head-dress(shatweh)
- Museum number
- As1966,01.30
- Description
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Married village woman's head-dress (shatweh) made of red broadcloth. The sides are embroidered with satin stitch and couched with gold thread and there are five rows of coins attached to the front. Additional elements are attached to this headdress: a silver disc (qurs) with a stamped pattern and pendant coins is attached to the crown; triangular-shaped pendants set with green glass are attached to the ear pieces as is a chin chain embellished with several coins and tokens.
- Production date
- 19th century
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 17 centimetres (ear to ear at base)
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Height: 12 centimetres (excl. chains)
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Width: 19 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Text from Weir, (Palestinian Costume, BMP, 1989), p.180: Headdress 'shatweh', Bethlehem and Jerusalem area, 19th century. Red broadcloth; sides embroidered with crude gold cord couching with satin-stitch filling; a silver disc 'qurs' with a stamped pattern on the crown; brass coins on the front; pendant white metal chains, coins and ornaments. The inferior workmanship of this headdress suggests it might have belonged to, or been commissioned by, a relatively poor family for a bride to wear during her wedding ceremonies. Similiar headdresses were worn by boys for their circumcision ceremonies.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1989-1991, London, Museum of Mankind, 'Palestinian Costume'
- Acquisition date
- 1966
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- As1966,01.30