Kafr 'Ana
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Kafr 'Ana' (Arabic: كفرئنا, also: Kafr Ana, present Hemed) was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and depopulated.
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[edit] Culture
A womans thob (=loose fitting robe with sleeves), from Kafr Ana, from the 1930s, is in the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) collection at Santa Fe, USA. The dress is of white commercial cotton and the embroidery is multicolored cotton, mainly in red and blue. The qabbeh (=the square chest panel) is not a separate panel, but instead executed directly on the dress. The embroidery on the skirt and sleeves is also done directly on the dress. There is some machine embroidery, but most is by hand. The dress has an uncommon round neckline, which was an innovation and was only used here and in the village of Salama, near Jaffa. (Stillman, p.70)
[edit] Bibliography
- Stillman, Yedida Kalfon (1979): Palestinian costume and jewelry, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, ISBN 0-8263-0490-7
