Headgear
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Headgear, headwear, or headdress is any element of clothing which is worn on one's head, including hats, helmets, turbans and many other types. Headgear is worn for many purposes, including protection
A collection of headgear
Portrait of a lady wearing the Order of the Swan
A cheche, worn in the Sahara as protection against wind and sand
Woman in a niqāb, popular in the Levant region.
Headscarf
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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 i
Women's headscarves for sale in Damascus
In Christian cultures, nuns and widows often covered their bodies and hair. Here, widowed Queen Anna of Poland wears a 16th-century wimple with a veil and a ruff around her neck.
Elizabeth II wearing a headscarf with Ronald Reagan, 1982
Hutterite Anabaptist Christian women wearing headscarves