Ancient Egyptian coiled basket from Qasr Ibrim

Complete coiled basket with leather wrapped selvedge. Flat bottom, nearly straight sides. Split stitches over coils, counter clockwise work direction. Stitch pattern obscured by some substance, possibly pitch, applied as a sealer. Some damage to bottom and exterior resulting in exposure of the coils. Centre details obscured.

Ancient Egyptian coiled basket from Qasr Ibrim

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1995.66.15
  • Material: leather
  • Object name: coiled basket
  • Dimensions: Length: 81mm , Width: 78mm , Depth: 27mm
  • Site: Qasr Ibrim
  • Latitude: 22.650278
  • Longitude: 31.991667