Berber Amphora. Algeria, Great Kabylia.

Berber Amphora. Algeria, Great Kabylia.
Terracotta, with pigments.
Measurements: 53 cm x 29,5 cm.

Berber amphora made in ceramic, with periform body and big lateral handles. It is polychromed with linear and rhomboidal geometric motifs in various colors, following patterns characteristic of the Kabyle culture.

The Kabyle people are an Amazigh group indigenous to the mountains of Kabylia, northeastern Algeria. The Kabylia region is colloquially known as al-qabayel (tribes, Kabyles), but its inhabitants call it tamurt idurar (land of mountains) or tamurt leqvayel (land of Kabyles). Kabylia is part of the Atlas Mountains and is located on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea. The Imazighen Kabyle people speak a northern Berber language, the Kabyle language. The traditional economy of the area is based on arboriculture and the handicraft industry (tapestry and ceramics).