A Bedouin Sheikh Wearing Burnouse also burnoose, bournous or barnous, is a long cloak of coarse woollen fabric with a pointed hood, often white in colour, traditionally worn by Berber and other Maghrebi men. In the Maghreb, the colour of the burnous may white, beige, or dark brown. from The living races of mankind : a popular illustrated account of the customs, habits, pursuits, feasts & ceremonies of the races of mankind throughout the world Volume 1 by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, Henry Neville Hutchinson, Richard Lydekker and Dr. A. H. Keane published London : Hutchinson & Co. 1902

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