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Recreating first contact: expeditions, anthropology and popular culture, edited by Joshua A. Bell, Alison K. Brown and Robert J. Gordon

jumping-off points. In Chapter 4, Cochrane explores how the artisans interpret Quranic passages that have been understood as an injunction against figural art. She demonstrates that for these weavers, the critical issue in representation is that of casting a shadow. By creating two-dimensional (and thus flat) weavings, these artisans are creating images that do not pose a theological problem. This section (pp. 92–96) will be of great interest to historians of art who focus on the contemporary Islamic world. Given the author’s extensive fieldwork and detailed understanding of the weaving process, it is a shame that the photographs and maps are not reproduced with greater detail. For readers who are unfamiliar with the weaving process, a few diagrams illustrating basic objects like warp, weft, and heddles might also improve the comprehension of the third chapter. These minor grievances in no way detract from an excellent study that is as readable as it is valuable well beyond the field of Anthropology.