152 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
wall for tent or shelter, hidm is half the length of the complete hidim, other half sold to Wafa al Zaid. It is entirely made of spun and plied strips of cloth, both warp and weft. Multi-colored with the pairs in the plying generally mixed. Only the black is solid-colored. As in #151, I kept only half because of lack of space to ship the whole piece. It is thick and heavy. The color of the weft varies. The uncut end has a few rows of white twining to secure it. Throughout the piece, ends of rags poke out of the warp. Would probably have been used as a wall for a human shelter, since everyone in the settlement lived in tents. It might have been used alone or sewn onto another long strip of weaving or canvas. Often hidims are mounted on chain link fencing, which is used around their shelters or in goat pens at a short distance from their dwellings. Made of spun and plied strips of cloth. Z-ply, warp-faced plain weave, 8 EPI. A few rows of twining on ends. Often hidims are mounted on chain link fencing, which is used around their shelters or in goat pens at a short distance from their dwellings.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Shabaha, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Shabaha, Saudi Arabia
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
July 15, 1994
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4. Structures and Furnishings
Production date:
c.1994
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 23 inches and whole— length 118 inches