Textile

Skirt

Angle Band

E16884

From: Egypt | Illahun | Fayum

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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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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