Author: ARTBAUER, O.C.,
Title: Die Rifpiraten und ihre Heimat. Erste Runde aus verschlossener Welt. Orig. edn.
Description: Stuttgart, Strecker & Schröder, 1911. sm.8°. orig.pict.cloth. (vi), [1](list of contents), 224pp. frontisp.(author's portr.), ills. on 17 plates after field-photos by author, some text-figs. and plans, 5 plans and sketch-maps at end, of which 2 double-p. with legenda, glossary arab words-german, registers, [8]pp. of partly illustr. publ. list at end. A very interesting german account after personal experience & research on the Rif-Kabyles, a Berber-tribe, inhabitans of the then Spanish-Moroccan Coastal Rif-mountain range. Notorious for their sea-piracy and their rebellions against the Spanish and French, their last uprising dates from 1921. The author describes in detail daily life, means of subsistence, customs & ceremonies, marriage, divorce, death-rituals, child-raising, &c.., incl. notes on the political situation. Illustrs. depict. dwellings, cities & villages, ethnographica, 1 plan depicts the sread of Berber Rif tribes. A very fine copy. Scarce.

Keywords: morocco piracy rifkabylen