Bethlehem women, c.1898-1914

Title: Bethlehem women, c.1898-1914
Description: This is a digital reproduction of an image held within the Library of Congress. The women pictured are dressed in clothes unique to the Bethlehem region. Bethlehem was one of the most famous centres for embroidery in Palestine, with its dresses produced in linen and silk. The short jacket worn over a long sleeved, heavily embroidered dress with a chest panel is customary to the area. The cone-shaped headdress, or 'shatweh', also indicates that the subject sitting down is a married woman from Bethlehem.
Identifier: pb_lc_bwo_7240649
Subject: Bethlehem; Palestine; Palestinian Diaspora; Bethlehem Women collection; Shatweh; Bethlehem headdress; Bethlehem embroidery
References: https://www.loc.gov/item/mpc2004001326/PP/
License: CC BY 4.0
Contributor: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection
Type: 1 negative : glass, stereograph, dry plate ; 5 x 7 in.
Source: Library of Congress, Matson Collection
Spatial Coverage: 31.7053996/ 35.1936877
Rights Holder: Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.
Date (approximate): c.1898-1914