Horse lead

Museum number:
9-23741
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
39a (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
One of a pair of leads for horse? Rope 7' long in chevron braid with two crossovers, alternating black and white. Loop on one end, wrapped in black and white. Other end frayed. Decorated with two sets each containing: weft twined bands 24" long and 1.25" in bright synthetic colors: red. yellow, green, maroon, mainly. Ends split in last 6", then are attached to 4" orange tassels. (1 maroon acrylic). Also each set has 3/8" wide braids like the main rope, also 24" long. All attached by sturdy loops to main rope, 16" form loop and 24" after that. Very well made.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Abqaiq
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
Circa 1983
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 84 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Horse lead, accession number 9-23741, described as One of a pair of leads for horse? Rope 7' long in chevron braid with two crossovers, alternating black and white. Loop on one end, wrapped in black and white. Other end frayed. Decorated with two sets each containing: weft twined bands 24" long and 1.25" in bright synthetic colors: red. yellow, green, maroon, mainly. Ends split in last 6", then are attached to 4" orange tassels. (1 maroon acrylic). Also each set has 3/8" wide braids like the main rope, also 24" long. All attached by sturdy loops to main rope, 16" form loop and 24" after that. Very well made.

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