Textile

Clavus

Shoulder Panel

E16850B

From: Egypt | Fayum

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E16850B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Fayum
Section Egyptian
Materials Linen | Wool
Technique Embroidered
Description

Warp: \ wool; ud.

Weft: \, \/ linen; ud: \ wool; ud, purple.

Technique: Tapestry over one warp. Emb. with \/ linen.

See Class V card (E 1443, card 7).

Pattern inside oval made up mostly of hexagonal rings scattered or in bands, filled with geometric figures.

Length 32 cm
Width 51.2 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie; subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1895

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