Sudan ?
20th century
Textile Research Centre, Leiden. Crowfoot collection (nb 007). Inventory number 2016.0257.
150x39
Tabby.
Bands in brown, yellow and orange.
- cotton
- S spun
- undyed
- 9 threads/cm
- cotton
- S spun
- undyed
- 12 picks/cm
Colour threads: yellow and orange are cotton, Z spun, brown is wool, 2zS. Ground: uneven threads in thickness both in warp and weft (from 1mm to 0.3mm). End warps are twisted into 8 fringes, irregular, all reunited and knotted together (105cm in all). Series of 3 decorative brown wedges in the lower part.
Textile examined by M.M. Wozniak in May 2018.
Complete description at http://trc-leiden.nl/collection/?trc=&zoek=2016.0257&cat=&subcat=&g=&s=24&f=0&id=21288
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