DepartmentTextiles-Middle East
Automobile gear shift cover
NameGear shift cover
CultureBedouin of Wahiba Sands
Date2011
Place madeSharqiya Sands, Al-Sharqiya Region, Sultanate of Oman, Middle East, Asia
MediumCotton and polyester yarn, metalic thread, glass and plastic beads
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/8 x 9 7/16 x 5 1/2 in. (8 x 24 x 14 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Purchase
Object numberFA.2011.42.5
DescriptionSlender, multi-colored and tightly woven with three circlets of tiny braids attached (one at each end and one in center). From the end of each circlet are small red and green dangling, yarn pom poms, which are tied together with beads (large red glass at the ends, and fake pearls around the center). The hollow central tube is woven in silver, gold, white, black, yellow, blue, green and red thread. An attached tag reads: 70% cotton, 30% polyester, dry clean only.
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1960
c.1925
ca. 1960
