Hanging

Museum number:
9-23731
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
29e (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Hanging uses Shajarah/Saha weave. Simple designs on 13/4" Saha with tooth pattern on each side. Black with red and white. 2.5" wide band of weft twining on bottom edge in camel's hump pattern in red, orange, purple, and green. Z-ply. 9EPI. Tassels on edges; 4 strand braids 14" with tassels.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Anak
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Maker or artist:
Um 'Eid
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
1984-1989
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household and 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— length 50 inches and whole— width 15 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hanging, accession number 9-23731, described as Hanging uses Shajarah/Saha weave. Simple designs on 13/4" Saha with tooth pattern on each side. Black with red and white. 2.5" wide band of weft twining on bottom edge in camel's hump pattern in red, orange, purple, and green. Z-ply. 9EPI. Tassels on edges; 4 strand braids 14" with tassels.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hanging, accession number 9-23731, described as Hanging uses Shajarah/Saha weave. Simple designs on 13/4" Saha with tooth pattern on each side. Black with red and white. 2.5" wide band of weft twining on bottom edge in camel's hump pattern in red, orange, purple, and green. Z-ply. 9EPI. Tassels on edges; 4 strand braids 14" with tassels.

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