The Southall Collection is a major collection of Palestinian Dress dating from 1900-1930. It includes garments and accessories worn by nomadic Bedouin people as well as men, women and children living in Ramallah and Bethlehem.

This head veil or Khiqhah from the Ramallah area dates back to the early twentieth century. It is made of two pieces of undyed hand-woven linen, joined lengthways by the 'key of Hebron' miftah khalil motif. Early examples like this one have relatively sparse geometric patterns. These were later combined with European motifs. The linen is embroidered in cross-stitch, with red, yellow, and green silks using a classic Ramallah area motif. The section at the bottom of the veil shows a design known as nakheh 'ali or 'tall palm'. The whole piece has three crosses on each side of the veil.