114 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Object count:
1
Description:
Half of a storage bag, idl. Handsome panel in maroon with dark blue stripes and black and white saha in two stripes 3.5" wide. Four 2-warp-wide white dots in plain weave. Top and bottom sewn as for bag opening. Selvage clearly were sewn before, one to another twin panel, the other to close the side of bag. Dark blue seems to have been black or dark brown originally, then dyed with dark blue. On closer examination I see that it's made of two panels sewn by whip-stitching together. S-ply, probably commercial dye, plain weave and saha pickup, 12 EPI. Thras embroidered at ends. One piece folded over at one end and carefully sewn. Probably made for sale.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Aleppo, Syria
Verbatim coll. place:
Aleppo, Syria
Culture or time period:
Ain Al Arab tribe
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
March 1993
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Production date:
Said to be made in 1933-1943
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 25 inches and whole— length 84 inches