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Strip of decorated linen, from Egypt, New Kingdom or later, after 1550 BC. The torn edge of this strip is quite regular, and the linen is of quite good quality. This suggests that it was originally part of a garment which was torn up carefully for use in wrapping a mummy. Unfortunately the fragment of fabric is too small to determine the type of garment to which it originally belonged. Evidence from mummy wrappings shows that garments of the New Kingdom (1550-1070 BC) and later were sometimes decorated with coloured borders. In many cases these were blue, as in this example, and consisted of stripes of different widths, usually located at the selvage edges of the fabric. The blue stripes on this example alternate with red ones, now extremely faded. Pieces of fabric were not woven specifically for wrapping mummies. Textiles used for mummy bandages were often household linen or clothing, torn into strips.
EA, 6517

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART200517

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 1600px × 1561px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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