Dress Ornaments



Hilton Price Number
HP72
Current Location
National Museum of Scotland
Museum Accession Number
A.1911.320; A.1911.320 A
Object Type
Clothing, Garment/dress, Dress ornament
Materials
Fibre/textile (from plants and animals) (Flax) | Textile/fibres (Wool)
Provenance
Egypt, Akhmim
Number of Elements
2
Culture
Egyptian
Animal
Unknown

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Description

Two oval Ornaments, from a robe of yellow flax; woven ornament of an animal and a boy in coloured wools on a red ground. Aḥmîm.

Bibliography

Price, Frederick George Hilton (1897) A catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities in the possession of F. G. Hilton Price. London: Quaritch. Anonymous (1911). Catalogue of the important and extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, the property of the late F. G. Hilton-Price, Esq. [...] : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [...] on Wednesday, 12th July, 1911, and two following days, and on Monday, the 17th of July, and four following days. London: Davy.

Link To Museum Catalogue
https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/linen-fragment/404860 https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/linen-fragment/404861
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Last modified: 28 Jul 2021

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