As can be seen in the above examples, such textiles survive in very varying condition: some are fragmented through use, mildew, moth or mouse damage, others are well preserved. The probability of a textile surviving to the present day is no different in the Ahel Telt region to elsewhere. If other textile types have survived for a century or more, so should 'taritat' veils.

Rabaté further deduces from the woven side borders and end fringes that the ground fabric must be of recent production. She evidently discounts Vicaire’s mention not only of old wrapping cloths (“un vieux haïk”), but also cloths “en mousseline de laine, armure toile” (of woollen muslin, balanced plainweave). This construction does not occur on Ahel Telt women’s haiks, which had to be opaque, and were most often made of very fine but relatively dense weft-faced plainweave (15), (16), (28), (29). Old men’s haiks have the same fine, slightly sheer structure as the veils, with a working width of some 100-120cm, which is why, even when made from old textiles, the headscarves show both side borders (18) + (19).

The headbands, undoubtedly made in the Ahel Telt region, have a similar fine plainwoven structure, but it is possible that some of the men’s haiks were bought in from professional craftsmen, presumably in Taza, the main market town north of the territory of the Ahel Telt. If some haiks were bought in or made on demand, the fine, loose plainwoven ground fabric for 'taritat' could have been produced the same way. But it is also probable that at least some of it was woven locally.
Most of the surviving textiles of this group, whatever their condition, have the same structure as the men’s 'haïks', which corresponds to Vicaire’s description (20) - (27).