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Knitted Hosiery with Simplified Inscriptions, 11th or 12th centruy

  • Islamic, Egyptian

Cotton thread

  • Overall: 6 1/8 × 3 1/2 inches (15.6 × 8.9 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

29.416.C

Dorothea Russell. (Dr. Phyllis Ackerman)

1929-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Islamic, Egyptian, Knitted Hosiery with Simplified Inscriptions, 11th or 12th centruy, cotton thread. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 29.416.C.