Toy, doll; Karanis; Dolls; Toys; Wool; Human

Notes:

Gold, gray, and red woven cloth. Poor condition. Formless, except for back of head(?) where gold and grey cloth alternates in concentric rings. Small red piece for mouth?; The above measurements are for a small doll made from 8 folded pieces of woven wool fabric that have been successively folded over each other starting with a small piece of yellowed fabric and with dyed fabric alternating with yellowed fabric. Three pieces that may have been wrapped around the doll are now separate.; Fragment A - yellowed warp and weft (5.5 cm x 3 cm); Fragment B - yellowed warp and weft (13 cm x 3 cm); Fragment C - yellowed warp and weft (7 cm x 1 cm); Fragment D - red warp and weft (2 cm x 1 cm), has adhered to fragment B. A very small piece has adhered to the doll.; The fragments which make up the doll are as follows:; Fragment E - brown warp, purple weft with a small amount (1 cm wide) of a brown weft band.; Fragment F - yellowed warp and weft; Fragment G - yellowed warp, blue weft; A small amount of sand is included with this doll. It may have been stuffed with sand (?).

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Karanis; Dolls; Toys; Egypt

Language:

UND

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