Double saddle bag

Museum number:
9-23776
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
121 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Double saddle bag, khurj ba'eer. Typical of northern style bags, but not a very good example, neither artistically nor in its condition. Plain weave white cotton and black goat hair with two bands of checks. 3 bands of weft twining with weft ends left out as tassels. Holes for saddle in middle section. Cloth binding under "tathrees," stitching at opening of bag. 22" tassels and stems; tassels heavy and stuffed. Patterns of twining in triangles and diamonds. S and Z-ply. Commercial dye and Burnoog used. Plain weave, weft twining, Egyptian braids on tassel stems. 12 EPI. Habak stitching on sides, tathrees on edge of bag openings, Egyptian braid tassel stems.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Hafar al Batin, Saudi Arabia
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
Winter of 1991-1992
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Production date:
Probably 1941-1952
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— length 96 inches and whole— width 25 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Double saddle bag, accession number 9-23776, described as Double saddle bag, khurj ba'eer. Typical of northern style bags, but not a very good example, neither artistically nor in its condition. Plain weave white cotton and black goat hair with two bands of checks. 3 bands of weft twining with weft ends left out as tassels. Holes for saddle in middle section. Cloth binding under "tathrees," stitching at opening of bag. 22" tassels and stems; tassels heavy and stuffed. Patterns of twining in triangles and diamonds. S and Z-ply. Commercial dye and Burnoog used. Plain weave, weft twining, Egyptian braids on tassel stems. 12 EPI. Habak stitching on sides, tathrees on edge of bag openings, Egyptian braid tassel stems.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Double saddle bag, accession number 9-23776, described as Double saddle bag, khurj ba'eer. Typical of northern style bags, but not a very good example, neither artistically nor in its condition. Plain weave white cotton and black goat hair with two bands of checks. 3 bands of weft twining with weft ends left out as tassels. Holes for saddle in middle section. Cloth binding under "tathrees," stitching at opening of bag. 22" tassels and stems; tassels heavy and stuffed. Patterns of twining in triangles and diamonds. S and Z-ply. Commercial dye and Burnoog used. Plain weave, weft twining, Egyptian braids on tassel stems. 12 EPI. Habak stitching on sides, tathrees on edge of bag openings, Egyptian braid tassel stems.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Double saddle bag, accession number 9-23776, described as Double saddle bag, khurj ba'eer. Typical of northern style bags, but not a very good example, neither artistically nor in its condition. Plain weave white cotton and black goat hair with two bands of checks. 3 bands of weft twining with weft ends left out as tassels. Holes for saddle in middle section. Cloth binding under "tathrees," stitching at opening of bag. 22" tassels and stems; tassels heavy and stuffed. Patterns of twining in triangles and diamonds. S and Z-ply. Commercial dye and Burnoog used. Plain weave, weft twining, Egyptian braids on tassel stems. 12 EPI. Habak stitching on sides, tathrees on edge of bag openings, Egyptian braid tassel stems.

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