sefsar

The men have but a single barracan to cover them, one or two may have a shirt; the children are nearly naked; and the women wear a woollen frock, charms round their necks, armlets, and anclets, sometimes throwing a slight barracan or sefsar round their heads and shoulders.

Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 James Richardson 1828