IDNO

LS.143606.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: N. Africa. 41. N. 20. 20a, 20b. 74.Alg.6 - 8.
Algeria
Village of Menaa, "Queen of the Aures."
[ditto Village of Menaa] Terrace cultivation.
[ditto Village of Menaa] Group.

Place

N Africa; Algeria; Menaa

Cultural Affliation

Berber

Named Person

Photographer

Wilkin, Anthony

Collector / Expedition

Date

1900

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Bibliographical Reference: Noted in Wilkin, Anthony, 1900. 'Among the Berbers of Algeria' (T. Fisher Unwin, London), p.112, "Menaa - or, as it has been justly called, the 'Queen of the Aurès' - stands on a rocky knoll separated from the mountains by a gorge on the eastern side, and by the whole valley of the Abdi - here some miles broad - on the western. One side of the hill is too steep and rocky to offer a site for even a Berber house, and a grove of prickly pears has taken up its station on it, covering it from base to summit with their dull green, fleshy leaves." [JD 11/02/2019]