Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave, Design shows diamond shaped frame with pseudo-Egyptian hieroglyphics and figures in medallions. Three pseudo-Egyptian animal gods appear within the diamond shapes. The colors – yellow, tan, brown, deep pink, and red – are overprinted on pink, light-blue, deeper blue, green, and gray. Hieroglyphics and frame are printed in black over a yellow background. In one medallion, kneeling female figure before animal-headed statue is against blue ground, very unevenly applied – possibly by hand. Green is made by printing blue over yellow

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Size: 3480px × 7197px
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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