143 b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Weft twined sash, maragees? (Arabic unknown) ending in three 5" long tasseled sashes. Loop at top for hanging. Weft in orange, maroon, red-orange, green, a grayed, faded colors (blue or purple?) on white cotton warp/ Same larkshead knots for warp. S-ply, commercial dye used. January 2019: I wonder if these sashes weren't used to decorate a "hiney" - riding litter. See #134
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Verbatim coll. place:
Murrah tribe, Anak
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Maker or artist:
Um Naif
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
April 1994
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sashes (costume accessories) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Production date:
c.1974-1984
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 4.25 inches and whole— length 24 inches