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An elaborate head tie worn by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia. A head tie, also known as a headwrap, is a women's cloth head scarf that is commonly worn in many parts of West Africa and Southern Africa. The head tie is used as an ornamental head covering or fashion accessory, or for functionality in different settings. Its use or ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Kufiyyeh Yemeni man wearing a keffiyeh in turban-style and a Yemeni shawl on his shoulder The keffiyeh or kufiyyeh, also known in Arabic as a hattah (حَطَّة, ḥaṭṭa), is a traditional headdress worn by men from parts of the Middle East. It is fashioned from a square scarf, and is usually ...
A headscarf is a scarf covering most or all of the top of a person's, usually women's, hair and head, leaving the face uncovered. A headscarf is formed of a triangular cloth or a square cloth folded into a triangle, with which the head is covered. [1]
Gele is a traditional head tie native to Yoruba people of Nigeria, Benin and Togo . [1] The gele comes in specific shapes and designs. Gele is worn with other Yoruba women's outfits, like Iro ati buba, Komole and Asoebi. Nigerian politician Funmilayo Olayinka wearing Gele Yoruba woman in Gele Yoruba woman in a Gele style Yoruba woman in Gele
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[10]: 11 [13] The step-by-step process to wear the futou with jinzi was to tie the hair up in a topknot, followed by covering the topknot with the jinzi as hard lining, then wrapping the head and the jinzi with a black, square-shaped piece of cloth, and finally tying the cloth in the desired style. [9]
The cloth's basic shape became that of two pieces of shirting material stitched together to create a woman's wrapper cloth. [8] New techniques of resist dyeing developed. The tradition of indigo dyeing goes back centuries in West Africa. The earliest known example is a cap from the Dogon kingdom in Mali dating to the 11th century, dyed in the ...
Gypsy bonnet – shallow to flat crown, saucer shaped, and worn by tying it on with either a scarf or sash, under the chin, or at the nape of the neck – nineteenth Century; Kiss-me-quick; Leghorn bonnet; Mourning bonnet; Poke bonnet – Early nineteenth century, "Christmas Carol" style, with a cylindrical crown and broad funnel brim