Woollen fragment with tapestry ROM 973.24.3523

Find spot (context): Gebel Adda (Sudanese Nubia). Unknown (unknown). Field registration number: n.d. Museum textile number: Z-2.

Dating: No date.

Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada). No inv. ROM 973.24.3524.

Dimensions (in cm): 18x7.5

Weave: Weft-faced tabby.

Decoration: Red and blue (2 shades) bands, central band decorated in tapestry with 3 rows of orange and blue triangles, placed opposite.

Warp (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- 2sZ
- cream (undyed)
- 5 warps/cm

Weft (fibre, twist, color, proportion):
- wool
- S spun
- blue, dark blue, red, orange
- 16-18 picks/cm (blue threads are thicker than the red ones)

Other features: Slit tapestry.

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

Analysis: n.c.

Production: Nubian.