Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Unknown (unknown). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number: n.d.
No date.
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). No inv. ROM 973.24.3542.
52 cm long
None. In some threads, mix of dark brown and cream fibres.
The cord is made of 3 threads plied Z, each thread being an S ply from 2 Z spun threads. The fibre is rather thick and rigid, it is commonly described as goat hair. The colour is natural, brown and cream. In some threads, both colours of fibre are mixed together.
Textile fragments examined by M.M. Wozniak in November 2017.
n.c.
Nubian.