Okay, I'll post this here, in the hope that someone with more trad knowledge than I have, will know the answer.
My aunt/godmother died just over a year ago and her son, who is atheist (or maybe agnostic) gave me various of her religious items - some rosaries, her prayerbook, etc. With the latest bundle came a 10+ foot strip of black lace, about 1foot wide (that's just over 3 metres long and 30 cm wide). I assume this is a mantilla for wearing on the head. My aunt travelled in the Holy Land and stayed in a French monastery from time to time so may have needed something like this occasionally.
The only mantilla I ever saw otherwise was a smallish piece of black lace cloth, which one could just plonk over the head. However, this is HUGE.
How would it be worn? I know it is for religious use as it was given to me with other religious 'gear' (as my cousin put it).
My aunt/godmother died just over a year ago and her son, who is atheist (or maybe agnostic) gave me various of her religious items - some rosaries, her prayerbook, etc. With the latest bundle came a 10+ foot strip of black lace, about 1foot wide (that's just over 3 metres long and 30 cm wide). I assume this is a mantilla for wearing on the head. My aunt travelled in the Holy Land and stayed in a French monastery from time to time so may have needed something like this occasionally.
The only mantilla I ever saw otherwise was a smallish piece of black lace cloth, which one could just plonk over the head. However, this is HUGE.
How would it be worn? I know it is for religious use as it was given to me with other religious 'gear' (as my cousin put it).
Kind of like wearing that new hat on Easter Sunday but you got to do it all year long 
