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

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

Description:

Gold and gray woven cloth. Fair condition. Wrapped around small piece of red yarn. Hole cut in both sides. May have been gathered to form neck.; Small doll made from two strips of woven wool fabric with yellowed warp, pale blue/purple weft with a section of yellowed dove-tail tapestry. There are remnants of linen weft-wrapping. The two strips were folded over a small group of red yarns. There is a single yellowed yarn with a knot tangled with the loose warp yarns that may have been the tie that secures the layers.

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Rights:

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Subject Topics:
Karanis,  
Dolls,  
Toys,  
Language: UND
Type: still image