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Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-28375, described as Belt: Red wool with linear yellow designs. Double and single strands in plain weave ending in plaited tassels at both ends.
Hearst Museum object titled Camel ornament, accession number 9-23709, described as Camel ornament, ghurtha (mahgoobeh). Colors: black and red with orange, green, blue, and a little white. Decoration for camel, put on the rump. Large stuffed tassels, 3 at each end. Edges of weft-twined sections have blue and white wool over warps. Warp, goat hair: S-plied. sheeps wool, Z and S plied. Commercial dye. Warp-faced plain weave, weft twining. 8 EPI thread count per inch. Salesman said from Hasa, but Hilden thinks possibly Murah.
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 Headstall, accession number 9-23711, described as Headstall for horse, rasan hisan constructed of 2 pieces; weft-twined neck piece with tassels, braided, and weft-twined decoration to which tassels are attached. Nose piece: 40" x 3.5". Neck piece: 27" x 1.5". Card-woven lead: 3/4" x 11', in wool, black and white with red stripes. Lead ends in 2 finger-woven pieces with "M" pattern 15" long. Waft twined nose and neck piece sewn together crudely with red plastic twine. Card-woven lead sewn onto hand-wrought iron fittings the same way.
Hearst Museum object titled Saddle cover, accession number 9-23705, described as Saddle cover, nategh. White, beige, and black plain weave ground with 3 large and 2 small weft-twined bands at one end in maroon, orange, green, and blue triangular patterns. Black "ants" pattern (checks) in white center stripe. Made in 2 pieces and sewed with fagotting in center. (Un)decorated end has sewn-on fringe to match warp. Fits over saddle with hole for pommel 28" from front (decorated end). Hele/slit is 6" long. Commercial dye used. Green is uneven and gives marble effect. Warp-faced plain weave with weft twining. Front edge has sewn-on fringe. Back end is bound in red polyester ca. 2" wide. Center joins in 2 styles of fagotting; front end in tight stitches in blocks of colors: blue and white, red and green, red and orange. Back stitches are further apart, with a center twist, in henna-colored yarn. Tufts of weft are left hanging from twining as decoration element; thread count per inch: 10 EPI
Hearst Museum object titled Storage bag, accession number 9-23706, described as Storage bag, khurj. 23" deep with 10 weft-twined strips off flap, all with multi-colored tassels. Weaver calls pattern on the 1 1/2" strips "fingers (asabigh)". Dominant color: red-orange, with orange, blue, black, white, and yellow. 2 bands of Saha, Four bands of 'weirjan. Saha'sha jarah pattern is very intricate. "Danadeesh" weft-twined strips on flap with stuffed tassels. 15" loop of brown wool cord for fastening to camel on one corner. Sides sewn with chevron pattern. Has slits at top of bag of varying widths, 2 1/4" - 13/4", for closing. Behind it, inside flap, are worn loops of 4 strand-square braids in black and white, 2 1/2" long, spaced to fit into loop-slits. Top of bag has totally worn "thras" embroidered edge; Thread count per inch 16 EPI, warp-faced plain weave with warp substitution; Wool S-plied, cotton both S and Z plied.

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