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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 16-20600, described as wool, woven bag with out handles. made of a woven strip 76cm long, folded at center then sewn together along each side. weaving is in stripes of varying widths - brown, tan, beige.
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 16-20601, described as large woven bag made from 1 long woven strip 197cm long, folded in the middle then sewn along both edges. no handles; selvage edge at top, natural wool; brown dark brown, tan, gray brown, in variegated width stripes.
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 3-24345, described as Pouch: White cotton warp faced with varicolored wool brocade designs (2 band at top, 1 band at bottom are circular designs; central panel has dark red ground with indigo diamonds); red wool drawstring;
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-28375, described as Belt: Red wool with linear yellow designs. Double and single strands in plain weave ending in plaited tassels at both ends.
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 16-20280, described as Belt; 5.5 cm x 151 cm, plus fringe at each end of 12 cm braided warp; warp faced plain weave with pattern in central band; complimentary warp pattern; central motif pink or white geometric designs or birds; plain weave edges in narrow stripes of brown green, or gold..
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-25516, described as Belt,wool. Dark orange color; four olive green stripes in chain-link design. White edge. Body: 122 cm length by 7 cm width. Cords: 78 cm length each
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-25510, described as Belt, white. Four narrow black and red lengthwise stripes.
Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet tie, accession number 9-11083, described as bracelet tie, woman's; cotton and wool yarn, beads, sequins; 102 cm l.
Hearst Museum object titled Camel ornament, accession number 9-23709, described as Camel ornament, ghurtha (mahgoobeh). Colors: black and red with orange, green, blue, and a little white. Decoration for camel, put on the rump. Large stuffed tassels, 3 at each end. Edges of weft-twined sections have blue and white wool over warps. Warp, goat hair: S-plied. sheeps wool, Z and S plied. Commercial dye. Warp-faced plain weave, weft twining. 8 EPI thread count per inch. Salesman said from Hasa, but Hilden thinks possibly Murah.
Hearst Museum object titled Camel ornament, accession number 9-23710, described as Camel ornament, malabbah. White, (cotton) red, orange, and black. A little green around diamond lozenges in weft twining. A series of braids and tassels hang from a 15" portion at center, where camel's front/chest would be. Outstanding feature of the piece is wasm design woven in. Wasm are from the Al Saud, the royal family. Basic wasm is a stick (matrak) with a circle on each side. Some of these wasm have a dot inside the circle. This is also a T wasm in the design. Ends are strongly sewn around sticks and bound with polyester print fabric. Nylon rope is attached to wool cording that was sewn in. Nylon rope, 30 " long, was to tie onto camel. End of weave was twined twice. Ends of weft twining are left as tufts on the selvage. Placed across chest and flanks of camel. May have been made on commission. Z-plied cotton, S-plied wool. Commercial dyes used. Warp-faced plain weave with weft twining. 14 EPI thread count per inch.

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