Cushion

Museum number:
9-23756a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210923756a@2cb
Alternate number:
42 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Two (2) woven cushion covers, masnad Made from saddle blanket. Red, warp-faced weave. Each cushion was 1/2 the original piece. Was one long narrow strip with tassels on each end; flat and round. Z-ply. Dye used possibly madder. Warp-faced plain weave technique. Braids on edges circa 7" long. Tassels 4".
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Hofuf, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Hofuf covered suq. Hofuf, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
Circa 1983
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation and 1.5 Household
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
12" x 82", approximately (before cutting)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cushion, accession number 9-23756a,b, described as Two (2) woven cushion covers, masnad Made from saddle blanket. Red, warp-faced weave. Each cushion was 1/2 the original piece. Was one long narrow strip with tassels on each end; flat and round. Z-ply. Dye used possibly madder. Warp-faced plain weave technique. Braids on edges circa 7" long. Tassels 4".Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cushion, accession number 9-23756a,b, described as Two (2) woven cushion covers, masnad Made from saddle blanket. Red, warp-faced weave. Each cushion was 1/2 the original piece. Was one long narrow strip with tassels on each end; flat and round. Z-ply. Dye used possibly madder. Warp-faced plain weave technique. Braids on edges circa 7" long. Tassels 4".

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