Camel ornament

Museum number:
9-23707
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
7 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Camel ornament, ghurtha. Goat hair warp is mostly covered with maroon weft twining. Black, orange, some blue, and a bit of green, all in triangle pattern; made either for self or for sale; to be hung from shoulder or rump of camel, tassels swinging as it walks; s-plied goat hair and wool; orange dye must be commercial, maroon or blue might be darkened with dried limes or Burnoog; plain weave and weft twining; threat count per inch both 12 EPI and 11 EPI; 28" cord of Egyptian braid at 4 corners with tassels and loose yarns. 3 14" strips, 2" wide at ends, ending in wide, heavy tassels in black goat-hair.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Hail junkyard
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
January, 1989
Materials:
Goat hair
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Production date:
Circa 1960-1965
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— length 117 inches, whole— length 118 inches, and whole— width 13 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Camel ornament, accession number 9-23707, described as Camel ornament, ghurtha. Goat hair warp is mostly covered with maroon weft twining. Black, orange, some blue, and a bit of green, all in triangle pattern; made either for self or for sale; to be hung from shoulder or rump of camel, tassels swinging as it walks; s-plied goat hair and wool; orange dye must be commercial, maroon or blue might be darkened with dried limes or Burnoog; plain weave and weft twining; threat count per inch both 12 EPI and 11 EPI; 28" cord of Egyptian braid at 4 corners with tassels and loose yarns. 3 14" strips, 2" wide at ends, ending in wide, heavy tassels in black goat-hair.

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