A traditional Kuwaiti woven carpet (size 30 inches x 54 inches). Sadu weaving is one of the main desert crafts through which women show their artistry and manual skill. Young girls start to learn how to weave from an early age, watching and assisting their mothers in spinning, dying and in the weaving of the cloth parts of the tent, by the age of sixteen they would be able to weave and execute almost all of the patterns except for the very intricate designs such as the Shajarah which needs great skill and training. A skilled weaver was accorded great respect and praise and was referred to as dhefra, meaning Victorious. Many items including the bedouin tent, and much of it's furnishings, was created by the woman on their horizontal ground looms.