Qasr Ibrim QI00 0628 Linen matting
Catalogue number
QI00 0628
Description
Piece of coarse matting
Context
Basic information
Preservation state
organic
Object type
matting
| System 1 | System 2 | Warp 2 | Suppl. yarn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | flax | |||
| Fibre identification method | naked eye | naked eye | ||
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| Twist | ||||
| Twist angle average | ||||
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| Diameter average | 3.0 | |||
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FURTHER DETAILS
Other features
Passive members: untwisted flax c.3mm diam. Active members at 20mm intervals. Pairs of untwisted flax yarns Z twisted round each other and the passive members. Active members join up to each other by being wrapped around the outer 'warp' bundle. Only partially separated fibre bundles.
Notes from the original description
System 1 yarn is untwisted.
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
2007