Textile

Clavus

Shoulder Panel

E16850A

From: Egypt | Fayum

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E16850A
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 50.5 cm
Width 63.4 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie; subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1895

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