Some unique medieval Nubian textiles in the British Museum collections
Some unique medieval Nubian textiles in the British Museum collections

Author(s): Julie Renee Anderson, Anna Harrison
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Kulubnarti; medieval; textile; economy; conservation; hair; Nubian
Summary/Abstract: An ongoing British Museum–Glasgow University conservation project has focused on medieval textiles excavated from Kulubnarti, Sudan. Textile manufacture was an important industry on the site and this is reflected in the artefacts found there. Methods used to conserve the textiles are discussed and the fibres used, notably human hair, identified. The reasons for the use of various fibres and weaving techniques are considered.

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