cover face "AL BORGA"
Traditionally worn by Bedouin women from the beer sheva area.
The band that goes across the forehead is usually hand-woven and embroidered in silk,
sometimes decorated with silver coins.
The veil itself is made of transparent crepe, heavily adorned with turkish coins.
It is tied around the head with braided wool cord . From the temples hang strands of colored glass beads and a variety of stones followed by silver chains with pendants .
The veils shown here are forty to fifty years old. A less elaborate face veil is first worn by a girl when she reaches puberty. The dowry coins are added after her engagement. Maidens and married women generally did not wear a veil when they went about their daily routines in camp. The put it on when leaving the camp or when receiving unrelated males in their homes.
" form different"
PARTIAL Bourkou' FACE VEIL:
A less concealing type of face mask worn by Bedouin women.
It consists of a head band of hand-woven embroidered silk
on which are sewn a few coins. Suspended from the center
is a band of heavy cotton fabric. Fully covered with Turkish
coins, which is worn over the nose and under the eyes. fastens
with string to the ties which go around the back of the head:
red ropes in these pictures. The mouth and much of the face
remain visible. Hanging from the temples are long chains often
ending in pendants, balls or bells as well strands of blue glass
beads. These particular veils are from beer sheva and are forty
to fifty years old.
