Bethlehem, Church of Nativity with "Leorie", c.1940-1946

Title: Bethlehem, Church of Nativity with "Leorie", c.1940-1946
Description: This is a digital reproduction of an image held within the Library of Congress. The image depicts a woman stood in front of the Church of the Nativity. The woman pictured is wearing a cone-shaped headdress otherwise known as the 'shatweh'. A shatweh was worn by married women of Bethlehem to signify family wealth; the veil conceals rows of coral, coins and beads. She is also wearing traditional Palestinian dress local to the Bethlehem region, which is distinctive by its heavily embroidered chest panel. See "relation" field for similar photograph.
Identifier: pb_lc_bwo_7240703
Subject: Bethlehem; Palestine; Palestinian Diaspora; Bethlehem Women collection; Shatweh; Bethlehem headdress; Nativity Church; Bethlehem embroidery; Manger Square; Biblical gaze
References: https://www.loc.gov/item/mpc2005008939/PP/
License: CC BY 4.0
Contributor: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection
Type: 1 negative : safety film ; 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.1940-1946