%0 Figure %A Howat-Maxted, Freja %A Sansour, Leila %A Norris, Jacob %D 2019 %T Bethlehem from the south, 1945 %U https://sussex.figshare.com/articles/figure/Bethlehem_from_the_south_1945/7240706 %R 10.25377/sussex.7240706.v1 %2 https://sussex.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/13329182 %K Bethlehem Women collection %K Biblical gaze %K Shatweh %K Bethlehem water %K Bethlehem wells %K Bethlehem views %K Middle Eastern and African History %K Middle Eastern and North African history %X
This is a digital reproduction of an image held within the Library of Congress.

The image depicts a woman collecting water from a well, to the south of Bethlehem (visible in the background). The woman is wearing traditional garments of Bethlehem. Bethlehem was one of the most famous centres for embroidery in Palestine, with its dresses produced in linen and silk. The short jacket (taqsireh) worn over a long sleeved, heavily embroidered dress with a chest panel is customary to the area. The cone-shaped headdress, known as a 'shatweh', was worn by married women in Bethlehem and lined with rows of coins, beads and coral, to display family wealth.

This image is part of the Bethlehem Women collection within the Library of Congress project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.
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