Textile
Tunic
E17158B.1
From: Egypt | Fayum
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E17158B.1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Fayum |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Linen | Wool |
Description | Warp: \ wool; ud. Weft: \ linen; ud: \ wool; ud, dark-blue and red, blue, green (emb.), red (braid). Technique: Tapestry over one warp. Emb. with green wool; A. Fragment of neck band and shoulder panel. B. Angle-band at bottom of shirt and knee panel. All have plain edge, crested border. Bands have series of human forms with hands upraised holding branch (?), some in arcades, some not. Panels have alternately "jumping jacks" and ovals filled with interlace. Leaf end to bands. |
Length | 32 cm |
Width | 52.4 cm |
Credit Line | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie; subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1895 |
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