Girth strap

Museum number:

9-23820

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Alternate number:

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

Accession number:

Acc.4812

Object count:

1

Description:

girth strap, mahgoobeh. Loop 5.5 inches long becomes a flat braid approximately 2.25 inches wide and almost 9 feet long. Ends with two round braids 26 inches long and two tassels 8 inches long. Z-twist, S-ply. No dye used. Band sewn into two tassels using synthetic yarn, orange and purple.

Donor:

Joy Hilden

Collection place:

Umluj, Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia

Verbatim coll. place:

Umlaj

Production place:

Umluj, Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia

Culture or time period:

Bedouin

Maker or artist:

Abdul Mu'tis Family

Collector:

Joy Hilden

Collection date:

January 1992

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Cinches

Function:

1.4 Transportation

Production date:

c. 1990

Accession date:

October 15, 2019

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

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