The reference to the tents of Kedar and the curtains of Solomon probably continues her self-assessment.
We read in Genesis 25:13 that Kedar was a son of Ishmael. From Kedar came forth a nation that lived in tents (see Genesis 25:13). Kedar is a tribe of nomads from the Syro-Arabian desert, mentioned often in the Bible (Jeremiah 49:28–29). This verse suggests that their tents were widely known as being dark in colour, perhaps woven from brown or black goats’ hair.1 She is referring again to the colour of her skin. The fact that she uses the tents of nomads as a comparison maybe affirms her self-consciousness of what the colour of skin says about her status.
5 I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.