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saddle-bag

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  • Description

    saddle-bag

    woollen saddle-bag, three borders, central field has latch hooked diamond, not quite centrally placed with four small diamonds in corners on dark blue ground; significant wear around edges; weave: sehua knot 12x14=168 knots per square inch, wool warp and red wool weft, short crisp pile, stiff weave; patterned woven stripe at top; reverse of bag has continuous weave in green, untufted, with jagged/triangular red border on vertical edges, striped border on horizontal edges, red and blue cross in centre of reverse; thick black cord at top of bag, edged and looped to fasten through slits on opposite side; fine white fringe behind loops; matching pair with T312.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1936.223
  • Other Id

    T313 (textile)

    22664 (ethnology)

  • Department
saddle-bag, 1936.223, T313, 22664, Photographed by Jennifer… … Read more

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