Karanis / Bag Fragment / Palm / Wool

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.02.9768
Object Name: Bag Fragment
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Textiles
Materials: Palm; Wool
Length: 15.5;
Width: ;15.5
Height: ;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: The above measurements are for a small flat basket which has several locks of raw wool on top. The staple length of the wool is approximately 9 cm. The crimp is moderately coarse.
Unit Grid Number: B0138
Component/Room: 00C
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Countermark: no
Condition Notes: The outer edge of the basket is damaged, with part of the wood frame missing. There are pieces of unknown matter embedded in the wool. There are several loose pieces of the basket fibers on top.
Fabric Structure: Basket - twining, with wool specimen.
Structure Details: A stick was bent into a circle to use for a frame. Dark colored “warp” fibers were tied to the top and bottom. The weft was tied to the frame as it was twined. Most of the twining used a lighter colored fiber. There are five decorative bands using countered twining with dark and light fibers. The center band uses dark fibers alternating with light in an extra twining row next to the countered row. The bands are outlined in rows of dark fibers.
Yarn #: 29768.FI.01;29768.WA.01;29768.WE.01;29768.WE.02
Function: fiber locks;warp (basket);weft-twining (basket);weft-twining (basket)
Color: varies from off white (466) to off white/lightly yellowed (465);brown/black (440);brown/black (440);light medium brown (USZO)
Yarns/cm: ;6;;
Structure: ;single;single;single
Spin: ;z;z;z
Twist Level: ;low;low;low
Fiber: wool;palm fiber?;palm fiber?;palm fiber?
Exhibition Title: Fabric of Everyday Life: Textiles from Karanis
Exhibition Curator: Thomas, Thelma K.
Exhibition Year: 2001
Publication Title: Textiles from Karanis, Egypt: Artifacts of Everyday Life
Publication Author: Thomas, T. K.
Publication Year: 2001
Type Category: Textile

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2272 x 1704
File Size: 241 KB
Record: 0000.02.9768
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.9768/0000_02_9768p02.tif

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Full citation: "Karanis; Bag Fragment; Palm; Wool." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.9768/0000_02_9768p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.

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