Saddle bag

Museum number:
9-23788
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
132 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Sturdy saddle bag, khurj with thick yarns. Distinguished by leather binding and flap with closing loops, most of which have worn off. All patterns in 'weirjan (3 bands) and mithkar (1 band). One leather flap is 2.5" wide, the other 5" wide, since it folds over from back to front. 2 strips whip-stitched together on one side, V-embroidered on other side. Colors: red, orange, black, and white. Z-ply, 9 EPI. Warp-faced plain weave with complementary warp patterns. Unknown what type of dye used. Upper closing edges embroidered with binding stitch over cotton print strips. Leather closing sewn on with strips of leather 5/8" wide. Top edge is whip-stitched. Bottom edge handsomely stitched over a strip of darker leather, which is in turn over a piece of maroon cloth, barely visible. Loops were of plied 5/8" wide leather, sewn through the cloth and emerging through holes in leather on right side. Flap edges also stitched as top edge is, stitches used in a decorative way.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Riyadh women's market.
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
October 29, 1993
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Saddlebags (containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Production date:
c.1940
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— length 29 inches and whole— width 27 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Saddle bag, accession number 9-23788, described as Sturdy saddle bag, khurj with thick yarns. Distinguished by leather binding and flap with closing loops, most of which have worn off. All patterns in 'weirjan (3 bands) and mithkar (1 band). One leather flap is 2.5" wide, the other 5" wide, since it folds over from back to front. 2 strips whip-stitched together on one side, V-embroidered on other side. Colors: red, orange, black, and white. Z-ply, 9 EPI. Warp-faced plain weave with complementary warp patterns. Unknown what type of dye used. Upper closing edges embroidered with binding stitch over cotton print strips. Leather closing sewn on with strips of leather 5/8" wide. Top edge is whip-stitched. Bottom edge handsomely stitched over a strip of darker leather, which is in turn over a piece of maroon cloth, barely visible. Loops were of plied 5/8" wide leather, sewn through the cloth and emerging through holes in leather on right side. Flap edges also stitched as top edge is, stitches used in a decorative way.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Saddle bag, accession number 9-23788, described as Sturdy saddle bag, khurj with thick yarns. Distinguished by leather binding and flap with closing loops, most of which have worn off. All patterns in 'weirjan (3 bands) and mithkar (1 band). One leather flap is 2.5" wide, the other 5" wide, since it folds over from back to front. 2 strips whip-stitched together on one side, V-embroidered on other side. Colors: red, orange, black, and white. Z-ply, 9 EPI. Warp-faced plain weave with complementary warp patterns. Unknown what type of dye used. Upper closing edges embroidered with binding stitch over cotton print strips. Leather closing sewn on with strips of leather 5/8" wide. Top edge is whip-stitched. Bottom edge handsomely stitched over a strip of darker leather, which is in turn over a piece of maroon cloth, barely visible. Loops were of plied 5/8" wide leather, sewn through the cloth and emerging through holes in leather on right side. Flap edges also stitched as top edge is, stitches used in a decorative way.

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