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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 Pillow cover, accession number 9-23712, described as Pillow cover, masnad (pillow) sheeps wool and white cotton

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Recataloged to 7-4202, accession number 23-248, described as Spoon; gold-plated sterling; blue, green, white, and red enameling; floral, geometric motifs; hallmark of 88 with woman's head; maker's initials not legible. length 15 cm.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Souvenir spoon, accession number 7-4202, described as Spoon; gold-plated sterling; blue, green, white, and red enameling; floral, geometric motifs; hallmark of 88 with woman's head; maker's initials not legible. length 15 cm.

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.

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