19 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Tent band. Orange predominant color with red, black, and white (cotton), and narrow stripes each of green and dark blue. Center panel is unusual with black and white 'weirjan pattern. Waft twining in 3 narrow bands at one end, onen at the other. One fringe with 9" braids, 2" groups of warps to each braid. Other edge, no finish; loops as they came off the loom. Cotton Z-ply; goat hair S-ply. Warp-faced plain weave with warp substitution. 12 EPI thread count per inch.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Nuayriyah, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Nuayriyah, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
1983
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
Possibly made in 1978
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 13 inches and whole— length 180 inches