Headscarf

For other uses, see Headgear.

Four mannequin heads with different headscarfs are arranged on top of a display-table of colourful headscarfs.
Women's headscarves for sale in Damascus
The robe of a nun which is worn by religious women in Christian cultures.
In Christian cultures, nuns cover their bodies and hair. Here is an example of a 16th-century wimple, worn by a widowed Queen Anna of Poland, with a veil and a ruff around the neck.

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]

  1. ^ Amber Nicole Alston (8 January 2021). "Conservative, rebellious, culture-defining: A brief history of the headscarf". CNN. Retrieved 3 March 2022.