Object class: Costume accessories / Collector: Joy Hilden / Culture or time period: Bedouin - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Chest ornament, accession number 9-23810, described as A neck and chest ornament, naid sar, of leather made of a pair of braided and twined tassels with lead bead ornaments. A string of glass and plastic beads is attached to both pieces of the pair at center chest. Each long tasseled ornament is made of two ropes, braided around a core, folded into a loop at the top end. The ropes are bound together tightly below the loop with circles of twining and lead beads, with beaded and tasseled strings hanging from that. Each of the ropes is bound similarly at midpoint, with white glass beads circling those bindings and more tassels at the ends. The bottom ends are decorated the same way as the middle ones. The ropes are fastened together loosely at the two decorative points with string. The two ropes are fastened together through the top loops with a 10" circle of blue electrical cord. Braiding and twining of leather strips circa 1/16 inch wide. Twining 11-12 EPI. Lead, plastic and glass beads, tassels.

Hearst Museum object titled Chest ornament, accession number 9-23813, described as A neck and chest ornament of leather, made of a pair of braided and twined tasseled ropes with lead and bead ornaments. Each long tasseled ornament is made of two ropes, braided around a cloth core, and folded in half to create loops with circlets of twining and lead beads, with leaded and tasseled string hanging from those. From here the ropes divide into twos, with twined and lead-beaded circlets on the four ropes at midpoint and lower end. Circlets of white glass beads decorate the tops and tassels hang from their ends. Each pair of ropes is fastened with string at the circlets, and at the tops of each of the middle and end circlets two sets of colored beads 9" long extends across the chest to corresponding tassel. The two decorated ropes are attached at the top loops by nylon net 12" long. Twining too closely covered by lead beads to determine thread count.

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 9-23812, described as A woman's headband, igal, (Generic name for women's headdress in Hijaz: "gna") which is worn over a head shawl and helps to hold it in place. Fine leather strips have been twined in a spiral direction around a cloth core. Lead beads are clamped on to form a positive/negative design in diamonds and triangles. A lattice-work panel warps around it and hangs down the back. It is 18" long x 1.75" wide. 3 square flaps, twined and decorated with lead beads and small tassels, hang at the top, bottom, and middle of panel. Twining and knotting used. 12 EPI, 13 rows per inch for twining. Beads seem to be flat pieces which are clamped around the leather strips

Hearst Museum object titled Neck band, accession number 9-23777, described as neck band, giladeh. 40" x 2" flat braid in dark blue and maroon using two groups of strands to create a v-pattern. 6" stems and tassels at each end, with 6" narrow 6" black and white four strand braids for tying to neck.

Hearst Museum object titled Sash, accession number 9-23797, described as Sash maragees? (Arabic unknown) that is weft-twined in one long piece, ending in three tassels fastened onto white cotton warp ends. Red-orange, orange, green, blue, maroon, and white cotton. Top edge stiffened with wood and loop attached for hanging. Black and white wrapping on sides. May have been used as saddlebag tassel originally; function unclear. Seems to have been warped with larkshead knots and worked in a hanging position. Commercial dye used. S-ply. January 2019: I wonder if these sashes weren't used to decorate a "hiney" - riding litter. See bottom of page #133

Hearst Museum object titled Sash, accession number 9-23798, described as Weft twined sash, maragees? (Arabic unknown) ending in three 5" long tasseled sashes. Loop at top for hanging. Weft in orange, maroon, red-orange, green, a grayed, faded colors (blue or purple?) on white cotton warp/ Same larkshead knots for warp. S-ply, commercial dye used. January 2019: I wonder if these sashes weren't used to decorate a "hiney" - riding litter. See #134