Textile

Tunic

E16836A

From: Egypt | Fayum

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E16836A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Fayum
Section Egyptian
Materials Wool
Description

Warp: \/ wool; blue.

Weft: \ wool; blue. Pat.: \\\ linen; tan.

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

Pattern of band oval carrying quatrefoil alternating with two half ovals. Linen bands on tunic, one broad between two narrow ones.

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

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