Object name: Sash / Donor: University of Oxford / Function: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Sash, accession number 9-14882, described as Hip ornament (sarasib); tassels in red and orange 2-ply wool suspended from wool-wrapped cords in red, blue, and white; 3-ply white wool band looped through the wrapped cords at top; Material: dyed sheep wool plied and wrapped; handspun; Length: 1.57cm. Sprayed with DDT in alcohol (10/1978) Context: Tassels worn by women at waist on special occasions. They are suspended from a kind of belt, and hand down on either side of the hip. Spun and woven for their own use, then taken to el-'Arish. Cost US: $15