page_title: Tantour
hierarchical_section_title: Tantour
caption_attribution_description: English: A picture (by French photographer Bonfils showing a typical but formally dressed Druze woman from the shouf region of the shouf mountains, now part of Lebanon (circa 1870). Her unique head gear is called a tartur, popular with Druze women at the time. Français&#160;: Jeune femme en costume traditionnel druze portant le tartur, Chouf, Liban, Vers 1870, par le photographe français Bonfils
context_page_description: The tantour was a form of cone-shaped woman's headdress similar to the hennin, popular in the Levant during the nineteenth century, but seldom seen after 1850.
  The tradition persisted longer in Lebanon among the Druze.
  The tantour was held in place by ribbons tied around the head. A silk scarf was wound around the base with a white veil attached to the peak. The height and composition of the tantour were proportional to the wealth of its owner, with the most splendid tantours made of gold and reaching as high as thirty inches. Some were encrusted with gems and pearls.
  The tantour was a customary gift presented to the bride by her husband on their wedding day.
context_section_description: The tantour (tantoor) was a form of cone-shaped woman's headdress similar to the hennin, popular in the Levant during the nineteenth century, but seldom seen after 1850. 
  The tradition persisted longer in Lebanon among the Druze.
  The tantour was held in place by ribbons tied around the head. A silk scarf was wound around the base with a white veil attached to the peak. The height and composition of the tantour were proportional to the wealth of its owner, with the most splendid tantours made of gold and reaching as high as thirty inches. Some were encrusted with gems and pearls. 
  The tantour was a customary gift presented to the bride by her husband on their wedding day.
caption: Tantour on a Druze woman in Chouf, Lebanon - 1870s
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