Strap

Museum number:
9-23747
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
39g (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
strap. card-woven, made for hauling goods on animals or people. Total length: 16'. 12 flat card weaving 1 3/4" wide. 28"-long "M" braid 1" wide. 14" Egyptian braid ending in 6" frayed tassel. Colors: white, a variety of oranges, red and yellow - wool. Untasseled end cut, unfinished.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
UPM yard sale
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
1982
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Production date:
1952-1962
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— length 192 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Strap, accession number 9-23747, described as strap. card-woven, made for hauling goods on animals or people. Total length: 16'. 12 flat card weaving 1 3/4" wide. 28"-long "M" braid 1" wide. 14" Egyptian braid ending in 6" frayed tassel. Colors: white, a variety of oranges, red and yellow - wool. Untasseled end cut, unfinished.

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