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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 9-23754, described as shoulder bag In plain weave by Um 'Eid. Main color: black and white plied wool: also black, white, orange, purple, and green. 14.5" x 11", including flap with loose fringes and 1" weft twining. 3 tassels on end.
Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-23732, described as Hanging End of warp. White with black, red, orange, and green. Mithkar and molar patterns. Weft twining at bottom edge 3" wide. Z-ply and some S-ply (in white). 8 EPI.
Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-23730, described as Hanging uses Shajarah/Saha weave. Black and white with bits of red, orange, and green. Shajarah patterns were copied and crudely done with 4" wide tooth pattern on each side. 3-strand braids and tassels. Z-ply. 7 EPI.
Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-23731, described as Hanging uses Shajarah/Saha weave. Simple designs on 13/4" Saha with tooth pattern on each side. Black with red and white. 2.5" wide band of weft twining on bottom edge in camel's hump pattern in red, orange, purple, and green. Z-ply. 9EPI. Tassels on edges; 4 strand braids 14" with tassels.
Hearst Museum object titled Horse headstall, accession number 9-23733, described as Horse Headstall, rasan faras Band in black, white, and red in mithkar pattern with braids and tassels. Twined and woven pieces to fit over ears and neck. The lead fits into a loop. Ornamented with tassels. Twining colors: red, orange, green, and white. 3EPI.
Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 9-23838, described as Piece of ground loom, natu. The end of a weaving was cut off, the 8" of the previous piece hemmed, and a dowel was inserted in the sleeve. The warp and completed weave of this end piece were used to demonstrated for a class which Um 'Eid gave to some women I brought to her house. The rest of the warp was previously used to make shoulder bags and ornamental pieces to sell at the market. White with red, green and orange plain weave patterns, horizontal and vertical stripes. Loom includes two beams, heddle bare with brown wool heddles and stick shuttle with beige sheep wool. Z-ply, warp-faced plain weave, 6 EPI. sheep wool, wood
Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 9-23839, described as Piece of ground loom, natu. Made of synthetic yarns bought in quantity and plied by family members on hand spindles. It is the end of a much longer piece 31" of it woven. It came with one beam of black plastic pipe. There is a sleeve for the other beam, where the cloth was folded and sewn. The heddle bar is 1"x1" waste lumber; heddles of red and red-orange synthetic yarns, and white sheep wool. The warp and weave are bright color on black. Red, fuchsia, green, blue, and white in stripes, molar pattern, il'weirjan, and checks. The family made a lot of these for their use as cushions and rugs. See #23. Made for self. S-plied, warp faced plain weave, 13 EPI. synthetic yarns, sheep wool
Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 9-23840, described as Loom, natu; spindle, mighzil, distaff, tighzalah. This loom was set up for a demonstration for me. It is plain weave and of rough brown sheep wool from the hairy, indigenous sheep whose wool resembles goat hair. The yarn is thick and dirty and there is absolutely no pattern in the weave. The beams and rods are of rough waste wood, intended for a wider piece of weaving. The heddle rod is a dowel formerly a broom or mop handle. Heddles are of orange wool. These weavers hung the heddle rod on wooden supports made from forked tree branches. They were buried in the sand and moved as the weaving progressed. They are 17" long and 1/2" in diameter. The stick shuttle is 21" long and made of a palm branch 3/4" thick. The Cross rod is a used 1"x1" piece of waste lumber. The spindle is very simple and doesn't even have a whorl, but only a nail. there is a large ball of spun singles yarn on it. The distaff is split palm branch 25" long and approximately 1" thick. The twisted wool roving is jammed into the split. The sword beater she used was amazingly rough; it did not come with the loom nor did the gazelle horn that she used as a hook beater. S-twist, Z-ply, warp-faced plain weave, 5 EPI. sheep wool, wood
Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 9-23728, described as Rug. Predominantly black with some white, red, green, and yellow. Plain weave, warp-faced. 5 EPI. Narrow weft-twined band. Z-ply.
Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 9-23727, described as Rug, mafrash. In one piece, predominantly of beige sheep wool, with red, black, and white. Center panel with mithkar pattern with tooth pattern on each side of it and molar pattern in green and orange on outer edges. Weft twining in triangle patterns in red, green, orange, dark blue, and white. Made for the purpose of selling. sheep wool, Z-ply. Commercial dye used, may have been tinted with some natural. Warp-faced plain weave with warp substitution. 7 EPI. Weft twining ear fringes 4.5" wide. Most of wool spun and dyed by Um Eid.

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