Hairnet
4th Century - 7th Century (made)
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A hair net in the sprang technique. It is an open mesh of stripes of coloured wool (green, mustard, green, red, cream, brown). It is gathered at the top. The tie around the edge of the net reaming. It is olive green wool (X ply Z, 2mm dia) and is threaded twice around the edge in some parts.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woolen sprang |
| Brief description | Sprang hairnet in wool, Egypt, Antaeopolis / Qau el-Kebir, possibly 4th-7th Century |
| Physical description | A sprang wool hair net, formed of an open mesh of stripes of coloured wool (green, mustard, red, cream, brown), gathered at the top, with an olive green drawstring. |
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| Credit line | Given by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt |
| Object history | Found at Qau el-Kebir / Antaeopolis, 1923 excavation season. |
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| Summary | A hair net in the sprang technique. It is an open mesh of stripes of coloured wool (green, mustard, green, red, cream, brown). It is gathered at the top. The tie around the edge of the net reaming. It is olive green wool (X ply Z, 2mm dia) and is threaded twice around the edge in some parts. |
| Bibliographic reference | F. Pritchard, "Foreign influences on the textiles from Antaeopolis (Qau-el Kebir and Badari) dating to the 6th and 7th Centuries", in A. de Moor, C. Fluck and P. Linscheid (eds), Egypt as a Textile Hub - Textile Interrelationships in the First Millennium AD (Tielt, 2019): 55-56, Fig. 7 |
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| Accession number | T.117-1924 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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