Cap ROM 973.24.2903

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Church VII, Burial 5(-A) (funerary). Field registration number: 66:3:90. Museum textile number #112.

Dating: 14th-15th c. CE

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.2903

Dimensions (in cm): c. 13 cm high, 15 cm wide.

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: None.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z spun
-undyed
- 18-20 warps/cm (lining) and 14-16 warps/cm (outer layer)

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z spun
- undyed
- 18-20 picks/cm (lining) and 14-16 warps/cm (outer layer)

Other features: Cap constructed with 6 triangular panels + a narrow band and a larger band for the round border (outer layer). Between the two cotton layers (outer layer and lining) traces of raw cotton (?).

Documentation: Textile examined by M.M. Wozniak in November 2017.

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Possibly cut and sewn in Nubia from imported cotton textiles. The sewing thread is not visible.