Iraqiyya

Iraqiyya
Ethnographic collection / Headdresses
Reference number
0002.02.0001
Date made
Circa 1930 - 1940

Iraqiyya from the southern Hebron area is a small headwrap made of heavy cotton cloth entirely embroidered with predominately red silk threads. It holds several coins which hang down the sides and are called laffayef or laffalef; they are embroidered with silk threads and end in wool tassels decorated with blue beads. The bride would typically wrap the tassels around her hair or her neck to hang on her chest.

Object details

Town
Hebron
Materials
Silver
Cotton
Silk
Beads
Length
182 cm
Use
Headdress