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Tuesday, 04 October 2016 18:47

Southern Sinai Woman's Faceveil (Egypt)

The collection of the Textile Research Centre (TRC), Leiden, includes a typical woman's faceveil from the southern Sinai. Measuring 74 x 54 cm and locally called a burqa, it has a yellow head band decorated with beading.