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1979.14.10

Waist ornament or belt, woven of green, red and mauve wool [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/4/2005]

1979.14.10

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Collection type
Object
Description
Waist ornament or belt, woven of green, red and mauve wool [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/4/2005]
Geographical reference
Syria
Asia > Western Asia > Syria
Northern district of Samaâne, Jebel
Cultural groups
Bedouin
Person
Field collector Brian Stuart
PRM source Brian Stuart
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1943
Date collected
1942 - 1943
Acquisition information
Acquired: 02/1946 Acquired: 02/1953 Acquired: 08/1979
Materials and processes
Material Wool Textile Animal, Material Pigment, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Woven, Process Dyed
Dimensions
Length: max 2230 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1979.14.10 Accession number: 1946.2.06
Research and responses

This could be Mount ad-Duruz [in Arabic Jabal Ad-duruz], also spelled JEBEL ED-DRUZ, French LE DJEBEL DRUZE, mountain just east of as-Suwayda', southern Syria. Mount ad-Duruz rises to 5,900 feet (1,800 m). The name in Arabic means Mountain of the Druzes. [Encyclopaedia Britannica on line] [AP 20/11/2000]

Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Waist Ornament, Belt

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