Textile

Tunic

E17050

From: Egypt | Fayum

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E17050
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Fayum
Section Egyptian
Materials Linen | Wool
Technique Tapestry Weave
Description

Warp: \ linen; tan:

Weft: \ linen; tan: / wool; purple, red, dark-blue, blue, blue-green, yellow.

Technique: Tapestry over two warps.

Two clavi bands. Zigzag line on guard bands. Zigzag of scattered plant forms on main band. Half concentric circles at angles, half irregular roundels interstitually filled with conventional plant forms. App. brocaded bands have ovals alt. with two half ovals.

Bands. Warp: \/ wool; blue-green. Weft: \ wool; blue-green; Pat: \\ linen; tan. Tech: Cloth, brocaded.

Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie; subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1895

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