguni Crafts: Part 3 Wood-carving Annals of the South African Museum
South East African Beadwork, 1850 - 1910 Stevenson, M and Graham-Stewart, M
South West Africa, and its indigenous peoples Mertens, A
Speaking with beads, Zulu arts from Southern Africa Morris, J photo. & Preston-Whyte, E text
Suspicion Is My Name Tyrrell, B
Ten Years of Collecting (1979-1989) Standard Bank Foundation Collection
The art and material culture of the Zulu-speaking peoples Kennedy, C
The Art of Southeast Africa, from the Conru Collection Klopper, S et. Al
The Art of the Jere and Maseko Ngoni of Malawi, 1818-1964 Conner, M
The Art of the Personal Object Ravenhill, P
The BaNtwane, Africa's undiscovered people Magubane, P photo. & Klopper, S text
The Geometric Vision: Arts of the Zulu Conner, M.W. and Pelrine, D
The Horstmann Collection of Southern African Art The Johannesburg Art Gallery
The Life of a South African tribe Junod, HA
The Magic World of the Xhosa Elliott, A
The material culture of the Cape Nguni - part 3 subsistence Vol 58 August 1981 Annals of the South African Museum
The material culture of the Cape Nguni Part 1 Settlement Vol 58 May 1972 Annals of the South African Museum
The material culture of the Cape Nguni Part 2 Technology Vol 58 August 1974 Annals of the South African Museum
The Material Culture of the Cape Nguni: Part 4 Personal and general Annals of the South African Museum
The Mlungu in Africa: Art from the colonial period, 1840 - 1940 Stevenson, M and Graham-Stewart, M
The Power of Form: African Art from the Horstmann Collection Bassani, E
The Tembu: Their Beadwork, Songs, and Dances Broster, J
The Tribal Arts of Africa Bacquart, JB
The Zulu Mertens, A
The Zulu Kingdom Klopper, S
Tracing the Rainbow: Art and Life in Southern Africa Eisenhofer, S
Traditional Zulu Beadwork of the Msinga Area, African Arts 26.1 pp.42-53. Jolles, F
Tribal Peoples of Southern Africa Tyrrell, B
Tsonga Headrests: The making of an history category phd diss Becker, R
Ubumba, aspects of indigenous ceramics in KwaZulu-Natal Bell, B & Calder, I
Ubuntu, arts et cultures d'Afrique du Sud Joubert, H & Valentin, M curators
Voice-overs, Wits writings exploring African artworks Nettleton, A et. al. eds.
Zulu Headrests of the Msinga district in Kwazulu-Natal, Hillebrand, M & Gers, W eds.
Zulu Thought-Patterns and Symbolism Berglund, A
Zulu treasures: of kings and commoners/Amagugu kaZulu Wood, M and Doherty, E
Zulu Tribal Art Zaloumis, A and Difford, I

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