Maker or artist: Wasmia / Materials: Cotton (textile) / Function: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Dividing curtain, accession number 9-23725, described as Dividing Curtain, ruag, qata'. Wasmia (maker) has woven her name and several wasm into it. The base is white cotton, 2-ply for some and 3-ply for others. The bottom panel is the thickest with 3 ply. Black goat hair and brown sheep wool are the second predominating color, with the top band based in brown. A strip of 2.5" brown sheeps wool ends the 5th band. Red and red-orange are the next used, while narrow strips of blue and blue-green are found in first, second, and fourth panels. The fourth panel also has 2 narrow stripes of yellow-orange. The ends of that panel are sewn in so I have no samples to include in this report. Sajarah weave: top panel 11.5" braid and small tassels. Brown sheeps wool with white cotton, red and green wool (also blue-green); has a 2 3/4" strip of 3-color shajarah in red-orange, black and white with 'weirjan on each side. There are 41 ends of shajarah and 9 ends of 'weirjan. The second panel has white cotton predominating with brown, red, green wool, 15"; has black wool and white cotton shajarah, also 41 ends and red, white, and black 'weirjan, same as top panel. Third panel 21.5" with black goat hair in shajarah strip and stop; has shajarah with 27 ends, the black being goat hair and more dense in overall appearance, paired with fine white cotton. Same 'weirjan as other panels, no blue stripes. Fourth panel 16.5", other colors plus two yellow stripes; has 19 ends of small black-on-white 'weirjan with diamond design predominating. On each side are yellow-orange stripes with blue-green on each side and red besides them. The design panel starts 1" from top of panel. Fifth panel: 23.5". No ornamentation. Weft of all panels: white cotton. Z-ply; probably commercial dye used. 17 EPI (count varies a bit); pom-poms on top piece. Ends plied; braided edging called "marireh." Metal triangular ring for hanging at one corner.