Pin cushion ROM 973.24.3516

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Trench 7 (E); sect. 2-80 (settlement). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number #145.

Dating: Ottoman period

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). Inventory number ROM 973.24.3516.

Dimensions (in cm): 6.5 x 10 x 5 (width).

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Blue ground (piece dyed ?).

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z
- blue
- 12 threads/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z
- blue
- 13 picks/cm

Other features: Stuffed with wool fibre (brown). Sewing thread (cotton Z2s) on three sides. Round opening preserved.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Textile probably imported from Egypt. Cushion sewn locally.