textile;
cloth
- Museum number
- EA30095
- Description
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Two textile fragments of pleated linen kilt. Linen was probably undyed, but now a dark brown colour; rigid and brittle. The pleats are at an angle of 10degrees to the weft and are about 2mm deep, recurring every 5-6 mm. The weave is plain [warp-faced simple tabby] and the threads are S-spliced and S-twisted; the stitch gauge is warp c.19 ends per 10mm and weft c.9-10 picks per 10mm.
- Production date
- 2200 BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 7 centimetres (fragment a)
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Length: 2.50 centimetres (fragment b)
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Width: 10 centimetres (fragment a)
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Width: 3.50 centimetres (fragment b)
- Curator's comments
- The pleats do not seem regular enough to have been made with a pleating board.
Information from Hero Granger-Taylor [1995]
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- fair (fragmentary)
- Acquisition date
- 1897
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA30095
- Registration number
- 1897,1009.9
