Textile and Book Fragments

Images of various textile fragments and book covers, highlighting textures and materials like silk and cloth in an abstract, historical context.

Cloth panel, 19th century, 22 x 68 in. (55.9 x 172.7 cm), Raffia; cut -pile embroidery (musese), Democratic Republic of Congo, 19th century

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$Fragments of Rhind Mathematical Papyrus Fragments of Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, ca. 1493-1481 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, Largest Fragment: 6 5/16 x 3 3/8 in. (16 x 8.5 cm). This papyrus was most likely a mathematical reference textbook for the use of scribes. These fragments became separated from the main papyrus when the roll was broken into two parts, probably at the time of its discovery in the mid-nineteenth century. The fragments seen in the upper register, and those few on the right, are from the end of a section that dealt with the simplification of fractions. The fragments in the five lower registers on the left come from the beginning of the section that demonstrated the equitable division of one, two, six, seven, eight, and nine loaves of bread among ten men. Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art ca. 1493-1481 B.C.E.$

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