Rug and tent wall

Museum number:
9-23708
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
rug, tent wall; mafrash, data. Main color: red, with 4 bands of black goat hair. 2 panels sewn together with double-plied yarn in stitch like chicken tracks. Black and white Saha panels 2" wide, with 'weirjan, molar pattern and narrow colored stripes around it. Mithkar, pattern, 3/4" on outer edges. Altogether, on each panel, 2 sets of 1/4" bands of red, orange, and blue. Width of whole piece is uneven: it pucks when laid flat. Made for self. Z-plied black goat hair. Colored wool s-plied. Commercial dyes most likely used. Warp-faced plain weave with warp substitution weft-twined bands at both ends, 10" wide at one end and 11" and 9"; threat count per inch 16 EPI; Kru-coast braids at both ends. Weft twined bands at both ends. Diamond lozenge designs are made up of triangles. There is one orange tassel on the uneven fringe. Purchased from weaver and her husband.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Nuayriyah, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Nuayriyah, Qahban/Hajir tribe
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
1988
Materials:
Goat hair and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
1.5 Household and 4. Structures and Furnishings
Production date:
Possibly made in 1958-1968
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— length 132 inches, whole— width 50 inches, whole— width 47 inches, and whole— length 141 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rug and tent wall, accession number 9-23708, described as rug, tent wall; mafrash, data. Main color: red, with 4 bands of black goat hair. 2 panels sewn together with double-plied yarn in stitch like chicken tracks. Black and white Saha panels 2" wide, with 'weirjan, molar pattern and narrow colored stripes around it. Mithkar, pattern, 3/4" on outer edges. Altogether, on each panel, 2 sets of 1/4" bands of red, orange, and blue. Width of whole piece is uneven: it pucks when laid flat. Made for self. Z-plied black goat hair. Colored wool s-plied. Commercial dyes most likely used. Warp-faced plain weave with warp substitution weft-twined bands at both ends, 10" wide at one end and 11" and 9"; threat count per inch 16 EPI; Kru-coast braids at both ends. Weft twined bands at both ends. Diamond lozenge designs are made up of triangles. There is one orange tassel on the uneven fringe. Purchased from weaver and her husband.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rug and tent wall, accession number 9-23708, described as rug, tent wall; mafrash, data. Main color: red, with 4 bands of black goat hair. 2 panels sewn together with double-plied yarn in stitch like chicken tracks. Black and white Saha panels 2" wide, with 'weirjan, molar pattern and narrow colored stripes around it. Mithkar, pattern, 3/4" on outer edges. Altogether, on each panel, 2 sets of 1/4" bands of red, orange, and blue. Width of whole piece is uneven: it pucks when laid flat. Made for self. Z-plied black goat hair. Colored wool s-plied. Commercial dyes most likely used. Warp-faced plain weave with warp substitution weft-twined bands at both ends, 10" wide at one end and 11" and 9"; threat count per inch 16 EPI; Kru-coast braids at both ends. Weft twined bands at both ends. Diamond lozenge designs are made up of triangles. There is one orange tassel on the uneven fringe. Purchased from weaver and her husband.

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