 IAA Number: 1994-9064
 | Object's Name: Fragment Textile
Period: Early Islamic
Material: Cotton
Site: נחל עומר
Lenght: 4.5 cm
Wide: 9 cm
Description: Cotton textile decorated with warp Ikat technique, which forms a
pattern by tying the threads before dyeing process. Eight cotton warp
ikat from Nahal 'Omer costitute the earliest occurence of this type
of textile anywhere in the world. Z-spun, originated from India or
Yemen.
Bibliography: Baginski A. and Shamir O. 1995. ATIQOT XXVI.: 21-42. Baginski A. and Shamir O. 1997. The Earliest Ikat.. HALI 95: 86-87.
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