Description: This book presents the Peabody Museum's collection from the Berber-speaking regions of North Africa. It gives an overview of Berber history and culture, focusing on the aesthetic traditions of Amazigh (Berber) craftsmen and women. The book also tells the stories of the collectors who brought these objects to Cambridge in the early 20th century.
Brief description: Lisa Bernasek is a Ph.D. candidate in Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University.
Review Quotes: The great value of this accessible and well-researched book, apart from informing us about the content of an unknown collection, is that it succeeds in providing the best introduction to Berber arts in the English language to date.--Myriem Naji "Museum Anthropology Review"