Textile

Tunic

E17015

From: Egypt | Fayum

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E17015
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Fayum
Section Egyptian
Materials Linen | Wool
Description

Warp: \/ wool; dark-blue.

Weft: \ wool; dark-blue: Pat: \\\ linen; ud.

Technique: Cloth, brocaded applied to red wool cloth with linen bands.

Geometric design. Hexagon enclosing quatrefoil alternates with paired half-hexagons carrying half-quatrefoils (?).

Length 13 cm
Width 27.3 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie; subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1895

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