Litham

Litham
Tuareg man wearing a litham
Typemouth-veil
Materialcloth
Place of originNorth Africa
ManufacturerTuareg, and Sanhaja people

Litham (Arabic: لِثَام, romanized: lithām, sometimes pronounced lifam) is a mouth-veil which the Tuareg and other West and North African (namely Sahelian) nomads, particularly men, have traditionally used to cover the lower part of their face.

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