Girth strap
- Museum number:
- 9-23779
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090023779
- Alternate number:
- 122c (previous number (collector's original number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4812
- Description:
- cgirth strap, btan 9'6" x 2.25". Flat white sheep wool braid with round braids at ends, 10" at loop end, 21" at tassel end. V construction as with neck band above. All: Typical of those made by many tribeswomen. Braids: V-type, flat. Square, and round (girth strap) possibly Egyptian braid. Loops, simple braids. January 2019: seems too short to be a girth strap. May be a lead
- Donor:
- Joy Hilden
- Collection place:
- Nuayriyah, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Al Ajami tribe, Nuayriyah
- Culture or time period:
- Bedouin
- Collector:
- Joy Hilden
- Collection date:
- January 21, 1993
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Cinches
- Function:
- 1.4 Transportation
- Production date:
- c.1990
- Accession date:
- October 15, 2019
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- whole— width 2.25 inches and whole— length 114 inches
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