Hodaj ornament

Museum number:
9-23789
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
133a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Two long, tasseled twined hodaj ornaments, allagat, maragees to hang on the corners of a square hodaj. Patterns in modules of triangles and diamonds, and divided by white and black twined dots. Also misht (comb) pattern appears. Base colors are orange, red, maroon. Other colors: dark blue (black?), white, green. Each has sashes 27" x 1.25" with two smaller sashes on two of them. Total of five tassels on each piece. The pieces not identically in measurement but have the same patterns and sequence. Once has a stick bound into the top, the other is missing. S and Z twist in tassels. Probably commercial dye used. Tassels, binding on top. Damtha says these "maragess" are made to hang points of the hinney, the crescent-shaped liver.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Hofuf, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Hofuf
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— length 72 inches and whole— width 4 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Hodaj ornament, accession number 9-23789, described as Two long, tasseled twined hodaj ornaments, allagat, maragees to hang on the corners of a square hodaj. Patterns in modules of triangles and diamonds, and divided by white and black twined dots. Also misht (comb) pattern appears. Base colors are orange, red, maroon. Other colors: dark blue (black?), white, green. Each has sashes 27" x 1.25" with two smaller sashes on two of them. Total of five tassels on each piece. The pieces not identically in measurement but have the same patterns and sequence. Once has a stick bound into the top, the other is missing. S and Z twist in tassels. Probably commercial dye used. Tassels, binding on top. Damtha says these "maragess" are made to hang points of the hinney, the crescent-shaped liver.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Hodaj ornament, accession number 9-23789, described as Two long, tasseled twined hodaj ornaments, allagat, maragees to hang on the corners of a square hodaj. Patterns in modules of triangles and diamonds, and divided by white and black twined dots. Also misht (comb) pattern appears. Base colors are orange, red, maroon. Other colors: dark blue (black?), white, green. Each has sashes 27" x 1.25" with two smaller sashes on two of them. Total of five tassels on each piece. The pieces not identically in measurement but have the same patterns and sequence. Once has a stick bound into the top, the other is missing. S and Z twist in tassels. Probably commercial dye used. Tassels, binding on top. Damtha says these "maragess" are made to hang points of the hinney, the crescent-shaped liver.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Hodaj ornament, accession number 9-23789, described as Two long, tasseled twined hodaj ornaments, allagat, maragees to hang on the corners of a square hodaj. Patterns in modules of triangles and diamonds, and divided by white and black twined dots. Also misht (comb) pattern appears. Base colors are orange, red, maroon. Other colors: dark blue (black?), white, green. Each has sashes 27" x 1.25" with two smaller sashes on two of them. Total of five tassels on each piece. The pieces not identically in measurement but have the same patterns and sequence. Once has a stick bound into the top, the other is missing. S and Z twist in tassels. Probably commercial dye used. Tassels, binding on top. Damtha says these "maragess" are made to hang points of the hinney, the crescent-shaped liver.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Hodaj ornament, accession number 9-23789, described as Two long, tasseled twined hodaj ornaments, allagat, maragees to hang on the corners of a square hodaj. Patterns in modules of triangles and diamonds, and divided by white and black twined dots. Also misht (comb) pattern appears. Base colors are orange, red, maroon. Other colors: dark blue (black?), white, green. Each has sashes 27" x 1.25" with two smaller sashes on two of them. Total of five tassels on each piece. The pieces not identically in measurement but have the same patterns and sequence. Once has a stick bound into the top, the other is missing. S and Z twist in tassels. Probably commercial dye used. Tassels, binding on top. Damtha says these "maragess" are made to hang points of the hinney, the crescent-shaped liver.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Hodaj ornament, accession number 9-23789, described as Two long, tasseled twined hodaj ornaments, allagat, maragees to hang on the corners of a square hodaj. Patterns in modules of triangles and diamonds, and divided by white and black twined dots. Also misht (comb) pattern appears. Base colors are orange, red, maroon. Other colors: dark blue (black?), white, green. Each has sashes 27" x 1.25" with two smaller sashes on two of them. Total of five tassels on each piece. The pieces not identically in measurement but have the same patterns and sequence. Once has a stick bound into the top, the other is missing. S and Z twist in tassels. Probably commercial dye used. Tassels, binding on top. Damtha says these "maragess" are made to hang points of the hinney, the crescent-shaped liver.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Hodaj ornament, accession number 9-23789, described as Two long, tasseled twined hodaj ornaments, allagat, maragees to hang on the corners of a square hodaj. Patterns in modules of triangles and diamonds, and divided by white and black twined dots. Also misht (comb) pattern appears. Base colors are orange, red, maroon. Other colors: dark blue (black?), white, green. Each has sashes 27" x 1.25" with two smaller sashes on two of them. Total of five tassels on each piece. The pieces not identically in measurement but have the same patterns and sequence. Once has a stick bound into the top, the other is missing. S and Z twist in tassels. Probably commercial dye used. Tassels, binding on top. Damtha says these "maragess" are made to hang points of the hinney, the crescent-shaped liver.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Hodaj ornament, accession number 9-23789, described as Two long, tasseled twined hodaj ornaments, allagat, maragees to hang on the corners of a square hodaj. Patterns in modules of triangles and diamonds, and divided by white and black twined dots. Also misht (comb) pattern appears. Base colors are orange, red, maroon. Other colors: dark blue (black?), white, green. Each has sashes 27" x 1.25" with two smaller sashes on two of them. Total of five tassels on each piece. The pieces not identically in measurement but have the same patterns and sequence. Once has a stick bound into the top, the other is missing. S and Z twist in tassels. Probably commercial dye used. Tassels, binding on top. Damtha says these "maragess" are made to hang points of the hinney, the crescent-shaped liver.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Hodaj ornament, accession number 9-23789, described as Two long, tasseled twined hodaj ornaments, allagat, maragees to hang on the corners of a square hodaj. Patterns in modules of triangles and diamonds, and divided by white and black twined dots. Also misht (comb) pattern appears. Base colors are orange, red, maroon. Other colors: dark blue (black?), white, green. Each has sashes 27" x 1.25" with two smaller sashes on two of them. Total of five tassels on each piece. The pieces not identically in measurement but have the same patterns and sequence. Once has a stick bound into the top, the other is missing. S and Z twist in tassels. Probably commercial dye used. Tassels, binding on top. Damtha says these "maragess" are made to hang points of the hinney, the crescent-shaped liver.

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