Publications: Bedouins in the Negev. An exhibition of the Sonia Gidal Collection/ Text and ed. Edited by Friederike Korsching/ Ph.v.Zabern, Mainz (exhibition catalogue of the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München) According to Mrs Gidal, such pillows were brought into the marriage by the bride. It is said to symbolise the union of two tribes through marriage. The patterns are said to be tribe-specific. They were embroidered by the bride's mother or also made to order, specifying the patterns.