Hallo, ich bin ein Amerikaner der norwegischen Abstammung und ich habe mich gefragt, ob Anne auf diesem Foto eine Art kulturelles Kleidungsstück trägt. Anne ist einer meiner Vorfahren, die in Norwegen geboren wurden und im späten 19. Jahrhundert nach North Dakota ausgewandert sind. Sie war eine Lutherinerin, also konnte sie einen religiösen Kopfschal tragen?
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I would say it is more cultural than religious. Headgarments was quite closely linked to marriage status. Still is according to Bunadspolitiet, but it is not taken all that seriously by most these days.
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It looks like she was wearing her best clothes. With her age, when she lived, and the way she was dressed, I don’t think she was wearing a «bunad» (Norwegian national dress) as such, as most of them were constructed later on. I do think she was wearing traditional clothes from her area i.e. clothes the bunad constructors based their bunad constructions on.
Her neck cloth is probably a nod to fashion (for her age) and not traditional as such. Her headwear was very common. Women did cover their hair at that time, especially old and/or married women. Her headwear was common in the countryside.
Even my great grandmother wore a headscarf in the 70’s. I think it was just a thing back then.