142 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Handsome, small rug, mafrash, mostly in natural colors with molar pattern. Gray, beige, black, and dark red sheep wool. Neatly spun and woven. Narrow twining at ends in two sections and short fringes. Red and white molar pattern, tooth pattern, and checks. Also checks and tooth patterns. Made for sale - it has a twin. Z-ply, commercial dye, 7 EPI. Warp-faced plain weave, pattern weave, weft twining only to secure ends. Weft twining.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Verbatim coll. place:
Qatif Thursday Market
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Maker or artist:
Um Naif
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
21 April 1994
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
circa 1990
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— length 52 inches and whole— width 26.5 inches