Karanis / doll / Wool / Hair (Human)
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.3543
- Object Name
- doll
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Length
- 6.5 cm;7.5;;
- Width
- 6.0 cm;;8.5;
- Height
- 1.8 cm;;;
- Thickness
- ;;;
- Weight
- ;;;8g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Yellow cloth strips folded in layers around small red yarn center. Neck tied with string. Brown human hair braided and wrapped around head. Hair secured at top with string.
- Doll made from five layers of what appears to be the same yellowed woven wool fabric. The five pieces were folded and wrapped around a group of red yarns. A 2-strand yarn secures the folded fragments at the doll’s “neck” by wrapping around twice and tying at the back. Brown hair, possibly human, was braided (3-strand) and wrapped around the outside layer of fabric. There are remnants of blue/black yarn that was braided with the hair at the top of the doll’s “head”. A single yarn was tied around the top two layers of woven fabric and the braided hair. Another single yarn was tied around the doll’s “neck” to help secure the braid on both sides. There are a few stitches in some of the woven fragments.
- Unit Grid Number
- 0262
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Somewhat dirty and worn. Some damaged wefts leave a few exposed warps. There are yarns loose at some edges and a small amount of weft edge fraying.
- Fabric Structure
- Weft-faced plain weave.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- none
- Sewing
- There are a few stitches, 0.5 cm to 0.7 cm, in one of the woven fragments. The yarn is a thick 2-ply. There are several purple stitches, 0.3 cm to 0.6 cm, in the two innermost layers of fabric.
- Yarn #
- 3543.WA.01;3543.WE.01;3543.YN.01;3543.YN.02;3543.YN.03;3543.YN.04;3543.YN.05;3543.YN.06;3543.FI.01
- Function
- warp;weft;center of doll’s “head”;secures the folded fragments at the doll’s “neck”;two pieces, secures braided hair at top and at doll’s “neck”;braided with hair;sewing;sewing;hair
- Color
- off white/lightly yellowed (465);off white/lightly yellowed (465);dull red (484);off white/lightly yellowed (465);off white/lightly yellowed (465);blue/black (433);off white/lightly yellowed (465);dark dull purple (439);medium brown (161)
- Yarns/cm
- 8;38;;;;;;;
- Structure
- single;single;single;single, used doubled;single;2-ply;2-ply;single, used doubled;
- Spin
- s;s;s;s;s;ssZ;ssZ;s;
- Twist Level
- high;low;low;high;med;med;high;low;
- Fiber
- wool;wool;wool;wool;wool;wool;wool;wool;human (?)
- Exhibition Title
- Archaeologies of Childhood: The First Years of Life in Roman Egypt
- Case 22 - Michigan Excavations BL Drawer Toys
- Exhibition Curator
- Wilfong, Terry
- Exhibition Year
- 2003
- 2010
- Publication Title
- Agyptische Puppen aus romischer bis fruharabischer Zeif
- Objects of Daily Use
- Publication Author
- Fluck, Cacilia
- Petrie, Sir W. M. Flinders
- Publication Year
- 2004
- 0000
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.3543
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3543/dsc_5488_irr.jpg
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"Karanis; doll; Wool; Hair (Human)." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3543/dsc_5488_irr.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
