Textile
Clavus
Neck Band
E16983C
From: Egypt | Fayum
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E16983C |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Fayum |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Wool |
Description | Warp: \ wool; yellow. Weft: \, \/ linen; tan: \ wool; mixed-red-purple, yellow. Technique: Tapestry over one warp. Wide neck band, fragmentary: two arcades of three arches each, one above the other with a narrow band carrying repeated conventional pattern below each. Arches filled by alternate types of symmetrical plant forms the flowers degenerated into head (?) or half animals (?). Clavi carry "hexagonal" interlace. |
Length | 18.5 cm |
Width | 20 cm |
Credit Line | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie; subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1895 |
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