Cultural treasures of Jordan : Jordan's traditional crafts / [senior editor, Ghazi bin Muhammad ; photography, Bill Lyons].

Includes bibliographical references (p. [124]).

Machine generated contents note: PART I: INTRODUCTION -- The History and People of Jordan by Dr. K.Salibi -- PART II: TRADITIONAL COSTUMES AND JEWELLERY -- INTRODUCTION TO COSTUMES -- The Textiles -- WOMEN'S COSTUMES -- Northern Jordan -- Salt -- Madaba -- Kerak -- Ma'an -- Bedouin and Semi-Nomadic Tribes: Beni Hasan; Beni Sakhr; 'Adwan; 'Abbadi; The Bedul ofPetra -- MEN'S COSTUMES -- JEWELLERY -- PART III: TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFTS -- INTRODUCTION TO CRAFTS -- WEAVING -- POTTERY -- METAL-WORK -- WOOD-WORK -- STRAW-WORK -- PART IV: CRAFTS TODAY -- PART V: A NOTE ON TRADITIONAL ARAB/JORDANIAN HOSPITALITY -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY.