Woman of Bethlehem, c.1898-1914

Title: Woman of Bethlehem, c.1898-1914
Description: 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.
Identifier: pb_lc_bwo_7240694
Subject: Bethlehem; Palestine; Palestinian Diaspora; Bethlehem Women collection; Shatweh; Bethlehem headdress; Bethlehem embroidery
References: https://www.loc.gov/item/mpc2005002492/PP/
License: CC BY 4.0
Contributor: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection
Type: 1 negative : glass, stereograph, dry plate ; 4 x 5 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