Panel, Unknown, Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk-core threads Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a 4&1 satin weave foundation with three warps in each pile warp unit; use of pile warp substitution; use of supplementary facing wefts bound in 1Z4 twill order; use of looped discontinuous supplementary wefts bound in 2Z3 twill order Label: silk velvet with metallic facing wefts, Horizontal rectangular panel with a gold metallic ground and polychrome silk velvet figures of four women separated by large flowering plants. From left to right: a woman holding a long-necked jar

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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