Tribal art is the visual arts and material culture of indigenous people. Also known as non-Western art or ethnographic art, or, controversially, primitive art, tribal arts have historically been collected by Western anthropologists, private collectors, and museums, particularly ethnographic and natural history museums.
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👉 Ethnographic art in the context of Folk art
Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture. Definitions vary, but generally the objects have practical utility of some kind, rather than being exclusively decorative. The makers of folk art are typically trained within a popular tradition, rather than in the fine art tradition of the culture. There is often overlap, or contested ground with 'naive art'. "Folk art" is not used in regard to traditional societies where ethnographic art continue to be made.
The types of objects covered by the term "folk art" vary. The art form is categorised as "divergent... of cultural production ... comprehended by its usage in Europe, where the term originated, and in the United States, where it developed for the most part along very different lines."
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Ethnographic art in the context of Cinquantenaire Museum
The Art & History Museum (French: Musée Art & Histoire; Dutch: Museum Kunst & Geschiedenis) is a public museum of antiquities and ethnographic and decorative arts located at the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark in Brussels, Belgium. The museum is one of the constituent parts of the Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH) and is one of the largest art museums in Europe. It was formerly called the Cinquantenaire Museum (French: Musée du Cinquantenaire; Dutch: Jubelpark Museum) until 2018. It is served by Brussels-Schuman railway station, as well as by the metro stations Schuman and Merode on lines 1 and 5.