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Star Street (1), Bethlehem, c.1900-1920
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posted on 2019-05-31, 07:58 authored by Freja Howat-Maxted, Leila Sansour, Jacob NorrisJacob NorrisThis is a digital reproduction of an image held within the Library of Congress.
The
image features a woman walking along Star Street in Bethlehem - the
road that for centuries formed the main approach route into Bethlehem. 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.