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Hearst Museum object titled Blanket or dividing curtain, accession number 9-23772, described as Blanket or dividing curtain, 6-paneled saha. An old weaving of type not seen in Saudi Arabian Bedouin weaving. Similar to Uzbek Ghazerys in the narrow stripes with 2-3 colors each in saha pickup technique and intricate patterns, fine yarns. This one has 6 strips, none exactly the same size as the other, between 5.5"-8" wide each. Colors are blue, rusty red, light orange, and beige, which was probably white. Panels crudely whip-stitched together. Ends loose. S-ply, natural dyes, 23 EPI. Primarily pickup with stripes of plain weave.
Hearst Museum object titled Blanket or dividing curtain, accession number 9-23773, described as Blanket or dividing curtain, 4-paneled saha. Similar to #115 and Uzbek Ghazerys. Of a type not seen in Saudi Arabia. Colors brighter than #115, with less fine yarns in better condition. Four panels 13" wide each, except for one 12" wide. Panels were taken apart and reassembled in this kind of weaving for variety of uses. Colors: rusty red, red, bright blue, black, pastel peach, which was probably white and color ran. A mended place on an end panel circa 2" in diameter. Strips whip-stitched roughly, ends hemmed with whip-stitch roughly. S-ply, probably natural dyes, saha/pickup with stripes of plain weave.
Hearst Museum object titled Bodice ornament, accession number 7-8020, described as Bodice ornament (?), silk; machine embroidery; varicolored; in V shape with 3 roundels; length: 78 cm; diameter of roundel: 16 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Bolster cover, accession number 9-23803, described as Crocheted bolster cover, shughul soof sahrafa, made of gaudy multicolored synthetic yarns in double crochet. Owners were proud of this piece. It has a backing of synthetic white cloth sewn on by hand. Patterns are in rows of triangles called bakra (plural bakaar). Lines are 'arjah. Synthetic yarns. Fringe was tied on around the edges.
Hearst Museum object titled Bolster cover or wall ornament, accession number 9-23792, described as Bolster cover or wall ornament, manthar. Synthetic yarn in bright colors - red, magenta, blue, white, green, and orange. Writing in center strip of shajarah pattern says "Il hujoom il barry," which means "ground war" or "Desert Storm." It celebrates Kuwait's victory in the Gulf War. Date is woven in, as are 2 different machine guns (rashash) and a tank (dabbaba). The patterns are: 1 shajarah, 2 molar, 2 'weirjan. Warp-faced plain weave with complementary warp patterning. 12 EPI. One edge is crudely joined to crudely-made backing of maroon cotton blend with chevron stitch. The other edge is open and has ties of synthetic yarn for holding in the bolster.
Hearst Museum object titled Bordered piece, accession number 9-15066, described as Bordered piece. Cotton, silk. Satin weave, cut pile. Browns. Lozenge motives, geometric motives on borders. Rare. 53 inches by 40 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23824, described as steatite vessel round bowl with two flat opposing handles
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-14885, described as Bowl (gdah - pl. gdahih), carved wood; oblong; handle at one end, pouring spout at other; aluminium and copper reinforcing on rim and underside attached with copper and aluminium nails; Food residue on interior. Made of iθil wood (a kind of tamarisk) Length at top: 37cm. Fumigated and treated with DDT in alcohol (10.1978) Context: bowl for making dough. Also container for gmas, i.e. whatever food one dips one's bread into, or for fattih, i.e. bread crumbled and made into a kind of porridge with some other substance, such as milk. Used when preparing and eating food. Now entirely obsolete, having been replaced by enamelled bowls. This was apparently a standard piece of equipment, which pretty well every family would have had. There were also larger and smaller wooden vessels, which had special names. Cost: 20USD
Hearst Museum object titled Braid, accession number 9-23744, described as Four strand braid. Black and white synthetic, 12.5" x 0.5
Hearst Museum object titled Bridal crown, accession number 9-5765, described as Bride’s headdress; cake-shaped headdress, round with flat top; forehead area is overlapping layers of Turkish silver-colored coins tightly packed like fish scales; similarly encrusted triangular earflaps; at brow are three rows of tubular coral beads, 1 row of coins below; crown is 4 triangles of embroidery in red and green with brown X dividing them; blue linen ground; red cotton cloth lining; back is beige and green embroidered rectangles.

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