National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Fragment Textile 
Period: Early Islamic
Material: Cotton
Site: נחל עומר
Lenght: 17.5 cm
Wide: 6 cm
Description: Cotton textile decorated with warp Ikat technique, which forms a pattern by tying the threads before dyeing process. Eight cotton warp ikat from Nahal 'Omer costitute the earliest occurence of this type of textile anywhere in the world. Z-spun, originated from India or Yemen.
Bibliography:
Baginski A. and Shamir O. 1995. Early Islamic Textiles, Basketry and Cordage from Nahal Omer.. ATIQOT XXV: Pp. 21-42., Pl. 6.
Baginski A. and Shamir O. 1997. The Earliest Ikat.. HALI 95: Pp. 86-87, Fig. 7.





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