Berber Collection

Fantastic Wooden Screw Olive Press - Kabyle People, Algeria
Absolutely Fantastic Wooden Olive Screw Press - Kabyle People, Algeria. The traditional Kabylian economy of the area is based on arboriculture (orchards and olive trees)

Kabyle Village of Taourirt - Northern Algeria in the Bouira Province - The Kabyle people are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated population today of 5 million individuals. Date: circa 1910s

West Africa - Nigeria - Kano - Sanusi People. Date: circa late 1950s

Tlemcen - Tomb of the Princess - Algeria
Tomb of the Princess at Tlemcen ( The Pearl of the Maghreb ) in northwestern Algeria - capital of Tlemcen Province. The name Tlemcen comes from the Berber for Dry Spring

Young women of the Kabyle Tribe, Algeria
Young Kabyle Women from Taourirt Des Beni Menguellet in the Djurdjura or Jurjura Range, a mountain range of the Tell Atlas, part of the Atlas Mountain System, located in Kabylie, Algeria

A Tuareg with his camel - French Colonial Exhibition
A Tuareg with his camel at The Colonial Exhibition at the Garden of Tropical Agriculture at Nogent-sur-Marne, just outside Paris, France. The Tuareg people are a large Berber ethnic confederation

West Africa - Nigeria - Kano Woman - Sanusi People
West Africa - Nigeria - Kano Woman with a wicker mat rolled-up under her arm - Sanusi People. Date: circa late 1950s

Tuareg Tribesmen - Sahara - West Africa - with spears
Tuareg Tribesmen - Sahara - West Africa - posing for this photograph with their spears. Two other Tuareg self-designations are Kel Tamasheq meaning " speakers of Tamasheq"

Young Berber from Egypt
A Young Berber boy from Egypt, North Africa

The dancer Anita Berber, Berlin, 1920s Date: 1920s

Poster, Morocco, Berber Kasbahs Date: 1950

Berber costumes of Tunisia, 1828. Cook and waterseller at left, sorbet seller and coffee seller or caffettiere at right. Customers drinking and eating on a carpet in the foreground

Berber musicians of the Bey of Tunis and comedians, 1828
Costumes of the Berber musicians of the Bey of Tunis, and comedians or Saitari, Tunisia, 1828. Musicans playing tabi drums, cymbals, Taghanimt flute and nafir horn

Costumes of Berber soldiers, Tunis, 1828. Captain or Basoda 1, Mamluk general 2, policeman or Amba 3, royal guard or Satar 4, two Levantine soldiers 5, and bodyguard Drido 6

Costumes of the Berber officials of Tunisia, 1828. The Bey of Tunis in mufti 1, Salekat or grand head of the government 2, minister in a thick leather kaftan 3, Seus Botartur 4

Funeral ceremony and burial of a high-ranking Berber, with wives mourning at the graveside. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Berber magistrate, soldier and priest, North Africa, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Sepulchral cave with mummies of the Guanche (aboriginal Berber) people on the Canary Islands. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Berber man of Northern Sahara, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 1922

Algeria - Sheiks and Goums - open-air festival
Sheiks (local leaders) and Goums (mounted contingents of Arab or Berber horsemen) at a large open air festival. 1912

Kabyle Village Interior - Northern Algeria
Kabyle Village - Northern Algeria - The Kabyle people are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated population today of 5 million individuals. Date: circa 1910s

Moorish Townswomen in an Archway, Morocco. Date: 1929

Tariq ibn Ziyad (670-722). Muslim General of the Berber tribe of Nafza who led the Muslim conquest of the Visigothic Hispania. Engraving

Capture of the Algerian corsair xebec L Uccello by the Genoese galleys Taggia and San Giorgio on August 11, 1788 near San Remo. Engraving. ITALY. LIGURIA. Genoa. Pegli. Navy Museum

West African Tuareg Horse Warriors
West African Tuareg Warriors, in traditional veiled headdresses, all mounted on fine horse and carrying spears and enormous shields

Kabyle Olive Oil Press - North Eastern Algeria
A quite outstanding postcard (incredible detail) showing an olive oil press in operation in the Kabyle Region of Algeria. The Kabyle people are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated

Elegant woman of the Kabyle People - Algeria
Elegant woman of the Kabyle People - Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimate population today approx. 5 million individuals. Date: circa 1908

Tuareg Girl from the Hoggar Mountains, Algeria. Taken during the expedition led by Captain Angus Buchanan to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23

Sultan of Tuareg Veiled people of Hoggar Mountains, Algeria
Sultan of the Tuareg Veiled people of the Hoggar Mountains, Algeria. Taken during the expedition led by Captain Angus Buchanan to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23

TUNISIA. GABES. Matmata. Berber troglodyte architecture

A Kabyle musician with her Tam-Tam. Algeria, North Africa
A female Kabyle musician sits cross-legged holding her Tam-Tam (a type of gong). The Kabyle are a Berber ethnic group originating from Kabilya in Northern Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

Costumes of Morocco: Moor, Berber and Moorish nomads.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Berber woman
North African Berber woman. Date: 1934

A Tunisian Arab Woman spinning wool using a hand spindle Date: 1908

Young Kabyle Woman with headdress of Jewellery - Algeria, North Africa. The Kabyle People are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated population today of 5 million individuals. Date: 1914

Kabyle Children - Algeria. The Kabyle are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimate population today approx. 5 million individuals. Date: 1910

Portrait of the Visigothic king Don Rodrigo (left)
" Portrait of the Visigothic king Don Rodrigo (left) and the Berber general Tarik. Page of the book " Semblanza de Reyes", illustrated biographies for the king of Castile Alfonso XI

Algeria - Biskra - Nomadic Encampment. Date: circa 1906

Mali - Tuareg men from Timbucktu
Mali - Two Tuareg men from Timbucktu, holding spears. The Tuareg are a Berber nomadic pastoralist people, known as the People of the Veil

Spanish General Castro Girona and Raisuli
Spanish General Castro Girona, popular with the Moroccan Moorish leaders - a talented africanista who had played a leading role in the capture of Xauen (Chaouen)

Elderly Berber Women, Algeria
Berber Golden Oldies - A group of elderly Algerian Berber Women, heavily wrapped up against the elements, but still displaying traditional costume and jewellery including large hooped earrings

The Soudan Advance - steaming back to Berber: playing Maxims on the Baggara Horse after the bombardment of Metmmeh, 1897. Photogravure after Frederic Villiers, 1897

Sallust (86-35 BC). Jugurthine War
Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus) (86-35 BC). Roman politician and historian. Jugurthine War (111-104 BC). Engraving depicting the battle between the army of Jugurtha

Morocco, North Africa - Berber Water Seller - Water Seller and Customer. Part of Box 171 Boswell Collection - Morocco. Date: circa 1900

Sallust (86-35 BC). Jugurthine War. Engraving
Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus) (86-35 BC). Roman politician and historian. Jugurthine War (111-104 BC). Engraving depicting the battle between the army of Jugurtha

Spain. Andalusia. Seville. The Giralda tower (1184-1198)
Spain. Andalusia. Seville. View of the Giralda tower, (1184-1198). 12th century. Minaret of the old mosque of the city and current bell tower of the cathedral

Kitchener / Berber Desk
HORATIO, LORD KITCHENER Kitchener as Sirdar at his desk in Berber, with his ADC, Bimbashi JK Watson Date: 1850 - 1916

Hilltop village in Kabylie (Kabylia), Algeria
Hilltop village in Tizi N Berber, Kabylie (Kabylia), Algeria. circa 1920

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