Berber weavings are known worldwide for their vibrant colors and rhythmic variations of geometric design elements.  The normally strong horizontal banding of Zemmour weavings is in this example replaced by a checkerboard arrangement reminiscent of strip weaving of Western Africa.

In almost all areas Berber weaving is a female art, often conducted in a communal fashion with other women.  Textiles are made for practical purposes, for example, as furnishings for a house or tent, as items of personal dress or as horse blankets.