Textile fragment with band decoration ROM 973.24.3532

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Unknown (unknown). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number: Z-12.

Dating: No date (context lost).

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). No inv. ROM 973.24.3532.

Dimensions (in cm): 13x12

Weave: Tabby.

Decoration: Bands decorated with lozenges and triangles (brocaded).

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S spun
- brown
- 8-10 warps /cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S spun
- brown
- 8-10 picks/cm

Other features: Threads overspun. Brocade with woollen threads, S spun, paired, except in areas where lozenges are framed in red (a single thread is used).

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.