Camel girth TRC 2016.0184

Find spot (context): Girdle woven by Sitt Zeinab and Grace Crowfoot. Label: "My camel girth woven at Khartoum by Sit Zeaiat and self"

Dating: 20th century (1924)

Present location: Textile Research Centre, Leiden. Crowfoot collection (nb 004). Inventory number 2016.0184.

Dimensions (in cm): 225x7

Weave: Double weave. Warp-faced tabby.

Decoration: Geometrical decor with bands and triangles.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- goat's hair
- 2zZ
- dark brown, white
- 14 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- goat's hair
- 2zZ
- dark brown
- 3 picks/cm

Other features: Warps groups into 9 fringes (ca. 24 cm long), covered with white and dark brown thread set in bands and ended with a small knot.

Documentation: Textile examined by M.M. Wozniak in May 2018.
Complete description at http://trc-leiden.nl/collection/?trc=&zoek=2016.0268&cat=&subcat=&g=&s=24&f=0&id=21299

Analysis: n.c.

Production: n.c.