Karanis / Hair
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.0331b
- Other Number
- Midgley 25.047.001
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Hair
- Length
- 47;
- Width
- ;34.5
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Large fragment of brown/black woven goat hair fabric with weft bands of yellow and red goat hair as follows:
- brown/black 2 cm
- 2 picks of yellow 0.4 cm
- brown/black 8.4 cm
- 2 picks yellow, 2 picks orange/red, 2 picks yellow 1 cm
- brown/black background with yellow diamonds 4 cm
- brown/black 7 cm
- 2 picks yellow 0.5 cm
- brown/black 8 cm
- 2 picks yellow, 1 pick red, 1 pick yellow, 1 pick orange/red, 2 picks yellow - 1 cm
- brown/black 11 cm
- There are several small areas where repairs have been made with the same brown/black yarn as the fabric.
- Unit Grid Number
- 0335
- Component/Room
- 00D
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Dirty and worn. The yellow and red pattern yarns are especially damaged. Edge tears. Edges are frayed. Fabric is stiff and brittle.
- Fabric Structure
- Balanced plain weave tending towards weft-faced at one end and brocade patterning (diamonds).
- Structure Details
- The yellow picks of the diamond pattern go over from 3 to 5 warps. The 2-ply yarn used for these picks was doubled. Four yellow dots occur within each diamond and three each in the black triangles in between diamonds.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- none
- Sewing
- There has been some darning repair using the same type of yarn as the fabric was woven from.
- Yarn #
- 10331b.WA.01;10331b.WE.01;10331b.WE.02;10331b.WE.03;10331b.YN.01
- Function
- warp;weft;weft;weft;sewing
- Color
- brown/black (440);brown/black (440);deeply yellowed (OITH);dull orange/red (174);brown/black (440)
- Yarns/cm
- 3;6;5;5? too few for accurate count;
- Structure
- 2-ply;2-ply;2-ply;2-ply;2-ply
- Spin
- ssZ;ssZ;ssZ;ssZ;ssZ
- Twist Level
- med;med;med;med;med
- Fiber
- goat hair;goat hair;goat hair;goat hair;goat hair
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 231 KB
- Record
- 0000.01.0331b
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.0331b/0000_01_0331bp01.tif
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"Karanis; Hair." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.0331b/0000_01_0331bp01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.