37 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Camel headstall and bridle, rasan jamal. Neck piece is weft-twined with patterns and lined with cotton print. Neat black and white stitches on selvedge. Nose piece a 3-strand braid using 2 strands of rag and one a bundle of yarn. Lead Egyptian braid in black goat hair and white wool, looped at neck end to fasten into hardware. After 6", braid splits into loops for 5". At end it splits into loops again before braiding into several 3-strand braids. Tassels: in 3 groups of 3 each on neck piece: 2 dark blue, 4 maroon, 1 orange, one damaged. Held to neck piece by four-strand square braids. S-plied. Burnoog definitely used, and probably all other dyes. Weft twining, brading, and tassels. Tassels double-pliedMade for self.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Al Jouf, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Al Jouf, Sakaka
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
1985
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Production date:
Probably made in 1955-1960
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Neck piece: 26" x 2"; 14" nose piece. Iron chain: 14" long. 3 circular iron fittings: 2" diameter. Lead: 8' long