Circlet (Agal) of black camel hair cord wound around a round padding; double looped type worn by Judea shepherds and laid on the top of the head to hold the head scarf in place; thick rope circlet; menswear.
Man's coat of brown-black camel hair with some stripes of white fabric; embroidery along the opening in red, yellow and magenta silk floss; vest-style coat is straight with open front and straight slits for arm holes; hand-woven in 24" widths and pieced crossways; selvedge finish at the lower edge; embroidery in a geometric simple design with thistle flowers and yellow vine; hand-sewn.
Head Scarf of black cotton/wool with stylized print in pink, yellow and grey of conventionalized bird motif, paisley, lotus buds, flowers and medallions; worn around the head area as protection from sand, wind and sun - held in place by a circlet rope called, Agal; worn by Judea Shepherds.
The middle mountain of the three which guards the plain of Esdraelon on the East is the Hill Moreh, called in modern times Little Hermon. We see it in the distance beyond the level plain, here cultivated with care. In the foreground you look down upon the home of a farmer and his fmaily; perhaps the possessor of some of the fields in the distance. The house is built of clay and probably contains but one room. The corner of the only window is seen upon the right. Notice the wall bounding the court in front of the house. In some such home as this, not far away at Nazareth, our Lord may have lived during his youth and early manhood.
Let us cross the Plain of Esdraelon. On its eastern border we find three mountains; the northern Mount Tabor; the middle one "The Hill of Moreh" in the Old Testament; often called in modern times "Little Hermon"; the greatest of the three on the south, Mount Gilboa. We are now looking upon Mount Tabor from the summit of the Hill of Moreh or Little Hermon. That village in the middle of the view is Nain, here, on one of his journeys, Jesus raised to life the only son of a widow. Beyond the village over the plain we see the rounded summit of Mount Tabor, the most symmetrical and beautiful in form of all the hills in this land of many hills and mountains.
We looked upon the Hill Moreh of Little Hermon from a distance. Let us now stand upon its summit beside yonder Arab and from it look northward over the plain of Esdraelon. We can see dimly in the distance the white buildings of a town upon the mountain. That town is Nazareth, the home of Jesus during nearly thirty years. The hills around Nazareth look out upon the storied plain of Esdraelon; and from yonder hilltops the Boy Jesus must have often gazed upon this plain and the mountains surrounding it, recalling the battles of the Israelite history that were fought upon this famous field.
The largest of the three mountains on the east of the plain of Esdraelon, is Mount Gilboa, which now stands before us, seen from the summit of the Hill Moreh, our view looking southward. Notice the village in the plain between the two mountains. This is Shunem, the home of the rich woman who befriended the prophet Elisha, and was rewarded in having her boy restored to life.