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Tribal art, also known as non-Western art or ethnographic art, or, controversially, primitive art, is the visual arts and material culture of indigenous peoples. Tribal art frequently has a ceremonial or religious purpose. Tribal art is the theme and craftsmanship of items from tribal civilizations, usually with rural origins. Tribal artworks have historically been gathered by Western anthropologists, private collectors, ethnographic and natural history museums. 

Non-Western art was not considered to be art at all by prominent Western art professionals in the 19th century. These items were instead perceived as artifacts and cultural products of "exotic" or "primitive" cultures. But the way that tribal arts are viewed has changed in the second half of the 20th century. Prior to the development of postmodernism in the 1960s, art critics saw tribal arts from a strictly formalist perspective, paying little attention to the work's symbolic meaning, historical or cultural context, or artist's aim. Since then, worldwide collections, exhibitions, and the art market have all begun to place a high value on tribal art, such as African art in Western collections.

The word "tribal" could create a perception of a lower type of art that is connected to primitivism and implies a lack of sophistication in terms of ability, design, intent, or concept. However, as museums reevaluate and re-curate their collections in recognition of the fact that tribal art is far from being crude and primitive and frequently demonstrates a skill of execution that is far beyond what we expect, it is attracting an increasing amount of attention from the general public. It also has the capacity to touch our souls. Perhaps as a result of their compelling presence and emotional energy, our inner instincts are awakened, and we connect with their veracity, fueling our sense of spiritual depth.

Tribal art has three primary categories in museum collections: African art, in particular Sub-Saharan African art, Art of the Americas and Oceanic art, particularly those from Australia, Melanesia, New Zealand, and Polynesia.

African Tribal Art

African tribal art includes stone carvings, wood carvings (masks and sculptures), jewelry, basketry, fabrics, pipes, musical instruments, weapons, beadwork, and the creation of architectural elements like doors and wall ornamentation.

Not all tribes practiced these art forms; the development of these crafts was influenced by the availability of tools, resources, and know-how. The most common material was wood, which was frequently adorned with clay, paints, shells, beads, ivory, metal, feathers, animal hair, raffia, and occasionally even semi-precious jewels.

An all-encompassing religion included African art as an essential component. Individual images served as embodiments or representatives of the vital forces said to be present in all living things. These representations of the dead spoke for them frequently, preserving the essence of tribe ancestry and allowing people to identify with the ancestral spirits. Although many of the forms employed include secular elements, and some works of art are just decorative and ornamental, African tribal artefacts were generally produced as religious art - for a specific ritual or ceremonial use.

Many tribal rituals are based on initiation into age-groups, such as the young men's or old men's "societies," each of which has its own distinct emblems and cult motifs. Many carved figures and masks are associated with such "societies," and frequently symbolize patron Gods or deities like the God of Thunder or the God of Fire. Although certain cultures produced carvings nearly as a luxury item, they are as common and popular as masks and had a ritualistic connection. The Yoruba tribe in Nigeria were expert round figure carvers and frequently crowned their typically huge masks with throngs of intensely alive mannequins, giving the impression that a party was in process. The standard and reputation of African sculpture were so high among other tribes, including the Yoruba, that sculptors might attain a stature and reputation somewhat akin to that of a well-known artist in the West.

Oceanic Tribal Art

Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Australasia are the four distinct ethnogeographic regions that make up the Oceania subregion. The creative heritage and customs of the native people who are native to these four locations are referred to as Oceanian tribal art. The majority of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia were ultimately affected by this Lapita culture. Another factor was the Vietnamese Dong-Son civilisation (c. 600 on), which was a significant trader in the western Pacific region and left behind bronze artifacts that have been discovered all over Oceania.

Oceanic tribal art was bound up with pagan ceremonies involving the supernatural, spirit-worship, fertility, although each region and each island group had its own artistic traditions, which influenced its arts and crafts. The majority of the materials used by artists and craftsmen were perishable, a fairly wide spectrum of art was produced, including body painting, tattooing, painting, sculpting, wood carving, and textile art. Thus, relatively few examples, aside from stone structures and sculpture, have survived.

Famous examples of Polynesian art that have survived include the stone temples of the Society Islands, Easter Island, and the Marquesas; the monumental stone sculptures (moai) on Rapa Nui/Easter Island and the Marquesas, exemplifying the use of designs incorporating anthropomorphic figures with protruding tongues and bulging eyes, common to many eastern and remote areas of Polynesia; and highly ornamented bark cloth in western Polynesia.

Masks were a major theme in indigenous art throughout Melanesia because they were employed in intricate pagan rituals and cult practices. In addition to body painting and tattooing, Micronesian tribal artifacts include styled wooden masks, painted canoes, and carved wooden bowls. The diverse forms and media of Australian Aboriginal art include body painting, rock painting, bark painting, rock engravings, standing stones, carving, sculpture, and ornamental adornments on implements and weapons.

Native American Tribal Art

The nomadic, hunter lifestyle of the former and the slightly more static but nonetheless destitute environment of the latter have greatly influenced American Indian art. Resources availability, including wood, wicker, metal, animal bone, clay, and cotton were another important factor in how locally specific creative traditions emerged.

Tribes in the southwest were masters of weaving, pottery production, and fresco painting. These tribes included the Hohokam of southern Arizona, the Ansazi of northern Arizona and New Mexico, the Mimbres of south-west New Mexico, as well as the Zuni, Navaho, and Hopi peoples. Southwest Native Americans developed sandpainting, commonly referred to as dry painting (notably the Navajo).

In the Midwest, culture was created completely by tribe, and it was renowned for both its elaborate textile art and its well-known earthworks, known as "effigy mounds," that were shaped like various animals. In addition to carved wood bowls and polished stone and copper ornaments, tribal art also included sculptured stone pipes with motifs ranging from the ultra-realistic to the abstract.

Finely carved shells, ornately painted clothing accessories, and pipes shaped like birds and animals were also created in the South-East region. However, despite using poor-quality clay, it was best known for its beautiful pottery. For ceremonial, religious, and personal usage, pottery works were made and decorated in a variety of floral and geometric patterns.

Basketry was a prime example of Native American art on the West Coast, specifically in California. The Northeastern Indians, especially the Iroquois, were renowned for their hardwood bowls, woven wampum belts, porcupine quillwork, and False Face Society masks. The Northwest's greatest tribal art was sculpture, especially wood carving. One of the most prevalent types of hand-carved sculptures were totems, little wooden figures, and masks that were meticulously painted and frequently inlaid with stones and abalone shells.

Influence on Modern Art

From the middle of the 19th century onward, as more and more expeditions brought back tribal artifacts, European collectors and artists began to show an interest in what was then known as primitivism/primitive art, which was typically the art of black Africa. The late 19th and early 20th centuries witnessed significant tribal art exhibitions that introduced non-Western art to the Western art world. The Museum of Modern Art featured important exhibitions such the 1941 Indian Art of the United States and the 1935 Africa Negro Art. Many contemporary artists, including Expressionists, Cubists, and Surrealists, have found inspiration from exposure to tribal arts.

Major artists like Vincent Van Gogh and Henri Matisse had been profoundly impacted by tribal art, while Paul Gauguin had firsthand contact with it in French Polynesia. They were followed by Pablo Picasso in the middle of the 20th century, whose famous early Cubist masterpiece Les Demoiselles d'Avignon prominently featured African masks. Cubism was greatly influenced by tribal art. Drawing primarily on the formal implications of tribal art, the artist quickly damaged the Western paradigm by fracturing the image and sacrificing perspective. One of the main outcomes of this was abstract painting. 

Around this time, the German collective Die Brücke started concentrating more on the intuitive, primitive, and ritualistic aspects of non-Western art, launching the important modern art style known as Expressionism. By drawing influence from tribal art, Cubism, and Expressionism in Zürich, New York, and finally Paris, the Dadaists contributed to the dismantling of the Western paradigm. The three-dimensional counterpart of collage and assemblage was largely used in Dada's pictorial or sculptural work. This piece made from recycled materials proves that art can be made out of anything and isn't limited to being painted, carved, or modeled. Its imagery was provocative on a political, social, or aesthetic level and frequently combined elements of tribal art. Dada introduced the ideas that eventually gave rise to conceptual art. Conceptual art's influence merged with those of the other streams of modern art to form the large, broad, extraordinarily rich, varied, and internationally diversified river of contemporary art that the world presently enjoys.

Browse an exclusive selection of original artworks about Totem

Our online art gallery features the largest collection of original artworks online, including an exclusive selection of Totem artwork by emerging and famous artists from around the world. Artmajeur indeed offers millions of artworks like paintings, sculptures and photos by today's greatest contemporary artists!

Safely purchase all the art you love on Artmajeur
Are you looking for Totem artworks for sale ? You can safely buy paintings about Totem, and also sculptures, photographs or drawings: all your purchases are covered by our 14 days return policy, no questions asked! Artworks presented on on gallery are sold at a guaranteed price, with free shipping.

Find "Totem" paintings and artwork near you
The geographic search engine on Artmajeur also allows you to find artworks near you, this way you can conveniently find original art in your city, region or any location you choose. Some sellers can also deliver parcels themselves if their studio is located close to your location.

Get a custom Selection of Paintings and Artworks
A perfect way to make your home as individualized as possible is with a custom selection of artworks. The artworks are made available in your choice of subjects, sizes, genres, shapes, styles, themes, colors and subject matter. If you have an art collection consisting of hundreds of paintings, hand-painted or otherwise, you can choose the ones that best express your interests.

To select paintings for your collection that go with your tastes and style, you can use the side menu options. By simply selecting options like color, theme, price, subject, your selection will updated automatically. You can also save any artworks you like as favorite: this will allow you to preserve your personal favorites for future use. If you need to share your artworks with others, you can also make your collections public, it is a creative way to share your preferred art with others art lovers, friends or even customers.

Get an art advisor to help you locate and buy art to build your collection

There may be a great number of artworks related to Totem: Wether you are buying online for the first time, or already a frequent buyer, it can be  both intimidating and time consuming to find the right artwork online: 

• How to make the right choice and buy the right artwork? 
• How to pay the best price for an original artwork?
• How to navigate through the large number of collections available?

Our team of art advisors is here to help you: Artmajeur wants to make buying art online easy and secure. All of our artworks come with a 100 percent money-back guarantee so you feel completely safe about your online acquisition with us.

We have created a platform for artists to upload their artwork directly onto our website in order to help you find the perfect piece. Browse through thousands of prints, sculptures, and paintings by today's top artists. Prices range from very affordable artworks, to very valuable pieces to invest in, depending on the type and size of artwork you are looking for and your space requirements. It is amazing to see the variety of original artwork available online. Artmajeur has it all, whether you are looking for a beautiful and expensive oil painting or a piece of furniture for your home.

Tribal art, also known as non-Western art or ethnographic art, or, controversially, primitive art, is the visual arts and material culture of indigenous peoples. Tribal art frequently has a ceremonial or religious purpose. Tribal art is the theme and craftsmanship of items from tribal civilizations, usually with rural origins. Tribal artworks have historically been gathered by Western anthropologists, private collectors, ethnographic and natural history museums. 

Non-Western art was not considered to be art at all by prominent Western art professionals in the 19th century. These items were instead perceived as artifacts and cultural products of "exotic" or "primitive" cultures. But the way that tribal arts are viewed has changed in the second half of the 20th century. Prior to the development of postmodernism in the 1960s, art critics saw tribal arts from a strictly formalist perspective, paying little attention to the work's symbolic meaning, historical or cultural context, or artist's aim. Since then, worldwide collections, exhibitions, and the art market have all begun to place a high value on tribal art, such as African art in Western collections.

The word "tribal" could create a perception of a lower type of art that is connected to primitivism and implies a lack of sophistication in terms of ability, design, intent, or concept. However, as museums reevaluate and re-curate their collections in recognition of the fact that tribal art is far from being crude and primitive and frequently demonstrates a skill of execution that is far beyond what we expect, it is attracting an increasing amount of attention from the general public. It also has the capacity to touch our souls. Perhaps as a result of their compelling presence and emotional energy, our inner instincts are awakened, and we connect with their veracity, fueling our sense of spiritual depth.

Tribal art has three primary categories in museum collections: African art, in particular Sub-Saharan African art, Art of the Americas and Oceanic art, particularly those from Australia, Melanesia, New Zealand, and Polynesia.

African Tribal Art

African tribal art includes stone carvings, wood carvings (masks and sculptures), jewelry, basketry, fabrics, pipes, musical instruments, weapons, beadwork, and the creation of architectural elements like doors and wall ornamentation.

Not all tribes practiced these art forms; the development of these crafts was influenced by the availability of tools, resources, and know-how. The most common material was wood, which was frequently adorned with clay, paints, shells, beads, ivory, metal, feathers, animal hair, raffia, and occasionally even semi-precious jewels.

An all-encompassing religion included African art as an essential component. Individual images served as embodiments or representatives of the vital forces said to be present in all living things. These representations of the dead spoke for them frequently, preserving the essence of tribe ancestry and allowing people to identify with the ancestral spirits. Although many of the forms employed include secular elements, and some works of art are just decorative and ornamental, African tribal artefacts were generally produced as religious art - for a specific ritual or ceremonial use.

Many tribal rituals are based on initiation into age-groups, such as the young men's or old men's "societies," each of which has its own distinct emblems and cult motifs. Many carved figures and masks are associated with such "societies," and frequently symbolize patron Gods or deities like the God of Thunder or the God of Fire. Although certain cultures produced carvings nearly as a luxury item, they are as common and popular as masks and had a ritualistic connection. The Yoruba tribe in Nigeria were expert round figure carvers and frequently crowned their typically huge masks with throngs of intensely alive mannequins, giving the impression that a party was in process. The standard and reputation of African sculpture were so high among other tribes, including the Yoruba, that sculptors might attain a stature and reputation somewhat akin to that of a well-known artist in the West.

Oceanic Tribal Art

Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Australasia are the four distinct ethnogeographic regions that make up the Oceania subregion. The creative heritage and customs of the native people who are native to these four locations are referred to as Oceanian tribal art. The majority of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia were ultimately affected by this Lapita culture. Another factor was the Vietnamese Dong-Son civilisation (c. 600 on), which was a significant trader in the western Pacific region and left behind bronze artifacts that have been discovered all over Oceania.

Oceanic tribal art was bound up with pagan ceremonies involving the supernatural, spirit-worship, fertility, although each region and each island group had its own artistic traditions, which influenced its arts and crafts. The majority of the materials used by artists and craftsmen were perishable, a fairly wide spectrum of art was produced, including body painting, tattooing, painting, sculpting, wood carving, and textile art. Thus, relatively few examples, aside from stone structures and sculpture, have survived.

Famous examples of Polynesian art that have survived include the stone temples of the Society Islands, Easter Island, and the Marquesas; the monumental stone sculptures (moai) on Rapa Nui/Easter Island and the Marquesas, exemplifying the use of designs incorporating anthropomorphic figures with protruding tongues and bulging eyes, common to many eastern and remote areas of Polynesia; and highly ornamented bark cloth in western Polynesia.

Masks were a major theme in indigenous art throughout Melanesia because they were employed in intricate pagan rituals and cult practices. In addition to body painting and tattooing, Micronesian tribal artifacts include styled wooden masks, painted canoes, and carved wooden bowls. The diverse forms and media of Australian Aboriginal art include body painting, rock painting, bark painting, rock engravings, standing stones, carving, sculpture, and ornamental adornments on implements and weapons.

Native American Tribal Art

The nomadic, hunter lifestyle of the former and the slightly more static but nonetheless destitute environment of the latter have greatly influenced American Indian art. Resources availability, including wood, wicker, metal, animal bone, clay, and cotton were another important factor in how locally specific creative traditions emerged.

Tribes in the southwest were masters of weaving, pottery production, and fresco painting. These tribes included the Hohokam of southern Arizona, the Ansazi of northern Arizona and New Mexico, the Mimbres of south-west New Mexico, as well as the Zuni, Navaho, and Hopi peoples. Southwest Native Americans developed sandpainting, commonly referred to as dry painting (notably the Navajo).

In the Midwest, culture was created completely by tribe, and it was renowned for both its elaborate textile art and its well-known earthworks, known as "effigy mounds," that were shaped like various animals. In addition to carved wood bowls and polished stone and copper ornaments, tribal art also included sculptured stone pipes with motifs ranging from the ultra-realistic to the abstract.

Finely carved shells, ornately painted clothing accessories, and pipes shaped like birds and animals were also created in the South-East region. However, despite using poor-quality clay, it was best known for its beautiful pottery. For ceremonial, religious, and personal usage, pottery works were made and decorated in a variety of floral and geometric patterns.

Basketry was a prime example of Native American art on the West Coast, specifically in California. The Northeastern Indians, especially the Iroquois, were renowned for their hardwood bowls, woven wampum belts, porcupine quillwork, and False Face Society masks. The Northwest's greatest tribal art was sculpture, especially wood carving. One of the most prevalent types of hand-carved sculptures were totems, little wooden figures, and masks that were meticulously painted and frequently inlaid with stones and abalone shells.

Influence on Modern Art

From the middle of the 19th century onward, as more and more expeditions brought back tribal artifacts, European collectors and artists began to show an interest in what was then known as primitivism/primitive art, which was typically the art of black Africa. The late 19th and early 20th centuries witnessed significant tribal art exhibitions that introduced non-Western art to the Western art world. The Museum of Modern Art featured important exhibitions such the 1941 Indian Art of the United States and the 1935 Africa Negro Art. Many contemporary artists, including Expressionists, Cubists, and Surrealists, have found inspiration from exposure to tribal arts.

Major artists like Vincent Van Gogh and Henri Matisse had been profoundly impacted by tribal art, while Paul Gauguin had firsthand contact with it in French Polynesia. They were followed by Pablo Picasso in the middle of the 20th century, whose famous early Cubist masterpiece Les Demoiselles d'Avignon prominently featured African masks. Cubism was greatly influenced by tribal art. Drawing primarily on the formal implications of tribal art, the artist quickly damaged the Western paradigm by fracturing the image and sacrificing perspective. One of the main outcomes of this was abstract painting. 

Around this time, the German collective Die Brücke started concentrating more on the intuitive, primitive, and ritualistic aspects of non-Western art, launching the important modern art style known as Expressionism. By drawing influence from tribal art, Cubism, and Expressionism in Zürich, New York, and finally Paris, the Dadaists contributed to the dismantling of the Western paradigm. The three-dimensional counterpart of collage and assemblage was largely used in Dada's pictorial or sculptural work. This piece made from recycled materials proves that art can be made out of anything and isn't limited to being painted, carved, or modeled. Its imagery was provocative on a political, social, or aesthetic level and frequently combined elements of tribal art. Dada introduced the ideas that eventually gave rise to conceptual art. Conceptual art's influence merged with those of the other streams of modern art to form the large, broad, extraordinarily rich, varied, and internationally diversified river of contemporary art that the world presently enjoys.

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