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Hearst Museum object titled Camel ornament, accession number 9-23707, described as Camel ornament, ghurtha. Goat hair warp is mostly covered with maroon weft twining. Black, orange, some blue, and a bit of green, all in triangle pattern; made either for self or for sale; to be hung from shoulder or rump of camel, tassels swinging as it walks; s-plied goat hair and wool; orange dye must be commercial, maroon or blue might be darkened with dried limes or Burnoog; plain weave and weft twining; threat count per inch both 12 EPI and 11 EPI; 28" cord of Egyptian braid at 4 corners with tassels and loose yarns. 3 14" strips, 2" wide at ends, ending in wide, heavy tassels in black goat-hair.
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.
Hearst Museum object titled Camel ornament, accession number 9-23742, described as camel ornament., khannagah 4'10" x 2.5". Synthetic with 'weirjan. Has red, white, green tassels at end of 6" 3-strand braids. 2 at each end. Colors: red, white, black with thin stripes of green and yellow.

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