storage-bag
- Museum number
- As1968,10.2
- Description
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A large bag, for food storage. Rectangular in shape and made (largely) from a single piece of weft faced tabby woollen cloth. Most of the front face is woven with natural cream yarn, ground for large-scale diamond patterning, which is worked in discontinuous supplementary weft (not embroidered?), using red, blue, green, brown, orange and black woollen yarns. Framed by a black border of interlinking lines. Top and bottom have human (?) motifs, arranged in two-colour blocks. 17 cms of the front face and most of the back have polychrome bands, unevenly dyed (home production?). Upper back of bag is made of hemp (?) (32 cms deep), crudely stitched to wool cloth; mostly covered with twill woven striped cotton cloth and a rectangular piece of pink knitted fabric (with hole). Bag opening turned and hand stitched. Sides (selvedges) strengthened with plaited embroidery stitching, worked in blocks of colour.
- Production date
- 20thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 125 centimetres
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Width: 67 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1968
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- As1968,10.2
