Acrylic camel neckstrap.

Collection type: Object
Description: Acrylic camel neckstrap.
Long description: Acrylic camel neckstrap, purple, blue, green, orange and metallic silver in colour. Wrapped, twined, tasselled and embroidered. The strap is constructed out of five parallel strips of wrapped synthetic yarn in bands of purple, blue, green, orange and metallic silver. Small tassels of alternating orange and blue yarn are tied into the wrapping and protrude from the sides of the strap. At one end there is a loop and at the other there is a ball of blue yarn which has been embroidered with green and orange yarn. There is a small orange tassel on top of it. The loop and the ball join together to make the strap into a loop. The strap is tied into the metal loops which attach it to 2003.9.87.2 with a small scrap of coloured cloth.
Geographical reference: Oman
Asia > Western Asia > Oman; Al Wusta Jiddat al Harasis
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Gigi Crocker Jones; PRM source Gigi Crocker Jones
Date / Period: Date made: Before 05/1993
Date collected: May 1993
Acquisition information: Donated: 2003
Materials and processes: Material Synthetic Yarn, Material Yarn Metallic, Process Embroidered
Dimensions: Width 17 mm, Length 700 mm end to end
Object numbers: Accession number: 2003.9.87.1 Other numbers: Field collector's catalogue number: Textile 133a

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