28 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Rug, mafrash. In one piece, predominantly of beige sheep wool, with red, black, and white. Center panel with mithkar pattern with tooth pattern on each side of it and molar pattern in green and orange on outer edges. Weft twining in triangle patterns in red, green, orange, dark blue, and white. Made for the purpose of selling. sheep wool, Z-ply. Commercial dye used, may have been tinted with some natural. Warp-faced plain weave with warp substitution. 7 EPI. Weft twining ear fringes 4.5" wide. Most of wool spun and dyed by Um Eid.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Anak
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Maker or artist:
Um 'Eid
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
1989
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
circa 1989
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 30 inches and whole— length 72 inches