DepartmentTextiles-Middle East

Ttayyet sunnara

NameWoman's Cap

Artist Artist not recorded

Datec.1935

Possibly madeBe'er-Sheva (Beersheba; Bir Seb'a), Historic Palestine, Middle East/West Asia, Asia

Mediumcotton, glass beads

Dimensions7 7/8 × 11 13/16 in. (20 × 30 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.1972.25.3 C

Collections

ProvenancePurchased for the collection by Yedida Kalfon Stillman

DescriptionWoman's. Crocheted, blue; multi-colored beads. Orange beaded fringe along the front edge with three beaded rosettes and a dangle 9 cm long suspended from each rosette, one at center front and one to each side of center. Worn under veil.

Tayyet sunnāra The ṭayyet ṣunnāra was a popular head covering for everyday wear among the peasant women of Southern Palestine. The cap was a relative latecomer to the Palestinian wardrobe, making its appearance in the 1930s. It was worn mainly in the home. The name simply means “a fold of crochet." The cap is nothing more than a round piece of cotton crochet work. It is sometimes decorated with glass beads, sometimes with coins. This cap is not discussed in any of the literature dealing with Palestinian costume. FA. 72.25-3c Tayyet sunnāra (ca. 1935) This blue cotton crocheted cap is covered with multicolored transparent glass beads. There is a fringe of orange glass beads across the brow. There are bead rosettes-one in the center front and one to each side along the edge of the cap. A tassel of glass beads is suspended from each of the rosettes. Diameter: 19 cm (Palestinian Costume and Jewelry, Yedida Kalfon Stillman, 1979 ISBN: 0-82630490-7)