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 rope also known as an aqal is made of heavy twisted cords of silk, bound in intervals with a gold metal thread. It is worn double around the head over a headscarf known as a kafiyyeh or hatta, with the tail or narrow cording hanging down the back. The kafiyyeh or hatta is usually folded diagonally to form a triangle. It is then placed in the head over a skullcap or araqiyyeh, with the sides falling in the shoulders and the corners over the back. It is then secured on the man's head by an aqal.