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The hoof is formed from a rectangular piece of undyed wool (twill; s-spun), folded over and sewn along one edge (sewn with an undyed wool thread and then sewn over with purple wool as decoration). The final shape is retangular with a sharp corner at the crown. The head fits under the sewn edge. It is decorated with woollen embroidery. The colours are a pink and a purple/red (where the two colours are twinned together). The edges of the cowl are bordered with a band of decoration. In the centre of the band the purple wool forms a wavy line and red thread makes a single dot between the waves. Either side of the wave is one pink line and then a purple line. The lines are made of two/three pieces of thread sewn at intervals to the main fabric. The front of the cowl is decorated with purple wool, hemmed as a series of loops along the edge. One either side of the head is a decoration icon, sewn approximately where the ears would be. It is wheel-like in form (a wheel within a wheel). At the centre is a red dot surrounded by a thick ring of purple which has a series of spokes around its edge. Two thin pink lines encircle this and another purple circle is around the pink lines and it too has spokes around its outside. A small portion of the hem at the bottom of the cowl remains. The piece has holes and some staining.\n\nThis hood compares to one attached to a child's tunic in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Radiocarbon dated to AD430-620 (95% probability). This hood has fringes in green and red/brown along the perimeter of the hood and lower edges. The tunic is similar in construction to an adult tunic but with a hood which is sewn into the back of the neck opening. Hoods were typical on a child's tunic from Roman to Byzantine times and were often made of a separately woven rectangular piece of cloth. They were often adorned with roundels and fringes along the top. The decoration of a hood would match the tunic cuffs and sides. \n\r\n","physicalDescription":"A hood made of woven wool with embroidered decoration. Most of it remains and has been sewn to a modern linen for support. The hoof is formed from a rectangular piece of undyed wool (twill; s-spun), folded over and sewn along one edge (sewn with an undyed wool thread and then sewn over with purple wool as decoration). The final shape is retangular with a sharp corner at the crown. The head fits under the sewn edge. It is decorated with woollen embroidery. The colours are a pink and a purple/red (where the two colours are twinned together). The edges of the cowl are bordered with a band of decoration. In the centre of the band the purple wool forms a wavy line and red thread makes a single dot between the waves. Either side of the wave is one pink line and then a purple line. The lines are made of two/three pieces of thread sewn at intervals to the main fabric. The front of the cowl is decorated with purple wool, hemmed as a series of loops along the edge. One either side of the head is a decoration icon, sewn approximately where the ears would be. It is wheel-like in form (a wheel within a wheel). At the centre is a red dot surrounded by a thick ring of purple which has a series of spokes around its edge. Two thin pink lines encircle this and another purple circle is around the pink lines and it too has spokes around its outside. A small portion of the hem at the bottom of the cowl remains. The piece has holes and some staining.\n\nThis hood compares to one attached to a child's tunic in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Radiocarbon dated to AD430-620 (95% probability). This hood has fringes in green and red/brown along the perimeter of the hood and lower edges. The tunic is similar in construction to an adult tunic but with a hood which is sewn into the back of the neck opening. Hoods were typical on a child's tunic from Roman to Byzantine times and were often made of a separately woven rectangular piece of cloth. They were often adorned with roundels and fringes along the top. The decoration of a hood would match the tunic cuffs and sides. \n\n\r\n","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"wool","id":"x40131"}],"techniques":[{"text":"weaving","id":"AAT53642"},{"text":"dyeing","id":"AAT53049"},{"text":"embroidery","id":"x40351"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Woven and embroidered wool","categories":[{"text":"Africa","id":"THES49019"},{"text":"Archaeology","id":"THES48874"},{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"},{"text":"Death","id":"THES48970"},{"text":"Hats & headwear","id":"THES48943"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MES","id":"THES48607"},"images":["2011FA2397","2017KB7704"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"004","id":"THES326942"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Hood (headgear)","id":"AAT46121"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Egypt","id":"x29512"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 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