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Hearst Museum object titled Tent wall or shelter wall, accession number 9-23805, described as wall for tent or shelter, hidm is half the length of the complete hidim, other half sold to Wafa al Zaid. It is entirely made of spun and plied strips of cloth, both warp and weft. Multi-colored with the pairs in the plying generally mixed. Only the black is solid-colored. As in #151, I kept only half because of lack of space to ship the whole piece. It is thick and heavy. The color of the weft varies. The uncut end has a few rows of white twining to secure it. Throughout the piece, ends of rags poke out of the warp. Would probably have been used as a wall for a human shelter, since everyone in the settlement lived in tents. It might have been used alone or sewn onto another long strip of weaving or canvas. Often hidims are mounted on chain link fencing, which is used around their shelters or in goat pens at a short distance from their dwellings. Made of spun and plied strips of cloth. Z-ply, warp-faced plain weave, 8 EPI. A few rows of twining on ends. Often hidims are mounted on chain link fencing, which is used around their shelters or in goat pens at a short distance from their dwellings.

Hearst Museum object titled Tent wall or shelter wall, accession number 9-23804, described as Wall for tent or shelter, hidim, is a piece of a much longer strip. It is in natural colors - gray, brown, and white - with orange and red (faded totally) over dye in plain weave in vertical stripe and dot/horizontal stripe pattern. It was cut off a large piece because I didn't have space to bring the whole piece. Made for self and used as a windbreak. Might have been used for human shelter before their houses were built, but more likely used for goat shelters. Z-ply, commercial dye used but unsure, 10 thread count per inch. Warp-faced plain weave.