Secondary girth strap, to provide additional support for the saddle.

Collection type: Object
Description: Secondary girth strap, to provide additional support for the saddle.
Long description: Secondary girth strap, black, orange, red, green and metallic silver in colour with tassels in magenta and green. Warp faced plain weave.Pick-up stripe with motifs and stripes. Floats on reverse. Warp ends braided and tasselled. Poly/cotton lining machine stitched. Made on a ground loom to provide additional support for the saddle. [RJ 17/2/2003]
Geographical reference: Oman
Asia > Western Asia > Oman; Ash Sharqiyah Ibra
Cultural groups: Wahiba
Person: Maker Aisha Hamoud; Field collector Gigi Crocker Jones; PRM source Gigi Crocker Jones
Date / Period: Date made: Before 13/03/1992
Date collected: 13 March 1992
Acquisition information: Donated: 2003
Materials and processes: Material Synthetic Yarn, Material Pigment, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Yarn Metallic, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Braided, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Width 17.5 mm, Length 1710 mm including tassels
Object numbers: Accession number: 2003.9.114 Other numbers: Field collector's catalogue number: Textile 174

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