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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown (maker)
Publication Place	Egypt (made) Akhmim (found, possibly) -
Subject	Textiles Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 30.5cm, Width: 39cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	714-1886
Record ID	714-1886
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Fragment from a large, plain woven undyed linen textile, possibly a hanging or curtain. The fragment preserves part of the figure of a male figure, tapestry woven in black, red and yellow wool and undyed linen. Only the head, with a bejewelled diadem, and part of both hands remain. It appeats that a cup is held up in the figure's right hand, and the left possibly holds aloft a floral stem or maybe a thyrsus, a pinecone-topped floral staff associated with the god Dionysus and his followers.
İlişki	Henry Wallis
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Plain woven linen, tapestry woven linen and wool Linen Wool Plain Weave Tapestry Weave
Fiziksel açıklama	Fragment from a large, plain woven undyed linen textile, possibly a hanging or curtain. The fragment preserves part of the figure of a male figure, tapestry woven in black, red and yellow wool and undyed linen. Only the head, with a bejewelled diadem, and part of both hands remain. It appeats that a cup is held up in the figure's right hand, and the left possibly holds aloft either a floral stem or a thyrsus, a pinecone-topped floral staff associated with the god Dionysus and his followers.

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown (maker)

Publication Place Egypt (made) Akhmim (found, possibly) -

Subject Textiles Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 30.5cm, Width: 39cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 714-1886

Record ID 714-1886

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Fragment from a large, plain woven undyed linen textile, possibly a hanging or curtain. The fragment preserves part of the figure of a male figure, tapestry woven in black, red and yellow wool and undyed linen. Only the head, with a bejewelled diadem, and part of both hands remain. It appeats that a cup is held up in the figure's right hand, and the left possibly holds aloft a floral stem or maybe a thyrsus, a pinecone-topped floral staff associated with the god Dionysus and his followers.

İlişki Henry Wallis

Malzemeler ve teknikler Plain woven linen, tapestry woven linen and wool Linen Wool Plain Weave Tapestry Weave

Fiziksel açıklama Fragment from a large, plain woven undyed linen textile, possibly a hanging or curtain. The fragment preserves part of the figure of a male figure, tapestry woven in black, red and yellow wool and undyed linen. Only the head, with a bejewelled diadem, and part of both hands remain. It appeats that a cup is held up in the figure's right hand, and the left possibly holds aloft either a floral stem or a thyrsus, a pinecone-topped floral staff associated with the god Dionysus and his followers.