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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 9-23713, described as A small bag, khurg. the other in the pair given to Helen Doty. Synthetic yarn plied by the weaver's family. Predominantly white with purple, green, red, orange, and blue. Body of bag has tooth and molar patterns and stripes. Flap weft-twined with panels in varying widths in solid and linear diamond patterns. Ends of panels and bottom of bag with 3/4" wide strips and tassels. Made by a 30 year old woman. Time taken to make is four days for plain weave part, five days for twining and tassels. Weft twined strips and tassels. Chevron embroidery side joins in blue and white. Loops on each side of opening 12" long weft-twined strip in blue and white check pattern, 7/8" wide. Made by a 32 year old woman who embroidered it; in thick yarn the name "Saif-Allah Al Jurayid" on front. Made for self or as gifts. Synthetic yarn. Warp-faced plain weave, weft twining. 14 EPI thread count per inch.

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 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 Coffee bean bag, accession number 9-23809, described as A knotted and braided coffee bean bag, mibin, of goat leather giving latticework effect with twined areas and lead bead decorations. Braided drawstrings, which passes through a series of braided loops, is broken and has two tassels at each end. Braided handle is 24" in length and has lead bead ring ornaments. The bottom has 2 finger-like appendages on either side of the main panel, 2.75" wide. All three are hollow and decorated with twining and lead beads in line and wave patterns. The ends are finished with curly leather tassels. A band of twining in the middle of the bag has lead beads worked into it in diamond patterns. Leather strips used are 1/8" - 1/16" wide. 9 EPI in twining, 6 EPI in knotted open area, approximately 15 rows per inch. Tassels on lead-beaded.

Hearst Museum object titled Cushion cover, accession number 9-23716, described as Set of four cushion covers, masnad. marked individually as a, b, c, d White cotton base, plain weave with weft-twined bands. 18"x28" one has 'weirjan bands on each selvage and mithkar in center panel. Except for this one, the others have narrower weft-twined bands on the back. Most of twined patterns are in triangles, some comb (misht) patterns. Sides sewn in ridged 2-color stitching. Smaller piece with chevron stitching. Tops all done with Thras binding stitch. Cushion covers stuffed with shredded foam when purchased. Warp-faced plain weave, some warp-faced with warp substitution, weft twining. Thread count per inch: 12 EPI in plain weave, small piece. 14 EPI in larger pieces. 14-16 pick per inch in twining. Wool S-ply. Cotton Z-ply.

Hearst Museum object titled Face ornament, accession number 9-23814, described as Flap of a woman's tote bag, now an ornament with a stick through the top and string for hanging. Several pieces sewn together. The supporting piece extends for the full length and width and is twined of thick leather strips, 1/4" - 3/16" wide. A row of braids is sewn onto the bottom over the warp ends. Two pieces are sewn to the top edge, reinforced by a piece of heavy cotton underneath. The top piece is a strip of plain 4" wide leather which folds over the top, is perforated with diamond shapes and decorated with a grid of cowrie shells. To its bottom edge is sewn a 3.25" wide piece of fine leather twining with lead beads in a wave pattern. It's warps extend to four twined lead ornamented-flaps, narrow braids, and four plaited flaps decorated with cowrie shells, from which hang discs of 1.5" tin (cans?) and a piece of a shell. To reinforcing cloth under the top assemblage is sewn a fringe of narrow braids about 10" long. The bottom piece of the ornament is twined like the top piece, 4" wide, with a fringe of thin braids and 5 plaited flaps covered with cowrie shells. It is decorated with lead beads forming a wave pattern. The overall effect of the piece is of leather, with negative shapes where leather is not covered with beads. The white cowrie shells and tin provide contrast. It is a sturdily made and handsome piece. As with all the other leather pieces, it has been impregnated with strong smelling oil or fat - goat fat? 6 EPI, 9 picks per inch. For decorative pieces, 10 EPI, 18-20 picks per inch.

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 Headstall, accession number 9-23807, described as headstall, bridle (thrown out, see circumstance of object*) (4-strand braid) The piece has three parts: iron hardware connecting the two. The assemblage of chain and hoops is 23" long, and was undoubtedly made in the village. The headstall is twined tapestry using synthetic yarns. It is lined with white cotton and decorated with three sets of triple tassel groups in double tiers, mostly in synthetics but also with some faded over dyed sheep wool. Colors are mainly maroon and orange, with some blue, green, and white. Z-plied, unknown dyes used. Nicely finished tassels. Headstall backing sewn on with neat embroidery stitches. *Headstall used to be with bridle, but bridle thrown out in August 2011 due to severe moth damage. Headstall stored with moth balls. Bridle made of goat hair and of complicated construction, square braid alternating between sections of doubles and singles. Each section is separated with beautifully embroidered blanket stitch rings in varied colors. 8'3" long.