textile;
hair-net
- Museum number
- EA72475
- Description
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Long, bag-shaped sprang woman's hair-net, made mainly of red wool but with stripes down the sides of green, yellow and mauve wool; the patterning of the main area consists of larger and smaller lozenges (achieved by reversing the direction of the linking); brow-band across one side of opening and a separately made sprang ribbon on other side, loops c.2.5 cm long; drawstring missing; warp-green, yellow and mauve wool (S soun Z ply/c.14); two simple selvedges, one end with looms?, the other end with very short loops sewn to brow band; sewing: brown wool side seam threads and yellow wool threads with brow-band (S spun Z ply)
- Production date
- 5thC-8thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 44 centimetres
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Width: 28 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Unreg. 94; previously in grey plan chest in Student's Room; similar to 37352
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- B
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA72475
- Registration number
- 1990,0612.94
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Unreg.94
