Textile
Clavus
Neck Band
E1443G.2
From: Egypt | Illahun | Fayum
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E1443G.2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Coptic |
| Provenience | Egypt | Illahun | Fayum |
| Period | Coptic Period |
| Date Made | 6th-9th century CE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Linen | Wool |
| Technique | Tapestry Weave | Embroidered |
| Description | Warp: \ wool; ud Weft: \'/,\/ linen; ud; \ wool; ud, brown & ud, pink-purple, dark-blue & red, blue. Technique: Tapestry over 1 warp. Emb. with \/ linen. Poor spinning. Alternate oblongs and ovals all filled with emb. interlace. Neck band, narrow border, ovals alt with oblongs; and below 3? pendants hanging by cable and dot stem with crude human forms (?) flanked by conventional patterns between. See Class II (E 1443, card 4 for border). |
| Length | 23.5 cm |
| Width | 28 cm |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie; subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1895 |
| Other Number | E1443G1-2 - Other Number |
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