Storage bag

Museum number:
9-23703
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023703
Alternate number:
3 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Storage bag, khurj. Colors: red dominant with dark blue, white, and a little orange. Plain weave, Saha weave, 'weirjan on the sides of Saha, which is in blue and white. Made in 2 panels and whip-stitched in center. There's a chevron pattern in Saha on each panel in center of piece. Typical Eastern Province style with lacy, linear Saha pattern; made for self or for sale, but probably self; warp-faced weave with warp substitution, plain weave; 13 EPI thread count per inch; sides embroidered with chevron stitch. Running stitch only to hold top edge, one edge frayed.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Nuayriyah, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Nuayriyah
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
1983-1984
Materials:
Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— length 36 inches, whole 36.25'' x 22.25''— length 36.25 inches, whole— width 22.5 inches, and whole 36.25'' x 22.25''— width 22.25 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Storage bag, accession number 9-23703, described as Storage bag, khurj. Colors: red dominant with dark blue, white, and a little orange. Plain weave, Saha weave, 'weirjan on the sides of Saha, which is in blue and white. Made in 2 panels and whip-stitched in center. There's a chevron pattern in Saha on each panel in center of piece. Typical Eastern Province style with lacy, linear Saha pattern; made for self or for sale, but probably self; warp-faced weave with warp substitution, plain weave; 13 EPI thread count per inch; sides embroidered with chevron stitch. Running stitch only to hold top edge, one edge frayed.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Storage bag, accession number 9-23703, described as Storage bag, khurj. Colors: red dominant with dark blue, white, and a little orange. Plain weave, Saha weave, 'weirjan on the sides of Saha, which is in blue and white. Made in 2 panels and whip-stitched in center. There's a chevron pattern in Saha on each panel in center of piece. Typical Eastern Province style with lacy, linear Saha pattern; made for self or for sale, but probably self; warp-faced weave with warp substitution, plain weave; 13 EPI thread count per inch; sides embroidered with chevron stitch. Running stitch only to hold top edge, one edge frayed.

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