camel-trappings

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Object Type
Museum number: 2011,6039.6
Description: Long camel rope made of white plaited cotton and yellow raffia palm fibre (?) cords.
Production place: Made in: Saudi Arabia
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Cairo (city)
Materials: cotton; raffia palm fibre (?)
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 405 centimetres; Weight: 780 grammes
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2011
Acquisition notes: Deposited: 07/03/12. Presented as part of a large collection of textile items from Yemen dating from the 1940s-1990s. This item was presented to Arthur Douglas Ingrams by King Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud on the occasion of the Cairo Peace Conference.
Department: Middle East
Registration number: 2011,6039.6

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