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Desert jewels : North African jewelry and photography from the Xavier Guerrand-Hermès collection / essays by Kristyne Loughran, Cynthia Becker.

Title
Desert jewels : North African jewelry and photography from the Xavier Guerrand-Hermès collection / essays by Kristyne Loughran, Cynthia Becker.
Publication
Long Island City, NY : Museum for African Art ; Seattle, WA : distributed by University of Washington Press, c2008.

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  • Loughran, Kristyne
  • Becker, Cynthia J., 1965-
  • Museum for African Art (New York, N.Y.)
Description
95 p. : chiefly col. ill., 1 col. map; 24 cm.
Summary
"Desert Jewels presents a superb collection of jewelry from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt, along with late nineteenth- and early twentieth century photographs of North African landscapes, urban scenes, and portraits. The book blends a careful analysis of traditional North African jewelry design and Amazigh (also known as Berber) culture with dazzling images of ornate necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings, and fibulae. Kristyne Loughran's essay, "Jewels in the Dust," shows North African jewelry - ornate, colorful, and heavy - as an expression of the cultural diversity of North Africa and the mingling of its many peoples. In "The History of Photography in North Africa," Cynthia Becker discusses how at the end of the nineteenth century, when archaeological monuments in North Africa were being explored, several prominent European photographers captured the landscapes and people of this region. Many of the images were used in postcards, while others remained hidden in little known collections." --Abebooks.com.
Subject
  • Guerrand-Hermès, Xavier > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • Guerrand-Hermès, Xavier > Photograph collections > Exhibitions
  • Jewelry > Africa, North > Exhibitions
  • Arts, Berber > Private collections > United States > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Note
  • "Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by the Museum for African Art, New York."--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Jewels in the dust / Kristyne Loughran -- Photographic encounters on the North African stage / Cynthia Becker.
ISBN
  • 9780945802525
  • 0945802528
OCLC
  • 268796911
  • SCSB-10400498
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library