Author
Unknown
Publication Date
300
Publication Place
Hawara (made) -
Subject
Archaeology Africa Hats & Headwear Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Width: 10.4cm, Height: 8.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.228-1977
Record ID
T.228-1977
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
300
Notes
Sprang headwear was made in a variety of styles using either two-ply wool or linen yarn or a combination of threads of the two fibres. This fragment of striped blue and burgundy wool sprang is said to have been found at Hawara. Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis (Arsinoe) at the entrance to the depression of the Fayum oasis. William Flinders Petrie, the father of English Egyptology, excavated at Hawara in 1888 and 1889, where he discovered cemeteries that had been used from the Ptolemaic period until at least the sixth century AD.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Wool in sprang technique Wool Sprang
Fiziksel açıklama
Striped wool in black and burgundy sprang with an openwork structure, mounted on card, most likely from the top of hairnet. S-spun wool. Possibly from same piece as T.230-1977.
