Karanis / cloth doll / Wool
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.3648
- Object Name
- cloth doll
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 7.0 cm;6.5;;
- Width
- 2.4 cm;;3.5;
- Height
- 1.2 cm;;;
- Thickness
- ;;;
- Weight
- ;;;2g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Gold and blue woven cloth. Fair condition. Concentric rings around red yarn center for face. Back of head gold with frayed cloth for hair (?). Neck tied with gold thread. Body of gold and blue strips.
- Wilfong: Rag doll. Wool; yarn.
- Small doll made from narrow fragments of cloth folded and wrapped around red fibers to form a “head” at one end. There are three layers plus the center. The fragments are held together by a 3-ply cord at the doll’s “neck”.
- Fragment A - outside layer, yellowed warp and weft
- Fragment B - fragment of a blue sprang cap
- Fragment C - yellowed warp and weft
- Fragment D - center; red fibers, weave structure cannot be determined.
- Verbatim Date
- 1st - 4th C AD
- Unit Grid Number
- 0247
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- All fragments somewhat dirty, especially the blue sprang. All fragments are worn, with loose yarns and some fraying. There are a few small pieces of plant material adhered to some of the fragments.
- Fabric Structure
- Fragment A - weft-faced plain weave
- Fragment B - 1/1 interlinking sprang
- Fragment C - weft-faced plain weave
- Fragment D - fibers
- Structure Details
- Sprang pattern, possibly herringbone. The fragment is too small to be sure.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- none
- Sewing
- none
- Yarn #
- 3648.WA.01;3648.WE.01;3648.WA.02;3648.WE.02;3648.YN.01;3648.YN.02;3648.FI.01
- Function
- warp - fragment A;weft - fragment A;warp - fragment C;weft - fragment C;main element, fragment B;yarn tied around doll’s “neck”;center of doll’s “head”
- Color
- off white/lightly yellowed (465);off white/lightly yellowed (465);off white/lightly yellowed (465);off white/lightly yellowed (465);dark blue (5395);off white/lightly yellowed (465);deep red (1807
- Yarns/cm
- 8 (one count only);44 (one count only);7 (one count only);38 (two counts only);;;
- Structure
- single;single;single;single;2-ply;3-ply;
- Spin
- s;s;s;s;ssZ;ssZ;
- Twist Level
- med;low;varies, med - high;low;med;med;
- Fiber
- wool;wool;wool;wool;wool;wool;wool
- Exhibition Title
- Karanis: An Egyptian Town in Roman Times
- Archaeologies of Childhood: The First Years of Life in Roman Egypt
- Pedestal 17 - Childhood Artifacts
- Exhibition Curator
- Berlin, Andrea
- Royer, Jacqueline
- Wilfong, Terry
- Exhibition Year
- 1983
- 2003
- 2009
- Publication Title
- Passionate Curiosities: Tales of Collectors & Collections from the Kelsey Museum
- Objects of Daily Use
- Publication Author
- Talalay, Lauren E.; Cool, Margaret Root
- Petrie, Sir W. M. Flinders
- Publication Year
- 2015
- 0000
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.3648
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3648/dsc_5459.jpg
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"Karanis; cloth doll; Wool." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3648/dsc_5459.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
