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- Title
Cultural interconnections: textile craft and burial practices in Early Medieval Sudan.
- Authors
Yvanez, Elsa; Murillo, Mary Lou; Francigny, Vincent; de Voogt, Alex
- Abstract
This article focuses on a loincloth found in situ on the skeleton of an Early Medieval male buried on the Nubian island of Sai, in northern Sudan, dated to the seventh to ninth centuries BCE. This loincloth differs from most contemporary textile production because it was woven in a triangular form and probably using threads made from dromedary wool. It exhibits several phases of repair and reuse until its burial with the body. This garment therefore illustrates the textile expertise and clothing practices of the ancient Nubians, as well as the cultural role of textiles in funerary rituals.
- Subjects
INTERMENT; TEXTILES; CLOTHING &; dress; ANCIENT textiles; NUBIANS
- Publication
Archaeological Textiles Review, 2020, Issue 62, p32
- ISSN
2245-7135
- Publication type
Article