Bag

Museum number:

9-23713

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Alternate number:

13 (previous number (collector's original number))

Accession number:

Acc.4812

Object count:

1

Description:

A small bag, khurg. the other in the pair given to Helen Doty. Synthetic yarn plied by the weaver's family. Predominantly white with purple, green, red, orange, and blue. Body of bag has tooth and molar patterns and stripes. Flap weft-twined with panels in varying widths in solid and linear diamond patterns. Ends of panels and bottom of bag with 3/4" wide strips and tassels. Made by a 30 year old woman. Time taken to make is four days for plain weave part, five days for twining and tassels. Weft twined strips and tassels. Chevron embroidery side joins in blue and white. Loops on each side of opening 12" long weft-twined strip in blue and white check pattern, 7/8" wide. Made by a 32 year old woman who embroidered it; in thick yarn the name "Saif-Allah Al Jurayid" on front. Made for self or as gifts. Synthetic yarn. Warp-faced plain weave, weft twining. 14 EPI thread count per inch.

Donor:

Joy Hilden

Collection place:

Saudi Arabia

Verbatim coll. place:

Al Jouf, Sakaka

Culture or time period:

Bedouin

Collector:

Joy Hilden

Collection date:

1985

Materials:

Synthetic fiber

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

1.4 Transportation and 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Production date:

circa 1985

Accession date:

2019

Department:

Cat. 9 - Asia (incl. Russia east of Urals)

Dimensions:

whole— length 27 inches and whole— width 17 inches

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