Yarn

Museum number:
9-23829
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023829
Alternate number:
164 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
21 balls/bundles of hand-spun and dyed Bedouin yarn: cotton, sheep, and goat wool in reds, burgandy, oranges, creams, natural browns (light and dark), blue-green.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Qatif, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Safooga, Juba, Saudi Arabia
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
March 1992
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Production date:
March 1992
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Yarn, accession number 9-23829, described as 21 balls/bundles of hand-spun and dyed Bedouin yarn: cotton, sheep, and goat wool in reds, burgandy, oranges, creams, natural browns (light and dark), blue-green.

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