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Woman's hood fragment
Greco-Egyptian
Ptolemaic or Roman
200 B.C.–A.D. 150
Medium/Technique
Wool; sprang
Dimensions
Overall: 11.5 x 18.5 cm (4 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Amelia B. Edwards
Accession Number89.232
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionFragment of a woman's hood. Wool sprang in stripes of black and red. Discovered by W. M. F. Petrie in the Gréco-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." Donor.