Camel Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1960 to 1980
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Grace Burkholder
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Grace Burkholder
notes: label: Notes
content: Collector's notes: "Dickson [H.R.P., 1949. "The Arab of the Desert"] p. 105, tells us that …the women also have single saddle bags used for carrying clothing and wool. These are hung on hooks on each side of the woman's large saddle (maksar)…[it] is a handsome kelim that has been sewn together to form a bag. It still needs handles and tassels to make it complete."
label: Notes
content: Piece of cloth folded and sewn up the sides to make a bag. Handwoven in warp-faced plain weave, with handspun (2-ply S, Z twist) wool (except white thread, which is cotton). Red background with bands of multicolored patterns -- chevron, triangles, stripes, diamonds. Top hemstitched. Loose threads at corners.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Saudi Arabia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Arab
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370093
label: USNM Number
content: E432004-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Saddle Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 67 cm
label: Width
content: 47.5 cm