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Al Sadu Weaving

السدوAl-Ahsa & Badia · Saudi Arabia

Bedouin warp-faced plain weave woven on ground looms from hand-spun camel and sheep wool in desert-inspired geometric bands.

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The tradition & historical record

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Woven by Bedouin women on a portable horizontal ground loom staked directly into the desert floor, Al Sadu produces the black goat-hair bayt al-sha'ar tent dividers and camel trappings of the Arabian Peninsula. [1]

Its tightly packed geometric symbols—shajarah motifs, stars, and sand ripples—record tribal identity, desert topography, and oral poetry. [2]

Transmission & Custody

Documented custodians and practitioner lineages: Sadu House & Badia Women's Weaving Cooperatives.

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