- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Camel girth strap, to secure the saddle and for additional support
- Long description
- Camel girth strap, black, white, red, green, yellow and magenta in colour with tassels in magenta and green and stitching in magenta. Warp faced plain weave. Pick-up stripe with motifs. 'Colour and weave' stripes. Floats on reverse. Warp ends braided and tasselled. Cotton lining hand stitched. Made on a ground loom to secure the saddle and for additional support [RJ 18/2/2003]
- Cultural groups
- Wahiba
- Date / Period
- Date made: 08/03/1992
- Date collected
- February 1993
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 2003
- Materials and processes
- Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Synthetic Yarn, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Braided, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Width 40 mm, Length 1840 mm including tassels
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2003.9.110.1 Other numbers: Field collector's catalogue number: Textile 170a
Search terms: Animal Gear, Transport and Travel, Cordage, Camel Accessory, Animal Harness, Cord
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