Collection place: Arabian Peninsula / Maker or artist: Salmeh of Jahena tribe, Shabaha - 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 Wedding ornament, accession number 9-23811, described as Wedding ornament, hunaid. Bright red cotton and rough white cotton lining are sewn together to make a tube and form the support for beads, buttons, shells, and fringes. The cotton tube is 12" long, with a 7" black goat hair fringe sewn onto the bottom 3". The tube is formed by fastening three buttons. A 2" black goat hair fringe is sewn to the top edge. A grid of cowrie shells and white and black glass beads form a gridded pattern, the white beads forming rectangles or diamonds. 3 old coins are sewn on. Z-ply. Used to announce a wedding by fitting it on a pole and standing the pole up in front of the tent or house. Not sure if there's further significance, such as bride's virginity.