Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . one decoratedwith figures, the other with geometrical designs andzigzags and chequers (fig. 301), but at the same timea careful examination of the painted scenes has con-vinced me that the greater number of instances thatha\-e been thought to represent tapestry are in realityintended for leather, cut and painted. The leatherindustry flourished. There are few museums thatdo not possess at least one pair of sandals, or of thosebraces provided for mummies with pink and yeIlo\y LEAT
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . one decoratedwith figures, the other with geometrical designs andzigzags and chequers (fig. 301), but at the same timea careful examination of the painted scenes has con-vinced me that the greater number of instances thatha\-e been thought to represent tapestry are in realityintended for leather, cut and painted. The leatherindustry flourished. There are few museums thatdo not possess at least one pair of sandals, or of thosebraces provided for mummies with pink and yeIlo\y LEATHER WORK. 333 ends stamped with the figure of a god or of a Pharaoh,a hieroglyph text or a rosette, and sometimes witha combination of all four. These small objects arerarely of earlier date than the time of the high-priests of Amon or of the earlier Bubastites, and itis to this period that we must assign the cut leathercanopy of the Cairo Museum. The catafalque thatwas placed over the mummy during its final journeyto the tomb was often simplified, and consistedmerely of a covering of some woven material or of. Pig. weaving; liangings or carpet, tVom Keni Hasan,Twelfth Dynasty. pliable leather. This covering sometimes hungstraight, and sometimes it was caught back, allowingthe mummy to be seen. The canopy now at Cairowas made for the Princess Isiemkheb, daughter ofthe high-priest Masahirti, wife of the high-priestMenkheperra, and mother of the high-priestPinotem II. The central portion, which formed thetop, is longer than it is broad, and is divided intothree sections of sky blue leather, now faded topearl grey. The two side pieces are strewn with 334 THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS. yellow stars ; on the central piece are vulturesguarding the deceased with outstretched wings. Thecurtains that fill in the sides arein green and red chequer work.^ The two side curtains have each: a border at the top. That on the5 right consists of scarabs with out- m-^^^
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