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2018.37.40

Finger woven belt with red, blue and green chevron pattern on a black background. One end terminates into five beaded and tasselled strands.

2018.37.40

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Collection type
Object
Description
Finger woven belt with red, blue and green chevron pattern on a black background. One end terminates into five beaded and tasselled strands.
Long description
Finger woven belt with red, blue and green chevron pattern on a black background. One end terminates into five beaded and tasselled strands, each composed of two black woven threads bound together with black, white, orange and red cotton forming a striped pattern. Each strand has a tassel at the midpoint and the end, with two beads before the final tassel. The final tassel and beads are missing from one of the strands. The section where the woven belt begins to form the tassel strands is decorated with eight white ?bakelite buttons forming a triangle, and three mother of pearl rectangles each with two notches at either end. The other belt terminal is decorated with ?bakelite buttons and cowrie shells forming diamond shapes. Several of the buttons are broken or missing. [AFS [OPS move] 8/1/2019]
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Israel (Place of Origin)
Asia > Western Asia > Israel (Place of Origin)
Cultural groups
Bedouin
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Jenny Balfour-Paul
PRM source Jenny Balfour-Paul
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1989
Date collected
1989
Acquisition information
Donated: 03/03/2016
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cowrie Shell, Material Plastic Synthetic, Material Mother of Pearl Shell, Material Bakelite Synthetic, Material Silk Textile Animal, Process Woven, Process Finger Woven, Process Bound, Process Decorated
Dimensions
Width: max 291 mm, Length: max 3004 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2018.37.40 Other numbers: E3
Associated publications
Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo in the Arab World, Routledge, 1997 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019] Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo: Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans by , British Museum Press, 1998 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019]

Search terms: Textile, Clothing Textile, Belt, Waist Cloth, Waist Ornament