Small container ROM 973.24.3775

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Unknown (unknown). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number: n.d.

Dating: No date (context lost).

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). No inv. ROM 973.24.3775.

Dimensions (in cm): 8x8.5

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: None.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z spun
- undyed
- 10 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- Z spun
- undyed
- 10 picks/cm

Other features: The "pocket" is constructed from a rectangular piece of textile with hems, which was folded into two and sewn along the edges. The original hems were sewn with 2zS thread, but the secondary sewing of the fabric into the "pocket" shape was made with S spun thicker thread.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Container cut and sewn in Nubia from an imported fabric (probably a garment).