Saddleband (gurdah - pl. gurad); dark brown goat hair band in complex plaiting with three large self tassels at each end; above the tassels are soumac panels with geometric designs in red, rust, black, blue, and green separated by two-color yarn (dyed sheep wool) fringe Length: 1.49M Sprayed with DDT in alcohol (10/1978) Context: Straps for holding camel saddle in place. Made by women of the tribe, used by men. Cost 75USD
Donor:
Frank H. Stewart and University of Oxford
Collection place:
Kuntillah, Sinai peninsula, Egypt
Culture or time period:
Ahaywat tribe
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cinches
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
November 1977
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1981-1982 #39: University of California, Davis/Pat Charley (January 19, 1982–March 30, 1982)