a woman's "thob" (loose fitting robe with sleeves), from qubeiba dated to about 1910 forms part of the museum of international folk art (moifa) collection at santa fe. the dress is a collage of different fabrics, textures and colors. the front and the upper half of the back are of black cotton. the chest panel, the side panels and the lower back of the skirt are handwoven indigo linen. colorful silk cross-stitch embroidery, in red, violet, orange, yellow, green and black, create an effect described as "particularly gay, twinkling" the "qabbeh" (square chest panel) is embroidered with the "qurunful" ("clove") motif, and it has vertical rows of eight-pointed stars, called "qamr" ("moons"), and a row of the "mushut" ("combs") pattern. there are eight embroidered columns on each side panel of the dress. the patterns which are used are "fanajin qahweh" ("coffee cups"), "khem-el-basha" ("the pashas tent"), "irq el-ward" ("rose branch"), and "miftah khalil" ("key of hebron"). there is also a pattern (with flowers, moons, trees, tents and tiles) not seen anywhere else in the moma collection. finally, there is also some embroidery at the wrists.