Arabic Lady

[rockabillyvixen]

Circa 1900.

Comments

[novembris]

Whz does she have a tube glued to her forehead?

[rockabillyvixen]

i have no idea. Maybe someone here has the knowledge and can tell us why she s wearing that

[zhukora1]

A lot of traditional-style face veils were made with a strip of fabric over the forehead and a bit of fabric or string connecting down the middle of the face between the forehead bit and the actual veil to help hold it in place so the woman wouldn't have to veil herself cowboy bandanna-style. I imagine the tube is some kind of fancied-up version of that, though why a tube I couldn't say. :P

[madfishmonger]

The veil is pretty, but she looks cross-eyed.

[ex_rooosha]

cross-eyed was very popular at this time in the east

[haifish]

it's so strange she's got her hair out and a low neck in her costume

[fruitsgrow]

the tube is really strange, but she is very pretty. I wonder if she is Algerian?