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Bethlemiteine, c.1880-1890

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posted on 2019-05-31, 07:58 authored by Freja Howat-Maxted, Leila Sansour, Jacob NorrisJacob Norris
This is a digital reproduction of an image held within the Library of Congress.

The image is a full-length portrait of a woman from Bethlehem, taken by the Italian photographer Tancrède Dumas. 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.

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

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Creator

Tancrède Dumas

Date

c.1880-1890

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Digital reproduction of photographic print.

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Library of Congress

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31.7053996,35.1936877

Spatial Relation

Bethlehem

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pb_lc_bwo_018890000-0013aa.tiff

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Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.

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