buttras

Updated: July 17, 2026

Here amongst the trees were women working in picturesque attire, red petticoats, orange-coloured drawers down to their heels, and a dark blue covering over all this, which would suddenly be pulled over the face at our approach, if they had not on their masks, or buttras, which admit of a good stare. The buttra is a kind of mask, more resembling a bridle than anything else.

J. Theodore (James Theodore) Bent - Southern Arabia