Art Services & Resources
The links in this section are primarily non-profit organizations that have websites that I think would be of interest to you. I have occasionally included a dealer that is doing something special as well.
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RARE COLLECTIONS
Authentication testing, CT scanning, research
Mark Rasmussen
5865 Neal Avenue North, Suite 345
Stillwater, MN 55082
(612) 961-4747
mark@rare-collections.comRICHARD MANIFOR
American Indian, Plains, baskets, restorer
105 Great Oak Court
Nevada City, CA 95959
(530) 265-0361DACE HYATT RESTORATIONS
Restorer
868 Aladdin Road, Colville, WA 99114
(928) 242-5222
hyattrestorations@gmail.comDAVID WENGER
Dye analysis
2527 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
(215) 531-4511
(610) 986-8097 (Joan Wenger)
david.wenger@jefferson.eduOXFORD AUTHENTICATION
TL Testing
Boston House
Grove Business Park
Wantage
Oxon, OX12 9FF
01235 770998
oxfordauthentication.comBEN LEROUX
Restorer, Navajo weaving
2505 Ingalls St.
Edge Water, CO 80214
(303) 232-7504
navajoindianrug.comBROWN MOUNTAIN RESTORATION
Restorer
Laura Pate
2809 N. Henderson
Dallas, TX 75206
brownmountainrestoration.comMICROTRACE
Metal testing, pigment identification, dye testing
Kelly Beckert
790 Fletcher Drive, Suite 106
Elgin, IL 60123-4755
(847) 742-9909
microtrace.comART RESTORATION
Cher Goodson
7803 Inwood Road
Dallas, TX 75209
(214) 350-0811
artrestinc.comPERSIAN RUG CLEANING CO.
American Indian, Navajo, weaving, cleaning
Robert Ouzounian
2118 Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213) 413-6373KCI CONSERVATION
Object, sculpture, art conservation
Kristin Cheronis
(612) 564-3176
kciconservation.comUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GEOSCIENCES LAB
Carbon 14, testing
Timothy Jull
1040 East Fourth Street
Tucson, AZ 85721-0077
(520) 621-6816
ams.arizona.eduAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION
Research, analysis, expert witness, court
727 15th Street NW Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
culturalheritage.orgTEXTIVAL RUG AND TEXTILE WORKSHOP
Rug and blanket cleaning & restoration specializing in antique Navajo textiles
Rufus Cohen
1423 1st Street NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
(505) 242-9889
info@textival.net
textival.comTEXAS SPECIALTIES INC.
Textiles
Stewart Martin
11118 Grader Street
Dallas, TX 75238
(214) 741-3967
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FRALIN MUSEUM OF ART, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
African art collectionPEABODY MUSEUM, Harvard University
Tribal art collection with some online exhibitions and imagesWORCESTER ART MUSEUM
Pre-Columbian art collectionNATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIAN
The Smithsonian's dedication to Native American artFINE ARTS MUSEUMS SAN FRANCISCO / DE YOUNG
Searchable databaseSTANLEY MUSEUM OF ART, University of Iowa
African, Oceanic, Indigenous art collectionsNELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART
Search collections of native Indian, Oceanic, African artST. LOUIS ART MUSEUM
Featuring African artPEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM
Comprehensive Oceanic art collectionFOWLER MUSEUM, UCLA
Digital collection searchMUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, University of Michigan
Archaeological collections from around the worldBRUNO CLAESSENS
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HISTORIC PUEBLO POTTERY PROJECT
RARE COLLECTIONS
The most important site on the internet for the scientific testing of objectsARCHIVING ART & LIFE IN AFRICA PROJECT, Stanley Museum
A must see for any African collector, student or scholarMAURER'S DIVINATION COLLECTION
An array of African art ritual objects gifted by the Maurer brothers to Amherst CollegeMAPS OF AFRICA: AN ONLINE EXHIBIT
A digital collection of African maps at the Stanford University LibrariesCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
African studies resourcesBUY AFRICAN ART ANTIQUES
David Norden's website of traditional African artGALERIE WOLFGANG JAENICKE
Tribal art gallery in BerlinAMERICAN INDIAN VIRTUAL LIBRARY
Index of Native American resources on the internetINUIT ART OF CANADA
A distributor of the finest Inuit artTIMEMAPS
Research world history through searchable mapsATADA THEFT ALERT
A posting service for stolen Native American Indian art published by the Antique Tribal Art Dealers AssociationTHOUGHTCO
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MESOWEB
Latest information and images on Pre-columbian finds and research in MesoamericaPRE-COLUMBIAN ART OF MESOAMERICA RESOURCES
Resources on Mesoamerican art periodsYALE LIBRARY ANTHROPOLOGY RESOURCES
Resource guide to pre-Columbian art from Yale University -
OCEANIC ARTS AUSTRALIA
Catalog of Oceanic tribal art by regionsMINISTÉRE DE LA CULTURE
Directory of French public collections of Oceanian objects -
WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL COLLECTOR'S ITEM
An article about John BuxtonPBS WEBSITE: ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
An article written by John Buxton -