2001.60.13

Collection type

Object

Description

Saddle bag made from goat hair, used to carry trade items such as salt.

Long description

Saddle bag made from goat hair, used to carry trade items such as salt. The bag is made from two long strips of woven textile. The two strips have been sewn together along the length. Both ends have then been turned up forming two bag sections and stitched together along the sides and hemmed at the top. The textile is woven in stripes of dark brown and cream / white with a main colour of grey/ brown. One bag section has a dark brown wool loop on each side and the other bag section has a cream wool rope on one side and a dark brown wool rope on the other. These loops and ropes are presumably for fixing the saddle bag to the back of sheep or goat. [MdeA 6/6/2002]

Geographical reference

India

Asia > Southern Asia > India

Jammu and Kashmir State Ladakh Rina

Person

Maker Konchok Kedpo

Field collector Monisha Ahmed

PRM source Monisha Ahmed

Date / Period

Date made: 1985

Date collected

July 1998

Acquisition information

Purchased: 2001

Materials and processes

Material Goat Hair Textile Animal, Material Goat Hair Yarn Animal, Process Woven, Process Stitched

Dimensions

Width: max 340 mm, Length: max 740 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2001.60.13 Other numbers: 13

Associated publications

Illustrated on page 155 (fig. 180) in Living Fabric. Weaving among the Nomads of the Ladakh Himalaya by Monisha Ahmed (Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2002) [JP 30/1/2003]

Search terms: Bag, Animal Gear, Status, Saddle Bag, Status Object