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Point lace woman's hood fragment
Greco-Egyptian
Ptolemaic or Roman
200 B.C.–150 A.D.
Medium/Technique
Linen; sprang
Dimensions
Overall: 10.3 x 14.5 cm (4 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Amelia B. Edwards
Accession Number89.230
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionFragment of a woman's hood. Natural-colored linen sprang. Discovered by W. M. F. Petrie in the Greco-Egyptian Cemetery of Hawara, in the Fayûm, in 1888. "The interments in this Cemetery were made from 400 B.C.–A.D.150. This piece dates probably from 200 B.C. to A.D. 150." See note on 89.234.