binding; string

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Object Type: binding; string
Museum number: EA78745
Description: Several fragments of loosely twisted string used as a binding. The string consists of 2 white wool yarns and 2 yarns of dark brown human hair. The hair contains 6 's'-spun elements, loosely twisted. The wool contains 4 's'-spun elements, 'z'-plied.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 600-850
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Kulubnarti, 21-S-46 Burial 23 Cl-82E
Materials: wool; human hair
Type series
Dimensions: Length: 780 millimetres (longest frag.)
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: Fair.
Acquisition name: Donated by: Dr William Yewdale Adams; Donated by: W S Webb Museum of Anthropology (University of Kentucky)
Acquisition date: 2005
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA78745
Registration number: 2005,0401.1168
Additional IDs: Excavation/small finds number: 93.2.82E (excavation object cat. no.)

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