Textile fragment BM EA78558

Find spot (context): Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia). Site 21-S-2, House F3, Fill (settlement).

Dating: Post-Christian period (19th c.).

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA78558.
Donated by W.Y. Adams/University of Kentucky, Museum of Anthropology in 2005. Previous inventory number UKMA 85.2.28.

Dimensions (in cm): 31x3

Weave: Tabby (machine made)

Decoration: Blue ground (piece dyed).

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

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- cotton
- S
- blue
- 40 picks/cm

Other features: Selvedge running along one edge.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA78558
Textile seen in January 2017 (MM Wozniak).

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Imported.