pb_lc_bwo_c18980000-0021aa.tiff (21.9 MB)

Woman of Bethlehem, c.1898-1914

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posted on 2019-05-31, 07:57 authored by Freja Howat-Maxted, Leila Sansour, Jacob NorrisJacob Norris

This is a digital reproduction of an image held within the Library of Congress.

The image depicts a married woman wearing traditional garments of Bethlehem. The woman is wearing the cone-shaped shatweh headdress unique to married Bethlehem women. Rows of coins and other valuable items were sown into shatwehs to display the family's wealth.

This image is part of the Bethlehem Women collection within the Planet Bethlehem Archive.

History

References

https://www.loc.gov/item/mpc2005002492/PP/

Project

https://figshare.com/projects/Library_of_Congress/26557

Collection

https://doi.org/10.25377/sussex.c.4271828

Contributors

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Date

c.1898-1914

Type

1 negative : glass, stereograph, dry plate ; 4 x 5 in.

Source

Library of Congress, Matson Collection

Relation

pb_lc_bwo_c18980000-0016aa.tiff

Spatial

31.7053996,35.1936877

Spatial Relation

Bethlehem

Identifier

pb_lc_bwo_c18980000-0021aa.tiff

Rights

Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.

Usage metrics

The Planet Bethlehem Archive

Categories

Middle Eastern and North African history

Keywords

Bethlehem Women collection Shatweh Bethlehem headdress Bethlehem embroidery Middle Eastern and African History Middle Eastern and North African history

Licence

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