Snout cover
- Museum number:
- 9-23819
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090023819
- Alternate number:
- 163 (previous number (collector's original number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4812
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Camel snout cover. A crocheted, circular bag made of plastic rope and closed at one end. It may be double crochet. Have never seen one made, but they are common everywhere that are camels. This one is yellow and red but they come in all colors. Used to keep camels from biting or eating. Frequently used in transit and in camel markets.
- Donor:
- Joy Hilden
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Does not remember, probably from market where Bedouin supplies sold
- Culture or time period:
- Bedouin
- Collector:
- Joy Hilden
- Collection date:
- 1992-1993
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 1.4 Transportation and 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Production date:
- c.1990
- Accession date:
- 2019
- Department:
- Cat. 9 - Asia (incl. Russia east of Urals)
- Dimensions:
- whole— length 9 inches and whole— diameter 9 inches
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