Hodaj cover, blanket, dividing curtain

Museum number:
9-23818
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023818
Alternate number:
159b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
(multipurpose) Hodaj covers, blankets, dividing curtains, shaf (multipurpose). Lightweight and universally used as hodaj covers, floor covers, blankets, and tent dividers. They are woven using Bedouin yarns by male weavers using pit looms in oasis areas. These probably were made in Hofuf. Balanced plain weave using single yarns for warp and weft. One piece, cut short with end turned under and hemmed roughly. Pattern at one end in plain weave horizontal and vertical stripes in green, yellow-green, maroon, and pink. Weft put in two at a time. Z-spun, 10 EPI, commercial dye.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Hofuf, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Hofuf, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
c.1990
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Production date:
c.1985-1990
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— length 87 inches and whole— width 29 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Hodaj cover, blanket, dividing curtain, accession number 9-23818, described as (multipurpose) Hodaj covers, blankets, dividing curtains, shaf (multipurpose). Lightweight and universally used as hodaj covers, floor covers, blankets, and tent dividers. They are woven using Bedouin yarns by male weavers using pit looms in oasis areas. These probably were made in Hofuf. Balanced plain weave using single yarns for warp and weft. One piece, cut short with end turned under and hemmed roughly. Pattern at one end in plain weave horizontal and vertical stripes in green, yellow-green, maroon, and pink. Weft put in two at a time. Z-spun, 10 EPI, commercial dye.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Hodaj cover, blanket, dividing curtain, accession number 9-23818, described as (multipurpose) Hodaj covers, blankets, dividing curtains, shaf (multipurpose). Lightweight and universally used as hodaj covers, floor covers, blankets, and tent dividers. They are woven using Bedouin yarns by male weavers using pit looms in oasis areas. These probably were made in Hofuf. Balanced plain weave using single yarns for warp and weft. One piece, cut short with end turned under and hemmed roughly. Pattern at one end in plain weave horizontal and vertical stripes in green, yellow-green, maroon, and pink. Weft put in two at a time. Z-spun, 10 EPI, commercial dye.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Hodaj cover, blanket, dividing curtain, accession number 9-23818, described as (multipurpose) Hodaj covers, blankets, dividing curtains, shaf (multipurpose). Lightweight and universally used as hodaj covers, floor covers, blankets, and tent dividers. They are woven using Bedouin yarns by male weavers using pit looms in oasis areas. These probably were made in Hofuf. Balanced plain weave using single yarns for warp and weft. One piece, cut short with end turned under and hemmed roughly. Pattern at one end in plain weave horizontal and vertical stripes in green, yellow-green, maroon, and pink. Weft put in two at a time. Z-spun, 10 EPI, commercial dye.

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