Multicolored clothing.
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
It is difficult to say whether such a garment was made of fabrics of different colors sewn together, or consisted simply of a single piece of fabric dyed with various colors. In all probability, such a garment served, and still serves, as a mark of distinction in the East. According to the Englishman Robert, in the East, garments of this kind are to this day made for beautiful and beloved children. Crimson, purple, and other colored fabrics are often very skillfully sewn together for such a garment.
Muslim children at times wear little jackets embroidered with gold and silk of various colors. It is thought that a child dressed in such multicolored clothing is protected from the influence of evil spirits, since their attention is drawn away from the beauty of the child by the beauty of the garment. Children wear this garment for the most part up to the age of eight, although among the ancient peoples there seems to have existed a custom, to which the Bible also alludes, of wearing it for a longer period.
Tamar, as is known from the Second Book of Kings (13:18), had a garment of many colors, for such upper garments were worn by the king’s virgin daughters. Additions to Hebrew clothing include, among other things: necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings, and the like. Nose rings and earrings were in wide use in the East. According to the testimony of the Englishman Chardin, almost