	Africa ALGERIA (Africa) Dates: 20th century In Berber culture in North Africa women have traditionally made pottery for domestic use and display. The pottery is built by hand modelling and is usually fired in an open bonfire. This female tradition is quite distinct from the wheel thrown and brighly glazed kiln-fired pottery characteristic of Islamic influences which dominate the urban centres where men are the potters. In Kabylie in Northern Algeria the painted decorations and complex forms are part of a wider female visual culture which also includes wall decoration, weaving and distinctive highly colourful female costume and jewellery.

Africa ALGERIA (Africa)

Dates: 20th century

In Berber culture in North Africa women have traditionally made pottery for domestic use and display. The pottery is built by hand modelling and is usually fired in an open bonfire. This female tradition is quite distinct from the wheel thrown and brighly glazed kiln-fired pottery characteristic of Islamic influences which dominate the urban centres where men are the potters. In Kabylie in Northern Algeria the painted decorations and complex forms are part of a wider female visual culture which also includes wall decoration, weaving and distinctive highly colourful female costume and jewellery.