Saddle cover

Museum number:
9-23705
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023705
Alternate number:
5 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
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
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Hail junkyard
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
January 1989
Materials:
Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Production date:
circa 1960-1965
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 68 inches, whole— length 39 inches, whole— length 77.25 inches, and whole— width 37.5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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 EPIHearst Museum object 2 of 2 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

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