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Berenike BE97 0022 Wool felt

Catalogue number BE97 0022 Inventory number 4887 I Description Piece of felt, pale orange-brown (varies from OITH to 4635).
Context
Site Berenike Context BE97 19.003 PB5 Excavation year 1997
Basic information
Preservation state organic Relative quality medium Fabric structure felt
System 1 System 2 Warp 2 Suppl. yarn
Material wool
Fibre identification method naked eye naked eye
Colour pale orange-brown
Yarn structure
Twist strength
Twist
Twist angle average
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Diameter average
Diameter range
Thread count average
Thread count range
FURTHER DETAILS
Colours Pale orange-brown yarn in system 1. Other features Original edges possible, many insect-attack boreholes, variable thickness (2-3 mm, thickest at edge 4 mm).
Data recorded by Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild Data entered by Bela Dimova Date of study 1994-2001