Ramallah Saffeh

Saffeh (cap) from the Ramallah area made of cotton and fully embroidered with threads of red silk interspersed with other colours. With it comes a white iqal (cord accessory) covered in white cotton cloth to which a piece of velvet cloth was added to the back. From the rear velvet piece hangs 4 large pieces of Ottoman-era currency. At the front of the saffeh is a row of authentic Ottoman coins lined from the inside with a patterned cotton cloth. The saffeh used to be part of the bride’s dowry, to be worn on her wedding day and throughout the days following the ceremony.