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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