Textile
Skirt
Angle Band
E16884
From: Egypt | Illahun | Fayum
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E16884 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Coptic |
Provenience | Egypt | Illahun | Fayum |
Period | Coptic Period |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Wool |
Description | Knee Roundels. Warp: \ wool; ud. Weft: \ wool; red, dark-blue, tan, blue-green, pink, brown-purple. Technique: Tapestry over one warp. Plain edge, running dog border. Animal in the end roundel. On the bands animals, human figures, plant forms. human figures in center of knee roundels with animals on a broad border. At the bottom of the skirt, four bands alternate ones have discs carrying quatrefoils, animals or putti, animals and putti in the field between discs. The other two bands have reverse arcades filled with plant forms or animals. |
Credit Line | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie; subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1895 |
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