Bethlehem, Church of Nativity with "Leorie", c.1940-1946 (2)

Title: Bethlehem, Church of Nativity with "Leorie", c.1940-1946 (2)
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. This image is part of the Bethlehem Women collection within the Library of Congress project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.
Identifier: pb_lc_bwo_7240709
Subject: Bethlehem; Palestine; Palestinian Diaspora; Bethlehem Women collection; Shatweh; Bethlehem headress; Biblical gaze; Church of the Nativity; Manger Square; Bethlehem embroidery
References: https://www.loc.gov/item/mpc2005009059/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